The Adventures of Lorie and Brian Groth

Our rectangular shaped painting doesn’t have square edges when holding the GoPro about a foot away from it.

Crane in the foreground, Giants game in the background.

I went to the Bay Area Maker Faire again this year and saw some pretty interesting stuff:

That’s my hand holding a small satellite like one that’s currently in space.

Woman wearing mechanics that augment her in some way. Not sure if the claw-wings on her back worked or not.

A bartending machine that will mix drinks based on the ingredients hooked up to it.

A printer that hangs on two strings and crawls across the page.

There are a variety of different 3D printers on display and for sale, which in turn, other people at the show use to make all sorts of things that are on display. Some of the “printers” are engravers too. I saw one that was a welding machine. So now all sorts of things can be made at home if you can design it on a computer. One could look at your face and print a little 3D version of you.

Books for the computer and robotic controllers to buy at Maker Faire.

This is robot created from 3D printed parts and various robotic and computer parts that are popular at the fair.

This is ShopBot, which is a computer-controlled router. They have a few different sizes and apparently the software can help you divide up a large piece of wood and once it finishes one section, you move it to the next for it to continue creating whatever you have designed. 

And some people still make things from Legos! Such as trains, windmills and ships.

I’m going to try and use my GoPro camera to capture some really wide angle photos and post them on Fridays. So, I’ll refer to them as Fish Eye Fridays.

This one I captured from my seat on CalTrain.

This puppy sure gets around.

Something you don’t see every day: The demolition of a 1930’s bridge. The middle section was removed first, so there is a big gap between the east and west sections that you drive past while on the new bridge.
More info:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_%E2%80%93_Oakland_Bay_Bridge

An old Japanese ship is in town right now, so Busby had to check it out. More info at:
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiwo_Maru_(1930)

If you’ve ever wondered, this is what walking Busby is like, at least for me. My equipment includes: 

• GoPro HERO3 camera
• Windows Phone with the GoPro app to easily control the camera
• Windows 8.1 with the Movie Moments and built-in Photos app to edit the videos and photos

I don’t usually have the GoPro with me, nor sit on a bench. But, I took the time to sit down and figure out the GoPro app on my phone so I could control the camera with it.

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