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Maker Faire in pictures: Arduino pianos, future cars, 360-degree photos, Edison robots, and more

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    A 360-degree photo taken with Ricoh's Theta camera.

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    A USB-connected multimeter.

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    Maker Faire is full of art like this colour-changing installation

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    Not one but two DeLoreans ready to travel through time.

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    The Galileo board Microsoft used to create the piano from Build 2014.

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    Programmable SoCs from Cypress can be a dev board to use with Arduino or a tiny chip to build into devices.

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    A miniature replica Altair 8800.

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    The robot giraffe wanders around Maker Faire.

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    The Microsoft mini-piano built with Arduino.

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    Using a Lumia Phone with Arduino to control the colours on screen.

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    Arduino-powered robot arms.

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    ARM fitted this coffee maker with a sensor to calculate caffeine levels.

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    Little Bits modules connect together magnetically.

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    These Intel-powered scratch turntables control the music digitally.

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    Battling robots built with Intel Edison boards.

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Maker Faire is a geek playground for the 145,000 people who showed up for the event in San Mateo fairgrounds, but it has a serious edge too.

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