Maker Faire 2015: again in Rome on gathering dedicated to innovation – Item New TV

ROME. In mid-October will kick off the third edition of the Maker Faire in Rome that will showcase the best in the world of technological innovation, starting from the 3D printing and finishing with the drones and experiments tech more daring and brave.

The numbers of this year leave little doubt about the importance of the event. An area of ​​100,000 square meters entirely available, more than 15 thousand square meters of exhibition space, more than 600 stands with over 700 inventions on display from around the world selected from more than 1,300 projects submitted to the Call for Makers that has closed in mid-June. Hundreds of workshops and seminars with speakers most important sector, an area dedicated to the youngest of almost three thousand square meters where children aged 5 years and older will have more than 90 laboratories for learning to program, building your own

Among the new features that you can enjoy this year stand out a huge aviary of about 300 square meters wide and 22 meters high when flying drones and an area specially dedicated to the Music Maker maker of music and their experiments with interactive workshops, creation of musical instruments in self-production based on the Arduino platform and live performance.

Along with the schools will also be the most prestigious Italian universities (apart from Sapienza University of Rome , the Roma Tre University, the University Campus Bio-Medico of Rome, Milan Polytechnic, the University Iuav of Venice and the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia) and major research institutions such as INFN, INGV and IIT that will lead to the event some of their most innovative and interesting.

‘will also be a great area FOOD & amp; Agriculture with over 40 exhibitors. The themes will be innovation in the production of craft beer to the press of crepes in 3D, the robot making cocktails, the intelligent plug to track storing wine, through the vertical gardens, arriving at hydroponics.

At the weekend from 9 to 11 October will be held The Big Hack, a marathon of developers asked to try on the challenge held by ENI, Rome Mobility, Trenitalia and AGID. Leitmotif of Big Hack is the internet of things applied to “safety”, “mobility” and “open data”. Event in the role of main sponsor will also Intel , which will show some premieres including a new development platform within wearable.