Near the FEMA Disaster Recovery Area:
Or was it the Rocky Mountain Center for Innovation and Technology ?
The RMCIT, located in South Loveland Colorado is a beautiful but empty research facility formerly occupied by Agilent Technologies. The eastern part of the campus temporarily holds the great Colorado flood recovery teams, donation centers, and Red Cross emergency management stations. On this weekend in October, the nerds took over the western part of the building for something called The NoCo Mini Makers Faire.
Things like this Banana Keyboard were on display
It’s interesting to note that there is a device available that can make anything into a computer keyboard called the Makey Makey. Watch this video to see how it works– get one of these today for fun on Halloween! Also, check out the open source Arduino products for even more fun.
Even this guy got into the act
Sorry, the pictures taken with the iPad are not that great. We are blaming the latest iOS 7 upgrade for that. Anyhoo, the Circuit Bending demos went off without a hitch, and we were bribed by one of the candy makers NOT to play so loud and as often. It’s important to make an impression at the faire, good or bad.
How about a Hookah?
It seems that there were many representatives from Boulder County at this year’s faire. Many were actual companies who paid a fee to have a booth (individuals like myself got in free). The major attractions were the 3-D printers and anything Sci-Fi.
R2 Builders were there!
Some people can’t get enough of that garbage can shaped robot from the Star Wars franchise. If you were a C3PO unit, you would understand.
Yes, paper airplanes are so 1953
Oh, and maybe CNC technology is so 1980, but there is still an interest. In this case, this company likes to take your design concept and make it fly. Also, this Snowboard company was on hand to make a few flying objects as well.
Weaving? Yes, represented here
Since I was busy with my own booth, I didn’t have time to see all the things that were going on at the show. Actually some of the photos were taken the day before the show during set-up.
Chemisty Monkey Bar Art
Wow, I remember getting rid of my basement chemistry set back in 2008. Remember the little Soxhlet I sold on EBAY, or how about the FriedleBitch ? Again, no time to talk to this artist. Perhaps I’ll catch this guy next year in Denver.
Dancin’ Robots Here