Blinkybugs, meat pillows, and USB taxidermy: More from Maker Faire 2007

by Donald Bell

Photo of Blinkybug from 2007 Maker Faire.

Click the above photo to see Crave's photo slideshow of the 2007 Maker Faire.

If you haven't noticed by now, we had a blast at this past weekend's Maker Faire. The above photo links to yet another gallery of some choice projects we found Crave-worthy.

Donald Bell is CNET Reviews' senior editor for MP3 players and portable audio, and one half of the MP3 Insider blog and weekly podcast. He also likes getting his hands dirty with digital audio tools for musicians and DJs.

Topics:: Fashion,; Future tech,; Robots,; Science,; Toys,; Retro

Tags:: Make,; DIY,; Maker Faire,; Blinkybugs,; Instructables,; Robot,; Steam,; Mousetrap,; Meat,; LED

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