Maker Faire Celebrates 5th Annual Bay Area Festival "The Future Is in Your Hands"

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Tue Apr 6, 2010 8:00am EDT 

  SEBASTOPOL, CA, Apr 06 (MARKET WIRE) -- 
Maker Faire, the world's premier DIY (Do-It-Yourself) event, celebrates
its 5th annual Bay Area festival on May 22nd and 23rd, 2010 at the San
Mateo County Event Center.


What:   Maker Faire Bay Area 2010 

    
Produced by the folks who bring you MAKE Magazine, Maker Faire
celebrates things people create themselves -- from rockets and robots, to
DIY science and technology, to sustainable foods and upcycled clothes.

     More than 600 Makers are scheduled to share their inventions. The 
festival is expected to draw 95,000 attendees from across the state,  the
country, and beyond.

     New this year at Maker Faire Bay Area 2010 will be the Raygun Gothic 
Rocketship, a kitschy, retro-futuristic 40-foot rocket that debuted  
this year at Burning Man.  Also new this year: the Flaming Lotus Girls
present Soma: a  sculpture that translates the anatomy of neurons into
metal, fire,  and light, magnifying the microscopic world to epic scale; 
ArcAttack!, a truly 'electrifying' performance by the creators of  the
original Singing Tesla Coils; and The Orb, a spherical surface  display
that can project any image or video. 

    Other must-see Maker  Faire attractions include: EepyBird showing off its
Diet Coke and  Mentos Mega Fountains; always a fan favorite, the Rube
Goldberg-style Life-Size Mousetrap; Robotic Warship Combat in the battle 
pond; and lots of Tesla coils, robots, and rockets to wow the crowd. 

When:    Saturday, May 22nd - 10AM - 8PM
         Sunday, May 23rd - 10AM - 6PM

Where:   San Mateo County Event Center
         1346 Saratoga Drive
         San Mateo, CA

Tickets: Can be purchased online. And starting April 16th, tickets will 
         be available at the following Whole Foods Market locations: 
         San Mateo, Redwood City and Potrero Hill.

         For more ticket information, please visit:
         http://www.makerfaire.com/bayarea/2010/tickets/

 

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                       Advance Purchase Price
                    (through midnight 5/12/2010)                     Onsite
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Adult                        $20.00                                  $25.00
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Student (13 to 20)           $10.00                                  $15.00
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Youth (4 to 12)               $5.00                                  $10.00
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Kids (3 & under)               Free                                    Free
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Weekend passes are only available online or onsite at the full price.
Special advance deals on weekend passes, group discounts, subscription
specials and more can be found online before the May 12th deadline at:
http://www.makerfaire.com/bayarea/2010/tickets/

    About Maker Faire 
 Maker Faire is being held on May 22 & 23, 2010 at the
San Mateo County Event Center. Started in San Mateo, California in 2006,
and now expanding to Detroit and New York, Maker Faire is the premier
event for grassroots American innovation. Held annually in each of these
locations, the event may expand elsewhere in the future. Maker Faire is
supported by MAKE Magazine and O'Reilly Media, the premier information
source for leading-edge computer technologies. The company's books,
conferences and web sites bring to light the knowledge of technology
innovators. For more information about Maker Faire, please visit
http://www.makerfaire.com.

    About O'Reilly 
 O'Reilly Media spreads the knowledge of innovators
through its books, online services, magazines and conferences. Since
1978, O'Reilly Media has been a chronicler and catalyst of cutting-edge
development, homing in on the technology trends that really matter and
spurring their adoption by amplifying "faint signals" from the alpha
geeks who are creating the future. An active participant in the
technology community, the company has a long history of advocacy,
meme-making and evangelism. 

    

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