Startup Weekends are cool. Makeathons are cool. Startup Weekends + Makeathon = ???

They had one out at TechShop http://3d.startupweekend.org/ 

I've been talking to some people in the general area that have access to some technical tools and personnell  about doing something like this.

If there was a Maker Startup Weekend, what would you like the focus to be and what would you like to get out of the weekend?

Here are some general thoughts on it:

1. Unlike a startup weekend, a prototype or even product would seems to be a pretty difficult task to make happen in such a short period of time

3d printers + scanning famous art work = awesome future remixes and creations

http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2012/06/01/a-dream-of-art-for-everyone-dig…

SUCCESS!

I reached out to Erika Lynch , who is the head of workforce development institute over at Gateway Community college and we spoke about their CNC program. They are consolidating their campus into the new location in New Haven but expect to be ready by the 1st of August. She said that she would be happy to do a site tour and for us to have a look at their CNC machine. She also is intrigued by what Makehaven has to offer and is going to come by on a tuesday night once they have moved to the new campus.

Best part? She sent me a copy of the yet to be published fall calendar that has

Ever since joining makehaven I've become obsesseed with additive manufacturing and 5 axis CNC. While using the RepRap and using all of the software associated with it has been a blast, the chance to get access to a 5 axis machine is really limited. So I began my quest for CNC.

Being from Stratford aka Helicopter City USA,  I figured that there would be abundant training in the area. FAR FROM IT! In fact, CNC is in such demand, that there are over 100+ jobs in the immediate area posted on Indeed.com's site.  So I've decided to take the following 2 paths to get my training:

1. Traditional