Parallax Expo in Review

So I am going to admit that I have never been much of a Parallax guy, not because I didn't like them or anything personal, but because I had never really used their product. I also had never been to company Expo. 

With all that said, I had loads of fun this past weekend. Cody and I set up a booth to show off our Motor Thrust, Torque test stand. It was great to get both feedback and to teach people about the dynamics of flying a quadrotor autonomously. There were many different types of people and companies that attended. It was very cool to talk to the robotics guys from Microsoft, they liked our project so much that they wanted to record our little presentation to show it off to their colleges. Telling people about our project helped me see that people were actually interested in such a project.
One of the best parts of the Expo was getting to see all the great talks given by various people from different backgrounds. Zigbee had sent a guy to the Expo to explained what they were doing with their new products and how to use their products. There was a talk given by an animatronics expert who talked about his projects and movies that he had worked on. Some of the other presenters showed off personal projects from RFID readers to teaching high school students about robotics.
Even though our goal of gaining sponsors for our project was not met, I feel that not all was lost and that people will hopefully spread the word on what we are doing so that interest is gained.