Maker Faire Detroit 2014

This weekend the Inventables Team hit the road and drove from our headquarters in Chicago to the Motor City for the 2014 edition of Maker Faire Detroit . After about a 5 hour drive me finally made it. The Faire is hosted by The Henry Ford Museum . The mission of the Henry Ford is to provide unique educational experiences based on authentic objects, stories, and lives from America's traditions of ingenuity, resourcefulness and innovation. Their purpose is to inspire people to learn from these traditions to help shape a better future. That's what it makes it a perfect venue for Maker Faire. In addition to having a huge parking lot out front they have an incredible number of artifacts that you might call a piece of "Americana". For example one of the original Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobiles below. When we got there we were assigned to this spot in a big tent with a bunch of other Makers. We turned this empty parking spot into a booth that showcased our ne