Our favorite events from around the world — June - July - August 2006

June July their skills by designing, August

>>The Power of DC >>Montréal Inter- constructing, and racing >>DEFCON August 4-6,
June 3, Hagerstown, Md. national Fireworks their own submarines. Riviera Hotel, Las Vegas.
Fast, powerful, and silent Competition Week- ^{sections.asme.org/} DEFCON is one of the larg-
electric vehicles race for ends, June through July, ^{sandiego/ HPS2006.htm} est and oldest computer
ecologically sound glory. Montreal. Teams from hacker conventions in the
nedra.com around the world >> ^{World Freefall} world. defcon.org
_{compete in what may} Convention July 21-30,
>>^{Combine Demoli-} be the largest and most ^{Quincy, Ill. The USA’s larg-} >>6th Annual Telluride
^{tion Derby June 10,} prestigious pyrotechnical ^{est skydiving convention} Tech Festival August
^{Lind, Wash. Lind’s yearly} competition anywhere. ^{occurs every summer at} 12-14, Telluride, Colo. The
rodeo weekend kicks off internationaldesfeuxloto- this central Illinois location. _{festival looks at the past}
with a “Combine Demoli- quebec.com/en freefall.com _{and future of technology,}
tion Derby” showcasing _{through speakers and}
kamikaze farm machinery. >>Warship Weekend >> Farnborough Inter- _{discussion groups.}
lindwa.com 2006 July 8-9, The Mu- national Airshow July _{telluridetechfestival.com}
seum of Naval Firepower, 22-24, Farnborough, UK.
EDITOR’S CHOICE Gosport, UK. Display This huge airshow features _{EDITOR’S CHOICE}
>>Made in America features old and modern a 4+ hour flying display, _{>>Bonneville Speed}
Factory Tour Weekend warships. explosion.org.uk static displays, exhibitions, _{Week August 12-18,}
June 14-17, York, Pa. seminars, rides, and other _{Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.}
Visitors are invited onto >>Da Vinci Days July attractions. _{The fastest racers on Earth}
the production floors at 14-16, Corvallis, Ore. A farnborough.com _{streak across the saltpan}
companies such as Harley- multidimensional festival _{attempting new speed}
Davidson, Pfaltgraff, Utz, of Da Vinci-esque activities, >> The 2006 Fire Arts _{records. scta-bni.org}
and nearly 30 others. including a kinetic sculp- Festival July 12-17,
factorytours.org ture race, robots, speakers, The Crucible, Oakland,
and more. Calif. Pyro-artistic festival _{Important: All times, dates,}

>>RoboGames San davinci-days.org/index.php includes lectures, classes, locations, and events are Francisco State University, sculptures, demonstrations, ^{unconfirmed and subject to} June 16-18, San Francisco. >> The Royal Interna- and fire-related perfor- ^{change. Verify all information} _{before making plans to attend.} Robotics galore: FIRA, tional Air Tattoo July mances.

BEAM, Mindstorms, 15-16, Fairford Air Field, thecrucible.org/calendar _{Do you know of an event}
and Robotic Combat. Fairford, UK. RIAT is the that should be included?
robogames.net biggest military air show >>EAA AirVenture ^{Please use our online form}
held in Europe and attracts July 24-30, Oshkosh, ^{at makezine.com/events.}
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EDITOR’S CHOICE participants, airplanes, and Wis. More than 750,000 _{include listings for all events} >>LDRS 25 Silver technology from around people attend AirVenture, in the magazine, but they Anniversary June 28- the world. airtattoo.com the annual convention of ^{will be listed online.}

July 4, Amarillo, Texas. The the Experimental Aircraft largest amateur rocketry >>ASME’s Human Association with thousands _{Did you attend an interest-} event in the world, featur- Powered Submarine of aircraft-related events. ing event? If so, please tell ing hundreds of high- Contest July 19-23, airventure.org ^{us about it in our Forums.} powered rocket launches. Escondido, Calif. Engi- ^{(forums. makezine.com).} ldrs.org neering students will test