Turns out October is the month of innovation! On October 15 the World’s First India (Mini) Maker Faire (that we proudly sponsored) skyrocketed,
and just the next day Maker Faire Rome officially started.
We had the opportunity to talk with Alessandro Francescon, inventor of Geduino, autonomous open-source UDOO-based social robot.
For the moment it exploits real-time 3D mapping algorithms to move itself in the environment, but Alessandro has lots of ideas to make it an unforgettable friend, such as voice control and a screen already featured on the robot. Imagine to say: “Hey Geduino, come here and show me the schematics of UDOO Quad.” And then it comes, like a genie in a bottle, to help you out. Wouldn’t it be wonderful?
What else? Here’s a bunch of photos to give you a taste of the energy you feel at Maker Faire Rome.
#GEDUINO, autonomous social robot, made out of #UDOO Quad, at @MakerFaireRome, booth K13. #MFR15 #MakerFaireRome pic.twitter.com/kTAMa9ZqyC
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 18, 2015
To give you a taste of @MakerFaireRome, this is the entrance of Pavillon G, #electronics. #MFR15 pic.twitter.com/9utvtDbvGD
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 17, 2015
Could you beat #Ryu? Prove it! Booth G11/12, @MakerFaireRome and here only! #MFR15 pic.twitter.com/0DnyAdD4tI
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 18, 2015
#Make… yourself a coffee with a Moka powered by #Google voice-recognition and #UDOO! @MakerFaireRome #MFR15 pic.twitter.com/Dl8LtrgOkh
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 18, 2015
#MFR15 Come funziona la nostra macchina del caffè con comando vocale? #GoogleVoiceRecognition @MakerFaireRome pic.twitter.com/DENUvMCWkL
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 18, 2015
Folks, @MakerFaireRome started just 1hr ago, and already lots of people #MFR15 #MakerFaireRome pic.twitter.com/UFMueocf4R
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 18, 2015
ROOM 6: #UDOONeo, the #IoT platform! #MFR15 #MakerFaireRome @MakerFaireRome pic.twitter.com/GPi6Xv3JDe
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 17, 2015
So many people!!! #IoT #UDOONeo #MFR15 @MakerFaireRome pic.twitter.com/SQQp6FYkCq
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 17, 2015
Is it scary to build an @Android app? Not with @appinventor and #UDOO! ROOM7 #MFR15 @MakerFaireRome pic.twitter.com/WGuM0NptK5
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 17, 2015
Guys, yesterday night, 3AM, @arduino party, TECHNO music and @mbanzi, ultranice folk! This guy ROCKS!! #MFR15 pic.twitter.com/VyfsEjygeW
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 17, 2015
Kids, #UDOO booth is the place to go. Come meet us tomorrow: everybody can be a Maker. G11/12 @MakerFaireRome #MFR15 pic.twitter.com/RNpTOviyCz
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 16, 2015
At ROOM 20 we are building an #Android app with #AppInventor & #UDOO in an hour! Show up! #MFR15 @MakerFaireRome pic.twitter.com/v9RcQcbSnO
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 16, 2015
# Yoda at #MFR15! @MakerFaireRome #MakerFaireRome Booth G11/12 pic.twitter.com/kmPpeCqlJ3
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 16, 2015
#opening conference at @MakerFaireRome with @mbanzi, father of @arduino, from which we are all born! #MFR15 pic.twitter.com/pMUdNHzriF
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 16, 2015
Dale Dougherty, founder of @make, here at @MakerFaireRome #MFR15! #Make #arduino pic.twitter.com/jwhf9lgnip
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 16, 2015
At Maker Faire Rome we also met the guys of 3DBoss, a startup that won the Eni call for Big Hack and thus is going to fly to MIT with a UDOO-based 3D Printer! Hurrah!
No more wires, no more slic3r, no more calibrations! This is our #3dprint Special thx to @UDOO_Board! #3Dprinting pic.twitter.com/YwPRWT97ho
— 3D Boss (@3dboss_italy) October 22, 2015
And it’s not the end: on October 23 to 25 the UDOO Team took part in HackUMass, the largest hackathon in Pioneer Valley (more than 500 hackers for a 36 hours hacking marathon).
@UDOO_Board Neo making an appearance at #hackumass @HackUMass pic.twitter.com/1wJCalpjlW
— Michael Park (@parkm2000) October 24, 2015
Come check out the new @UDOO_Board Neo at #hackumass pic.twitter.com/R5Q0KnIjaz
— Michael Park (@parkm2000) October 24, 2015
But we all know you’re on a nail-based diet and only robots can relieve your stress. So if you, as expected, will still be looking for a GPIO to plug yourself into in November, well, we are damned prepared to tackle your addiction-to-innovation!
What's next after @MakerFaireRome? Make/Florence, by the nice buddies of @FondazioneTema! http://t.co/JXiZ3xcuMl pic.twitter.com/PCa50vVb8Q
— UDOO Board (@UDOO_Board) October 16, 2015
Here it is Make/Florence, the Make-a-thon dedicated to innovation in craftsmanship that will be held at IED in Florence on 17 to 20 November in collaboration with Boston’s MIT Mobile Experience Lab.
