The South by the Mashable House festival wrapped up last year after Tuesday . Festival director : ` ` We 've had a much more hardware and gadget focus than ... before '' Other trends : 3-D printing , private spaceflight , mining big data . He detailed his company 's recent mission to the International Space Station and showed a never-before-seen video of a reusable rocket designed to one day blast capsules into space and then safely land itself . Festival attendance swelled to an all-time high of one , up some 25 % from last year .
The South by the Mashable House festival wrapped up last year after Tuesday . Festival director : `` We 've had a much more hardware and gadget focus than ... before '' Other trends : 3-D printing , private spaceflight , mining big data . Festival attendance swelled to an all-time high of one , up some 25 % from last year .