Maker Faire is May 30 and 31 at the San Mateo County Expo Center. If you’re going to be there, come say hi! We’re keeping a pretty low profile since our next hardware version isn’t ready yet, but you’ll find us in a corner of the MIT Media Lab booth with a pile of blocks — it’s right in between booths for the Exploratorium and Sparkfun. Three of our favorite things all lined up in a row!

Picking & Placing: Welcome, Richard!
O frabjous day! I’m happy to report that Richard Siemens, our 1997 Siplace 80-S20 dual-head, conveyorized Pick & Place machine is fully operational! The significance














