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Hand of Man @ Maker Faire

Christian Ristow‘s jaw-droppingly amazing Hand of Man was ‘on hand’ at Maker Faire, crushing barrels with ease! In the above vid, he shares some details about the massive mechanical appendage and its human interface. I didn’t get a chance to actually pilot the hand but it looked like the attendees who did had a whole […]

View from above Maker Faire

View from above Maker Faire

Paul Eastham was awesome enough to fly his homebuilt RV-9A aircraft around the Maker Faire airspace and snap a few choice pics of the event! See more in his Flickr photoset. Update:Another set of great aerial shots – Clif writes, Hi Makers, On our way home we took some shots from our rented Piper Arrow. […]

Bike to Maker Faire!

Bike to Maker Faire!

I always enjoy riding my bicycle in new places, so I was very excited to hear that a bunch of makers will be riding to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds in the morning. Join the ride from Dolores Park with the Rock The Bike crew and other two-wheeled enthusiasts. I’ll be riding into town to […]