 Rockin' man, runnin' out of here, here alone, and if it's gonna be a long, long time. I'm here at Maker Faire, which is kind of like a Renaissance Faire for nerds. Well, I guess Renaissance Faires are for nerds. It's like a Renaissance Faire for makers. I'm gonna see what I can see and maybe learn how to program in Python and build my own robot. I don't know, whatever. It's cool. So this is Thummy Wars. That's the official name that we came up with at the beginning of the 72-hour build-off. So everything in here was built in 72 hours. We actually have two potentiometers. There's one in this thumb and one in this thumb. And there's an Arduino program that's basically monitoring those two potentiometers and determining whether or not there's a pin based on the threshold and the amount of time that the thumbs are down. Did you do the one, two, three, four, I just did a Thummy War? Yeah, and then basically... A Thummy War? So nobody says that. Are you really that bad? Yes! Dude, it's so cool. When I was coming in, this kid with his dad, I skated past them and he's like, whoa! And I was like, wait for it, wait for it. He's got a skateboard! I felt like a superhero. Oh dude, we got a straight... can I go all the way? It'll do like four miles an hour right now. Yeah! Oh my gosh. Is this like the primary expression of what you do? Yeah, absolutely. Outside of blogs? There's nothing better in the world than taking something up here and then transforming it into reality and having everyone enjoy it. It's the best feeling in the world. Can you power slide in this? Get some blue sparks going? Well, you've transformed relaxation... Into reality. And then just kind of position yourself between the bars. Yeah. I don't have to go anywhere. I've gone to the relaxation town. I'll just yell stop if somebody's like going to be about to be impaled. So is this... how do you turn? You'll figure it out. Oh yeah. We're out of Portsmouth, Virginia. Yeah, total East Coasters. We're right on the ocean. You rode this all the way up? No. You can't handle top speed. We took an electric wheelchair, basically cut it up, welded a bunch of stuff onto the chassis, modified it a little bit, and now it has a hammock that's suspended in. This is so awesome! You said it can get up to 5G's? Each person has a dead man's switch. Whoever lets go of the dead man's switch first loses, obviously, but then it winds down. Has anyone died yet? No. Do you have a barf bag ready? Chad, it was nice knowing you. Woo! Oh my gosh. Totally fine the whole time, and then as soon as it stopped my eyes were like spinning. Yeah, my eyes kept going. And now I'm like shaking and I'm like woozy. I actually want a hot dog now. I want to do it again. It's really bad. I'm not really into the spinning. That's how Goose died. You know, I'm having a lot of fun here, but I don't know, maybe I'm having too much fun. You know, America used to build things, used to go places. I feel like I should make something myself. Green LEDs. Everything needs soldering irons these days. I don't know how to solder. I don't own a soldering gun. I have so much to learn. This is the Raspberry Pi starter kit, which I've been told to get, and I don't know what this does. But it looks really cool, so I'm going to try to build something with it, and you know, we'll see what happens. It's going to be an adventure, and I could fall on my face. But that's what this is all about. It's discovery.
 Rockin' man, runnin' out of here, here alone, and if it's gonna be a long, long time.
 I'm here at Maker Faire, which is kind of like a Renaissance Faire for nerds.
 Well, I guess Renaissance Faires are for nerds. It's like a Renaissance Faire for makers.
 I'm gonna see what I can see and maybe learn how to program in Python and build my own robot. I don't know, whatever. It's cool.
 So this is Thummy Wars. That's the official name that we came up with at the beginning of the 72-hour build-off.
 So everything in here was built in 72 hours.
 We actually have two potentiometers. There's one in this thumb and one in this thumb. And there's an Arduino program that's basically monitoring those two potentiometers and determining whether or not there's a pin based on the threshold and the amount of time that the thumbs are down.
 Did you do the one, two, three, four, I just did a Thummy War?
 Yeah, and then basically...
 A Thummy War? So nobody says that. Are you really that bad?
 Yes!
 Dude, it's so cool. When I was coming in, this kid with his dad, I skated past them and he's like, whoa! And I was like, wait for it, wait for it. He's got a skateboard! I felt like a superhero.
 Oh dude, we got a straight... can I go all the way?
 It'll do like four miles an hour right now.
 Yeah! Oh my gosh.
 Is this like the primary expression of what you do?
 Yeah, absolutely.
 Outside of blogs?
 There's nothing better in the world than taking something up here and then transforming it into reality and having everyone enjoy it. It's the best feeling in the world.
 Can you power slide in this? Get some blue sparks going?
 Well, you've transformed relaxation...
 Into reality.
 And then just kind of position yourself between the bars.
 Yeah. I don't have to go anywhere. I've gone to the relaxation town.
 I'll just yell stop if somebody's like going to be about to be impaled.
 So is this... how do you turn?
 You'll figure it out.
 Oh yeah.
 We're out of Portsmouth, Virginia. Yeah, total East Coasters. We're right on the ocean.
 You rode this all the way up?
 No.
 You can't handle top speed.
 We took an electric wheelchair, basically cut it up, welded a bunch of stuff onto the chassis, modified it a little bit, and now it has a hammock that's suspended in.
 This is so awesome!
 You said it can get up to 5G's?
 Each person has a dead man's switch.
 Whoever lets go of the dead man's switch first loses, obviously, but then it winds down.
 Has anyone died yet?
 No.
 Do you have a barf bag ready?
 Chad, it was nice knowing you.
 Woo!
 Oh my gosh.
 Totally fine the whole time, and then as soon as it stopped my eyes were like spinning.
 Yeah, my eyes kept going.
 And now I'm like shaking and I'm like woozy.
 I actually want a hot dog now.
 I want to do it again.
 It's really bad.
 I'm not really into the spinning. That's how Goose died.
 You know, I'm having a lot of fun here, but I don't know, maybe I'm having too much fun.
 You know, America used to build things, used to go places.
 I feel like I should make something myself.
 Green LEDs.
 Everything needs soldering irons these days.
 I don't know how to solder.
 I don't own a soldering gun.
 I have so much to learn.
 This is the Raspberry Pi starter kit, which I've been told to get, and I don't know what this does.
 But it looks really cool, so I'm going to try to build something with it, and you know, we'll see what happens.
 It's going to be an adventure, and I could fall on my face.
 But that's what this is all about.
 It's discovery.