Nashville Mini Maker Faire 2017

Maker Faire!!! MTRAS is back this year bigger and better. We have 40 feet worth of space to fill up with all of the great projects members have worked on. A ten foot section will be a walk in area for all those BIG projects. Thirty feet will be for smaller projects. We will adapt to however many members come as far as seating and space goes. The booth will be covered. This is a rain or shine event.

Things to know:

• Location - The Faire location has changed from last year. This year the event is at The Wond’ry @ Vanderbilt University, 2414 Highland Ave. Nashville, TN 27212
• Setup Time - Setup is Saturday 7:00 am - 9:00 am & Sunday 8:00 am – 9:00 am. YOU MUST DROP YOUR STUFF OFF BEFORE 8:45AM. 
• Register - Please register on the NMMF EventBright event page:
  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/nashville-mini-maker-faire-5th-annual-2017-registration-37134987748

Things We Need - Please let us know what you want to do here.

• Volunteers - We need help with presenting at the booth.
• Projects - Bring your bots and related projects for display.
• Snacks - We have drinks covered but we need some folks to bring snacks.
• Extension Cords / Power Strips
• Line Following Bots - We will have line following demonstrations for those who have either home made or commercially obtained line following robots. 

Engineered for Destruction 3

The Middle Tennessee Robotic Arts Society present their third insectweight combat robot event: Engineered For Destruction.

Antweight, Beetle and Fairyweight. 

The competition will follow SPARC rules and judging criteria. Registration fee is $10 tax deductable per robot and payable beforehand or during safety. This goes to fund a new arena. Make Nashville is a 501c and are taking care of managing the finances. 

The main event is Sunday the 1st and the schedule will be as follows:

10:30AM: Check-in and setup
11:00AM: Safety and lunch
12:00PM: Fights start
4:00 PM: Awards

Other notes:

• All minors (<18) must be accompanied by a guardian in order to complete the on-site waiver and compete
• No flamethrowers or ICE powered robots will be permitted
• Pit tables and power will be provided, though extra extension cords and multiple outlets are appreciated
• There will be a designated grinding area, however you must be sure to bring your own safety glasses or equivalent PPE

Just like all of our other events this is a great opportunity to show Nashville what we are all about. Bring all those awesome projects you’ve been working on this year. SUMO robots, Arduino projects, Battle Bots, Line followers, Robot Arms, Virtual Reality, etc. We have the space so lets fill it. Its an opportunity for us to reach people outside the Science Center. Though we’ve been around for a decade there are still people who don’t know about the group. Lets put our best foot forward.

Lastly, lets have fun. Its going to be a fantastic event. Take some time to check things out. Its amazing how much maker talent we have right here in Middle TN. Its the same talent we get to see every third Saturday of the month. ;-)

See you there!