Why buy something new when you can make it yourself? That’s the idea behind maker culture, and its the focus of huge local event coming to Waterloo Region in the fall, an event that will include 150-pound fighting robots.
“Maker Expo is a showcase of all things maker and do it yourself,” said one of the expo’s organizers, Ravi Baboolal, in an interview.
“A maker is really anybody who is producing something rather than just consuming. That means you’re doing knitting, you’re repairing a T-shirt, you’re repairing a chair, you’re building a chair, as well as stuff like 3D printing, robotics, art, painting. It’s anybody who’s doing something for themselves.”
Baboolal and a group of people affiliated with KwartzLab Makerspace in Kitchener are running the Maker Expo on Sept. 19 at Kitchener City Hall and on King Street West.
Baboolal is also coordinating the fighting robots…
