You never know what you might find at the Champlain Mini Maker Faire — the second one takes place this Saturday and Sunday at the Coach Barn at Shelburne Farms. Last year’s drew more than 1300 people who bought tickets to see a pumpkin-chuckin’ trebuchet, a remote-controlled quad-copter and a pumpkin-headed robot monster.
“Makers” are essentially enthusiasts — people who create something for the joy of creating rather than for profit. Maker faires are opportunities for them to get together, share ideas and noodle around with technology.
The events have been cropping up all over the world since 2006, when MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty held the first gathering in San Mateo, Calif.
The line-up for this year’s Champlain Mini Maker Faire — it’s a little smaller than some of the others, hence the “mini” moniker — includes Bina48, one of the world’s most social and sentient robots, as well as the team behind the Generator, a new 6000-square-foot “maker space” slated to open later this fall in Burlington.
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