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...and if you can't wait until Eric's next one, Centre for Life in the  
UK is hosting Maker Faire UK on 12-13 March

IAN





Quoting Eric Siegel <[log in to unmask]>:

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> Hello, all:
>
> We just finished an incredible week at NY Hall of Science.  First of  
> the Open Hardware Summit (http://www.openhardwaresummit.org/), then   
> World Maker Faire, followed by a symposium on making and education  
> sponsored by NSF and the Office of Science and Technology Policy at  
> the White House.
>
> 25,000 people came to NYSCI in one weekend for World Maker Faire,  
> about 5 times our best weekends ever.  If you haven't experienced  
> Maker Faire in San Mateo, its hard to describe.  Kind of  
> anarcho-steampunk-arduino-robotic-extreme knitting crowd, if you can  
> picture that (I certainly couldn't have before I saw it.)  Like  
> burning man, but more scienc-y and you can go home at night.  The  
> audience was a complete mix of geeks, families, local follks, and  
> everything in between
>
> Also there were incredible talks by Steven Wolfram, Chris Anderson,  
> Tom Igoe, and many many more.
>
> The Open Hardware Summit was a gathering of almost 300 of the  
> leaders in the new world of open source hardware and software.  It  
> is an amazing new movement of people making everything from circuit  
> boards to cars and giving away the designs.  Utopian, Quixotic, and  
> totally inspiring.
>
> Anyway, you can see pics of World Maker Faire and more at  
> http://www.flickr.com/groups/worldmakerfaire2010
>
> The Maker Faire people are the best, they completely opened our eyes  
> to the real power of community and informal, lifelong learners.  I  
> can't say enough about them and the movement they are nurturing.
>
> Can you tell I am still buzzed?
>
> Sorry to miss you all at ASTC, too much going on on the home front.
>
> Eric Siegel
>
>
>
>
> Eric Siegel
> Director and Chief Content Officer
> New York Hall of Science
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>
> World Maker Faire came to NYSCI this September!
> http://makerfaire.com/
>
> esiegel at nyscience dot org
> projects web site at http://www.etsiegel.net
>
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IAN SIMMONS
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