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Jun 1 2009 photography Lane Hartwell

Jasmine Gilbert of Seattle, Wash. models a pair of "Digilegs" at the 4th Annual Maker Faire Festival on Saturday, May 30 in San Mateo, Calif. Gilbert and fellow artist Pavel Amigud said the legs took over a year in research and development and over 100 iterations to reach the current working configuration. Gilbert said "The legs are very comfortable, I can walk for hours in them". Maker Faire is held annually in San Mateo and is billed as the largest "Do it yourself" festival in the world.


Maker Faire 2009

Photography Lane Hartwell

Digilegs

Jasmine Gilbert of Seattle, Wash. models a pair of "Digilegs" at the 4th Annual Maker Faire Festival on Saturday, May 30 in San Mateo, Calif. Gilbert and fellow artist Pavel Amigud said the legs took over a year in research and development and over 100 iterations to reach the current working configuration. Gilbert said "The legs are very comfortable, I can walk for hours in them". Maker Faire is held annually in San Mateo and is billed as the largest "Do it yourself" festival in the world. (Photographer/Lane Hartwell)


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Lane Hartwell

Is a San Francisco based photojournalist whose images have appeared in Wired News, Yes! Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, JPG Magazine, and BusinessWeek. Her work has also been published in a variety of print and online magazines nationally and internationally.

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