Each column of bottles rose and fell in a sine wave, powered by a single motor and cam on the ceiling.

They probably just collected all the bottles that the eepy bird dudes emptied last year.

Mechanical candelabra, also from Applied Kinetic Arts.

Bluerain by Michael Brown, a huge, bright blue waterfall of LED lights. Its pattern was made up of several text messages stacked on top of one another.

Paper airplane display.

Maker surprises me sometimes. You can find a "Please do not Handle the Paper Airplanes" sign, but be invited to squeeze into a $100,000 supercar or pilot a remote control submarine.

San Jose Tech museum display of a volcano caldera equipment placement challenge. You know, for kids.

Please continue reading page 3 of the 2009 Maker Faire.

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