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Bay Area Maker Faire, the Greatest Show (and Tell) on Earth is a two-day event held in San Mateo, California. This is this the flagship event for Maker Faire, with close to 200,000 visitors each year. Maker Faire is a venue for makers of all types and ages: students, educators, crafters, tinkerers, scientists, artists, authors, engineers, and more. It is an amazing place for people to share what they have discovered and made. It is also a place where people become inspired. LEGO and MINDSTORMS fit right in! From May 19-21, 2017, Marc-André Bazergui, Cyrus Cuenca, Sanjay Seshan, and Arvind Seshan represented the MINDSTORMS fan community at Bay Area Maker Faire. Read about their experiences below. --> BayLUG booth Our community booth was located in Zone 2, alongside 3D printers, laser cutters, and the BayLUG exhibit. LEGO played a huge part in our area, drawing crowds to both the LUG exhibit and our exhibit for the entire weekend. It was a gre...

The Seshan Brothers have done it again, this time they created a Xmas Edition of their famous PIX3L PLOTT3R printer.   That's the Seshan Brothers in minifig form ;) Not only does this version prints a selection of different holiday greeting cards it is also designed in festive colours,  using red and green LEGO elements from different sets combined with their EV3 sets.  Holiday Card Plott3r Automates Holiday Cards Another really cool thing, don't know if you noticed, is that even the markers are LEGO! Check them out on shop at home  https://shop.lego.com/en-US/LEGO-MARKER-9-PK-5005147 Close up of the LEGO Markers The project even ended up on the LEGO Group's Youtube channel. Check it out!! If you want to learn more about the technology behind this project head over to the Seshan Brother's GitHub directory front page   http://www.beyondtheinstructions.com/projects/ where you can find EV3 programs and much more. Al...