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Join us at Maker Faire
May 20, 2011
(Cross-posted on the
SketchUp Blog
)
Creativity at Google isn’t just limited to the time we spend in front of our keyboards—many of us are also enthusiastic about making things with our hands. At our
Google Workshops
, for example, employees have the chance to use sophisticated tools and machines to physically prototype their ideas. The
Street View trike
and several components of our
self-driving cars
were built in these workshops. It’s also not unheard of for Googlers to build their own
zip-lines
, perform
crazy experiments with giant lenses
and just get plain
silly
.
This weekend, we hope to bring this spirit of creativity and experimentation to attendees of
Maker Faire Bay Area
, whose mission is to "celebrate arts, crafts, engineering, science projects and the Do-It-Yourself (DIY) mindset.”
Our own Maker Faire theme is simple: “Dream, design, build. Repeat.” At the event, we’ll demonstrate how Google technologies, like
SketchUp
and the
Android Accessory Development Kit (ADK)
, can help you take your project from idea to object.
Design of our booth made in SketchUp
In keeping with the DIY vibe, our booth was constructed three full-size recycled shipping containers and outfitted with big screen TVs, 3D printers, CNC cutters and, most importantly—robots! Folks from the
Google SketchUp
team and the newly-formed
Cloud Robotics
team will be on hand to walk you through the steps of of designing, fabricating, building and programming your own robot.
SKPR Bot
Our booth will also have demos, games, giveaways, hands-on activities for both kids and adults and talks from folks like MAKE Editor-in-Chief
Mark Frauenfelder
. And to top it off, we'll open Maker Faire each morning with an
Android-powered weather balloon launch
at 10:00 am PDT (weather permitting).
See our
Google at Maker Faire
site for a full schedule of Google events, and make sure to follow @
sketchup
on Twitter for updates throughout the weekend.
Fellow Makers—we hope to see you there!
Posted by John Bacus, SketchUp Product Manager
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