CES Planning
How should we decorate our booth at CES? All suggestions welcome in the comments!
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Brendan O'Connor
Print out some booth babes (obviously, very short ones) and stick them all around everything, like GI Joes.
Let anyone who makes an order (or whatever it is you do at CES) see one printed out, and let them take it home with them.
You’d certainly attract attention….
magnolfi
Is that image a standard example for the 10×10? hmm…I can see the dilemma. The booth template in the picture is not very inspiring. Your work is much more creative. Use movable space division, lots of cables, programmable lights, one simple surface to show the work, and your printing. Keep the attention on the design objects.
….and don’t look at that image too much….
Tony Buser
Easy: Giant MakerBot (of Doom)! Make the entire booth one big MakerBot with real MakerBot sitting on platform in the middle, extruder descending from the ceiling, etc.
nat
a) print on demand business cards using the makerbot[plotter]
b)set up a makerbot so that instead of moving the extruder head the servos do something more eyecatching, maybe wiggle a laser on the ceiling, move around a little spotlight, something so that when you tell it to “print” you get some strange light show with the nice noises.
c)cover all that blonde wood with something colorful.
Will
Lots and lots of chalkboard space. Have people sketch out ideas for things they want created and print them out before their eyes!
Devlin
It would be cool to see a wall of 16 or 25 MakerBots all making things. Be sure to have a MakerBot kit all splayed out like a real-life parts explosion (it would be nice to see that on the web too) for people to see what goes into it. If you could pull it off, a large gantry version of a MakerBot would be great.
Having worked booths at IPC’s Apex trade show a few times before, wear exceptionally comfy shoes, if your booth is getting traffic (the best thing for a trade show), you’re not going to be sitting down very much. In the trade show ethic I was taught, it is not proper to sit down at your booth when no one is there, it makes you appear less approachable and less willing to answer questions.
dan
Show people some of the cool stuff that can be printed with a makerbot–bonus points if it moves. If you can, set up a makerbot and have it print small giveaways or prizes.
Make sure everything works and that people are unlikely to break it.
What would be really cool: A 3D scanner to “copy” stuff.
Peter Hillier
I think that getting the maximum number of bots running at the same time will be a great help. Also, you could try leaving open a computer with blender running and a booth member who can do a design on the fly. Basically, proving that you can have idea to product ASAP is the way to win.
Dominic Muren
I agree about the wall of makerbots — it would look awesome, but it would also draw an ass-ton of power, and presumably, that’s not free.
I have been thinking about designing a modular wall divider system using printed makerbot connectors and soda straws, which you can get for nothing, and nonetheless have very high tolerances. Basically create a crazy spaceframe, interspersed with makerbots, which would highlight the technology, and allow you to still show off printing, but maybe with just 4 machines, instead of 20.
Shain Terry
The entire booth should be a makerbot! Need help? Let me know.
anonymous
Hands down the two things that need to be in your booth are tons of LEDs and loud Daft Punk. Some other things that would be cool is a bucket of like 50 things printed with makerbots. Plus you obviously need to have a few makerbots running at all times whose printed objects can be added to this bucket of parts. Also keep a list of things people want to see printed. I think you need to also bring the frostruder. Pretty much just bring everything thats really flashy and will get people’s attention. For example the giant statue of liberty that you printed out on the tall makerbot.
Hope to see you on the news when CES comes around!