Friday November 6th thru Sunday November 8th, Barnes and Noble stores nationwide are holding Mini-Maker Faires. Our team just got an invite to our local B&N at the Walpole Mall, and it turns out Alarm Robotics may also be going. Anyone else? The back of the store spills out into the interior of the mall with plenty of space to drive around, let anyone drive, and maybe we’ll have a mini competition.
For other stores in other areas, call them and see if they have the space available. If it’s anything like our store, they will welcome you even at this late a date.
Team 271 got invited to the Barnes and Noble in Bay Shore NY. We’ll be attending that, and from what I remember hearing I think a few other local teams will be there as well.
(Snip found the dates) Didnt hear about this Registration closed but I am going to contact them they might have some extra room. The more FRC teams the better.
If you look at the details it’s not a mini maker faire it’s a sales demo for a new product line. They’ve asked the STEM community to provide free labor and advertising.
Team 694 will be at the Lower Manhattan Barnes & Noble on Friday afternoon with “payment” of a portion of the profits from sales during that window.
Adam: Maker Media endorsed this event/publicity thing. They control the phrase “Maker Faire” so a mini-Maker Faire is whatever they say it is
In New York, we just finish World Maker Faire a little over a month ago so it feels odd having a mini-Maker Faire so soon. The good thing is that admission is free.
Team 694 is going to be demoing our robots at the Tribeca branch on the 6th. They’re offering us 10% of the proceeds during the time that we’re demoing so that’s a neat bonus.
EDIT: Didn’t see that Jeanne had already beaten me to the punch
Team 5438 is attending the one in Clifton, most likely. We are bringing our robot, but cannot bring our Ekocycle, since they sell their own 3D Printers. Any ideas of what to do or what to bring???
