Maker Faire Rome: Joe’s Favorites
Joe Hudy’s favorite picks from Maker Faire Rome 2013.
Joe Hudy’s favorite picks from Maker Faire Rome 2013.
Perfect weather brought a huge crowd to the Palazzo Congressi in Rome for the second day of Rome Maker Faire: The European Edition. I wandered up and down the marble lined halls of the building and discovered many innovative and pleasingly-designed creations.
Maker Faire Rome started with a bang this morning, and alongside the technology announcements, we started to see some of the amazing projects makers – especially students – are bringing to the show.
Make Faire Rome, Italy’s first Maker Faire, kicks off today. It’s a four-day celebration of making that’s attracted well over 200 makers from Italy and across Europe. The event is co-produced by Asset-Camera and Tecnopolo in collaboration with Arduino. Arduino’s Massimo Banzi and journalist Riccardo Luna are helping to curate the event.
Science writer Lorenzo Manella is heading up communications. He’s gotten to know the makers who will be attending the event quite well. “I’ve sorted through 200 or more maker projects to dig out their very essence,” he says. “I have tasted their bits and now will know their atoms.” On the eve of the fair I got Lorenzo to pause and answer a few questions about the big event.