Da Vinci Faire sparks interest at Manatee Technical College
Technology gurus and entrepreneurs gathered at the BarCamp Sarasota event.
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Jessica Salmond
| 1:46 p.m. April 30, 2016
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Logan Miller and Jack Pullman fiddled with the complex metal contraption before them, adjusting a few spots so the robot would lift the other robot as it was programmed to do.
The two boys and their friends who watched their work attentively all attend different schools, but one thing has brought them together: robotics.
Miller of Braden River High School and Pullman of Pineview School in Sarasota met each other and their other friends when they joined a robotics league called Bobcat Brawl in North Port. While now they’ve all separated to join their own schools’ leagues, they still hang out when they can.
“We all tried it out and got hooked,” Miller said.
The group of boys met up at the 2016 BarCamp Sarasota DaVinci Faire, held Saturday, April 30 at Manatee Technical College. The event focused on science, technology and entrepreneurship.
Pineview School student Jack Pullman and Braden River High School student Logan Miller work on the Skull and Bones Robotics team robot.
Mark Ruster of Sarasota tries out a game in the Microsoft room.
BarCamp founders Sara Hand and Stan Schultes speak to DaVinci Faire attendees.
Bill Shaw of Tampa plays a round of Asteroids.
Yaddiel Burgos of Bradenton shows off his favorite piece he's made. He designs the project on Adobe Illustrator and cuts it out with a laser cutter.
Chuck Stephens of Tampa shows off his CMOS synthesizer.
Gabe Taylor of Bradenton bowls in a interactive game developed by Microsoft, which requires no controllers.
Joseph Long talks with Micah Basinger of Bradenton about his hacker boxes.
Joseph Long's robot is programmed to follow the black track he had drawn out.
Andrew and Davis Graham of Bradenton play a game called Khet, which uses lasers to get pieces removed from the board.
Jody Vangor of Venice races carbon dioxide-powered cars with her son, Van. Brian Kendzior of Southeast High School leads the F1 in Schools team.
Volunteers Norm Dempsey, Candace Lourdes and Diane Rivers help with the speaker schedule board — anyone attending could sign up to speak about a topic of their choice.
Jensen Soberal of Bradenton made a bear by designing it in Adobe Illustrator first.
