greetings Tesla fans!

I'm so glad I found this "universe"

My name is Nick Normal, I'm an artist and educator based in Long Island City, Queens, NYC. And I'm helping co-organize the forthcoming 1st annual World Maker Faire ( http://makerfaire.com/ (http://makerfaire.com/) ).

Maker Faire is the world's largest DIY event - a blend of Art, Technology and Science, combined with family-fun, participation, robots, craft and do-it-yourself ethics. It is the brainchild of MAKE magazine. Maker Faire will be taking place in NYC later this year, September 25th and 26th, at the New York Hall of Science ( http://nysci.org/ ) in Queens - the site of the original '39 and '64 Worlds Fairs. I would like to invite all of you Tesla fans, engineers, builders and Makers to submit projects for review. We're looking for: electrical, mechanical, robots, DIY designs, trebuchets, things-that-go-boom, homemade engines, etc.

Tesla had such a strong NY history, and we're attempting to rejuvenate that time and culture when experimentation and invention were standard in our society. I'd love to see a giant "Tesla Park" or other electrical projects get the exposure they deserve.

You can see pictures from a previous Faire on the west coast and the 300+ projects we hosted here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicknormal/sets/72157623995087529/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicknormal/sets/72157623995087529/)

If you're available and interested, the open call is online (the deadline is August 15th)
WORLD MAKER FAIRE NYC CALL FOR MAKERS : http://bit.ly/mfny2010 (http://bit.ly/mfny2010)

Or feel free to contact me if you have any specific ideas, projects or questions. All my contact details are below.

I look forward to hearing from you all, or seeing you at the Faire!

ciao,
Nick Normal
nicknormal@gmail.com
917.225.7032 (mobile)

ps - I found y'all while researching Harry Goldman - he'd be a wonderful candidate to participate in the Faire if anybody knows how to get in touch with him - thanks!

Hi Nick,

We're glad you found us too! I've updated your post so that it is now an event listed on the home page and calendar. Thanks for posting.

As for Harry Goldman, he fell back in June and was in the hospital for some time. He's home and doing better now. Next time I speak to him, I'll mention the event.

Thanks again for posting and we wish you the best.

Sincerely,
Cameron

hi Cameron,

Thanks for the update on the home page - I appreciate that!

Give my best to Harry - I hope he's in high spirits. And maybe mention if he wants to give a talk about Tesla, coils, TCBA, etc. we'd be totally down for helping that happen!

Arc Attack - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcAttack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcAttack) - will be performing for us, and we'd love other tesla-activities going on.

best,
Nick Normal