A visit to Mini Maker Faire Melbourne 2012

Highlights from the excellent Mini Maker Faire held at Swinburne University Melbourne on January 14, 2012. Bringing together makers, breakers and fixers from many disciplines, it was the first of its type held in Australia.

Organiser links: http://makerfairemelbourne.wordpress.com & http://makerfaire.com/

Exhibitor links:

Vespine http://www.vespine.com

3D Printing Systems http://www.3dprintingsystems.com.au
Rare Beasts http://www.rarebeasts.com
Sean Elliott http://www.theoretikos.com
Media Lab Melbourne http://www.medialabmelbourne.com.au
Gorilla Builderz http://gorillabuilderz.com.au
Squarebit http://www.squarebit.com.au
Hack Melbourne http://www.hackmelbourne.org
Alternative Technology Assn http://www.ata.org.au
Daniel Donahoo http://danieldonahoo.com
Freetronics http://www.freetronics.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• maker
• faire
• Melbourne
• mini
• Swinburne
• university
• hacker
• electronics
• DIY
• craft
• software
• hardware

[cityofdomes]

Hey Mal, nice to see you there, well your sexy legs at least. Must try my balancing act on your homebrew segway again so bring it back to the ham club soon. Cheers, Carmel

[Dan40049]

Very ingenious.

[N2RRAny]

Pretty cool stuff!

[combatwombat71]

I do like the Arduino-powered LED cubes. There are a few videos on YouTube of them doing awesome displays.