Maker Faire Atlanta 2014

At the beginning of this October we had the privilege of attending the annual Maker Faire Atlanta .

What is a Makers Faire you might be asking yourself. Well its an event to celebrate artist, engineering, science, and all sorts of DIY'ers. This is the place for children of ALL AGES to show off their creativity and bring it to the public in a street festival format. Needless to say my children with all there love for most things S.T.E.M/ S.T.E.A.M were amongst their tribe. We had a ball seeing the inventions and innovations of our regional community. Look at Kinetic Kid with his head under the huge paper mache Tyrannosaurus Rex. 

We had the opportunity to test out a bicycle that had a motor attached to the back wheel that was able to power a bubble blowing machine. It really got my children's minds turning when they saw this invention. They were thinking of all kinds of ways they could add onto this concept. They mentioned to the creator that he should try selling it as a product that could power a charger to charge things like cell phones and ipods that people like to carry to listen to music when riding there bike.

 One thing I notice about this particular community is that my children fit right in without any age discrimination. They have experienced that sort of thing in the past when they are out in the community and they have questions that are unexpected from someone there age. Usually the adults unprepared for such a thought out and articulate response say something condescending or ignore them. But the scientific community is different. They always seem to be open to anyone who wants to "talk shop". 

Of course Google was in the house. They had an awesome air rocket activity that the kids got to launch from there PVC pipe launch pad. Of course we took note of this one so we could recreate it later at home. Realistically we probably won't get around to trying it out till the summer. That is when we are usually able to fit in the fun stuff like this that might not necessarily fit into our current studies for the year. 

Now for me the coolest thing I seen was this hover craft that reminded me of "Lost in Space. All I kept thinking when I saw this thing was "Danger! Will Robinson!"