The Exploratorium's Learning Studio blog | A workshop for tinkering with technology, science, and art » maker faire http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:59:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Maker Faire 2009 time-lapse http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls/2009/06/12/maker-faire-2009-time-lapse/ http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls/2009/06/12/maker-faire-2009-time-lapse/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:20:49 +0000 Luigi http://apps.exploratorium.edu/blogs/ls/?p=538 Well, now that it’s over, it’s time to reflect on what an amazing ride Maker Faire was this year.

We organized a 3,600 square feet booth, including exhibits, snack activities, demonstrations, prototypes, and two PIE activities: a giant marble machines fort, and an even bigger enclosure where we let visitors build their portion of a collective chain reaction machine.

Photos from the event are coming soon. In the mean time, enjoy these frantic movies: they are two time-lapse movies, each compressing a full day of chain reaction workshop in less than a minute. You will notice the ebb and flow of visitors, and twice during each movie, the crowd building up to watch us set off the whole reaction, and then us taking it all down and starting again. It makes me tired and happy just looking at it!

Day 1:

Day 2:

The big set-offs were web-cast live on Saturday! You can see the archived versions here:

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