Lew sends along the details…
This weekend (Oct 1, 2), downtown Decatur will be swarming with Makers from all across the region for Maker Faire Atlanta 2016 http://atlanta.makerfaire.com/
This year the Faire has over 150 makers and will spread over the DHS football field, the green space on Trinity and Commerce (look for drones!) and the Ebster gym and parking area.
You can see robot battles, the Power Racing Series, fiber arts, 3D printing, woodworkers, hackers, startup companies, makerspaces and more.
The entire Ebster gym will be full of kids activities (Innovators Playground) and there’s even an Education obstacle course!
Decatur Makers (decaturmakers.org) has a large presence at the Faire, so if you want to pitch in and volunteer for a shift to support your local makerspace, sign up at http://signup.com/go/4s5zJF
You can also volunteer for the Faire as a whole by signing up at http://atlanta.makerfaire.com/
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I love the Maker Faire… lots of great exhibits and talks, and fun for the whole family.
However, I couldn’t believe the surface it was on top of at the field… Do our kids really play on carcinogenic artificial turf?
You can feel the fumes coming off the field and it’s 5 degrees hotter on it than off it. Not only do you get more player injuries on it, it is fundamentally toxic. How does a school system with our tax base have an artificial field?