Maker Faire 2013

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I never considered the engineering involved to translate a lean into a set of turning wheels, but here they explained it in full and demonstrated it well with a transparent skateboard.

A"How to Ollie" display. Note the instuctions to "do it a few thousand times".

My kids tried it, but it wasn't a skill they could master in an hour.

Luckily some visitors were happy to demonstrate for them.

This bench had a special effect.

But the batteries were dead. This note was better than any electronic effect!

The Maker Faire had many more activities and lessons for kids this year.

I believe this was part of a Young Maker's Display, illustrating how to engineer a windmill that could perform work, in this case lifting a bucket of weights.

This little robot had a wheel and two pen legs.

It started and stopped with the wave of a hand, my kids loved it.

An aluminum foil soundboard circuit was very popular, populated with Minecraft sound effects.

Please Read Part Three of Maker Faire 2013 >

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