The Latest in 3D Printing and IoT at Maker Faire 2015

Oct. 2, 2015

The 6th World Maker Faire took place Sept. 26-27 at the New York Hall of Science, bringing together an estimated 100,000 DIY enthusiasts, makers, inventors, artists, and technologists.

Patrick Mannion

The 6th World Maker Faire took place Sept. 26-27 at the New York Hall of Science, bringing together an estimated 100,000 DIY enthusiasts, makers, inventors, artists, and technologists. Along with a raft of fun projects, including mobile couches and sideways skateboards, the event saw some real advances in technology application, including the unveiling of the first mobile 3D smartphone printer as well as showing floating, wireless lightbulbs, increasingly dramatic drone wars and races, cloud-based home security projects and much ado about Arduino. The latter including Microsoft's push of Remote Arduino for the Internet of Things. Enjoy!

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Patrick Mannion | Founder and Managing Director

Patrick Mannion is Founder and Managing Director of ClariTek, LLC, a high-tech editorial services company. After graduating with a National Diploma in Electronic Engineering from the Dundalk Institute of Technology, he worked for three years in the industry before starting a career in b2b media and events. He has been covering the engineering, technology, design, and the electronics industry for 25 years. His various roles included Components and Communications Editor at Electronic Design and more recently Brand Director for UBM's Electronics media, including EDN, EETimes, Embedded.com, and TechOnline.