Preface
The idea for this book came during Ji Sun Lee’s first visit to Maker Faire in 2007. Held at the San Mateo County Event Center in California, this was the second annual festival of making, craft, and technology projects organized by Make Media. Ji Sun was at the Faire to exhibit a project called the “Interactive Cake.” Inspired by her then two-year-old daughter building cakes with her blocks, this project was a three-dimensional puzzle that formed a cake when assembled. Electronics embedded in the cake lit up, played songs, and even sensed when the candles were blown out.
While at the Maker Faire, Ji Sun noticed that many of the projects ...
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