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Maker Faire @makerfaire · 17m
The president just met the Electric Giraffe @WhiteHouse @makerfaire That's pretty great. #NationOfMakers
White House Live ?@WHLive 5m
"What...have you done to my house? Theres a mobile factory on the South Lawn. There's a robotic giraffe." Obama #NationOfMakers
Mark Knoller ?@markknoller 1m
Pres Obama impressed by demonstration of a 17-foot-tall, 2,200-lb robotic giraffe named Russell. "I like those ears," said the president.
Zeke Miller ?@ZekeJMiller 43m
After owner says they could ride the giraffe, Obama says "the Secret Service would not let us do that"
Olivier Knox ?@OKnox 1h
Please, Lord, let's not have today end in a flurry of filing w/ the words "robotic giraffe...unforeseen...Secret Service...President Biden"
watch robotic giraffe segment:
video stream from the Maker Faire at the White House today:
read about it: http://blogs.rollcall.com/technocrat/more-giraffe-cam-than-you-can-handle-from-the-white-house-maker-faire/?dcz=
bigtree
(86,360 posts)@AP_Ken_Thomas @ZekeJMiller The two discussed a wide range of issues of mutual interest. And the President located the robot's "tickle spot"
bigtree
(86,360 posts)Unprecedented attack on @O Knox RT @ZekeJMiller: Obama: "This is America, we don't have e's at the end of faire"
alsame
(7,784 posts)Please, someone with a Twitter account please Tweet this link to the xenophobes.
http://makerfaire.com/makerfairehistory/
Maker Faire A Bit of History
Maker Faire is the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Eartha family-friendly festival of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement.
Part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new, Maker Faire is an all-ages gathering of tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, authors, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. All of these makers come to Maker Faire to show what they have made and to share what they have learned.
The launch of Maker Faire in the Bay Area in 2006 demonstrated the popularity of making and interest among legions of aspiring makers to participate in hands-on activities and learn new skills at the event. A record 195,000 people attended the two flagship Maker Faires in the Bay Area and New York in 2013, with 44% of attendees first timers at the Bay Area event, and 61% in New York. A family event, 50% attend the event with children. Also in 2013, 98 independently-produced Mini and Featured Maker Faires occurred around the world, including Tokyo, Rome, Santiago, and Oslo.
Maker Faire is primarily designed to be forward-looking, showcasing makers who are exploring new forms and new technologies. But its not just for the novel in technical fields; Maker Faire features innovation and experimentation across the spectrum of science, engineering, art, performance and craft.
Orrex
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(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]I'm always right. When I'm wrong I admit it.
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Sunlei
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(86,360 posts)Rob Pegoraro @robpegoraro
"The safety is off": Good thing to hear about a robot giraffe? #NationOfMakers
Tarheel_Dem
(31,303 posts)bigtree
(86,360 posts)here's a link
http://electricgiraffe.com/
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)Cha
(299,519 posts)Cha
(299,519 posts)President Barack Obama holds up cell phone that is plugged into a soofa a solar powered bench, that Sandra Richter of Cambridge, Massachusetts, helped designed with allows people to charge their phones
The White House OSTP ✔ @whitehouseostp
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These girls make #robots. #NationOfMakers
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Oh and that "this is America we don't spell blah blah blah.."? Yes this is America and we can do anything we want. Can Do Attitude.
Mahalo bigtree!
Cha
(299,519 posts)you!
Cha
(299,519 posts)bigtree
(86,360 posts)I posted a stripped down vid of just the giraffe guy in the op
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(299,519 posts)William769
(55,383 posts)klook
(12,219 posts)I love the whole Make: phenomenon.