From the comments on our Dangerous Prototypes hackerspace passport stamp post: I’ve got a stamp ready for BarCampMilwaukee6 which is happening in a few weeks I just hope someone (besides me) brings their passport. ;)
Category Archives: conferences
Open Hardware Summit 2011
Open source all-stars: Mitch Altman (TV-B-Gone), Eric Pan (Seeed Studio), Bre Pettis (MakerBot Industries). In the background: Bunny (Chubby). A few hundred folks gathered together who are really passionate about open hardware and innovation. Via Twitter. More photos below the fold.
Arduino team at Open Hardware Summit
Arduino team at Open Hardware Summit. Via Twitter.
Open Hardware Summit presentation
Fast Forward From Alpha: Agile Open Hardware Manufacturing. Contrary to our hopes, internet here is worse than the Bay Area Maker Faire. AT&T’s network is next to useless, and the conference hotel wifi only works when the laptop is held in the top corner of the room. Thanks for your patience, we’ll catch up on […]
Web platform and Thermal Tweeter wireless tethering
The Thermal Tweeter needs a wired ethernet internet connection to get tweets. At the Open Hardware Summit and Maker Faire we’ll be lucky to have wifi. Likely we’ll need to use a 3G wireless connection. We need a way to bridge the wireless data services to a wired connection. Today we picked up a cheap […]
Dangerous Prototypes hackerspace passport stamp
Dangerous Prototypes has a stamp for your hackerspace passport. To get a ‘visa’, find us at the Open Hardware Summit, Maker Faire, or your local hackerspace. We studied several actual passport stamps when making the design. It has a few official boxes to tick with a (different-colored) ink pen, ostensibly the continent of the meeting. […]
Fast forward from alpha – Agile Open Hardware Manufacturing
Here’s the summary for our breakout session with Eric from Seeed Studio. Come see us at the Open Hardware Summit next month: Not everyone wants to etch PCBs and solder surface mount parts. Manufacturing bridges the gap between hardware hackers and communities of firmware, software, and documentation developers who want to get involved. The production […]
ESC Boston
Sheldon B. writes reminding us of the upcoming ESC Boston, scheduled for September 26-29, 2011 at the Hynes Convention Center. This is fun! ESC Boston, 2 days for free, need to preregister, I went a few years ago. While the conference registration is pricey, there is the little known Exhibits Pass which gives access to […]
We’re going to Maker Faire New York!
Today our application for a booth at Maker Faire New York 2011 was accepted. We’ll be showing off the Thermal Tweeter and a few other toys. If everything works out, we’ll share the booth with Brian from Teho labs. We’ll be there a few days early for the Open Hardware Summit, and a little eating. […]
Defcon badge 2011
Even if you’ve never attended the annual Defcon hacker con in Las Vegas, you know about the legendary electronic badges designed the last five years by Joe Grand. These prized gadgets spawned a whole cult of badge hackers, who sought tips and rumors of each years upcoming design so as to best prepare to meet […]
DIY aerial drone spoofs cell towers, hacks wifi + Bluetooth
You’ve probably seen aerial surveillance drones. You also probably know that GSM towers can be spoofed to fool unsuspecting users into connecting and having their phone security compromised. Well at this year’s Blackhat conference recently held in Las Vegas, security researchers Mike Tassey and Richard Perkins demoed their Wi-Fi Aerial Surveillance Platform (WASP) capable of […]
Sponsor the Open Source Hardware Summit – we just did!
Open Hardware Summit 2011 is now open for sponsors. We’re in at the supporter level. We are huge fans of the OHS. Being a sponsor was our only advertising effort last year. But wow, did it get a lot more expensive, commercial, and corporate this year! Last year we though it was so cool that […]
Open Hardware Summit 2011: We’re doing a breakout
A few months ago we posted our proposals for the Open Hardware Summit. Today we got approval for a breakout session with our friend Eric from Seeed Studio. Thanks to the reviewers for considering our proposals and including thoughtful remarks. We’ve been asked to coordinate with Eric on the general topic of parts libraries and manufacturing. […]
GNU Radio conference 2011
The GNU Radio project has announced plans for their first conference, to be held September 14-16, 2011 at the University of Pennsylvania. What is GNU Radio? GNU Radio is a free software development toolkit that provides the signal processing runtime and processing blocks to implement software radios using readily-available, low-cost external RF hardware and commodity […]
Free webinar: Intro to operational amplifiers
If you’re new to op amps or just need a refresher on the theory this conf might interest you. Analog Devices is offering a free webinar titled Intro to Operational Amplifiers scheduled for July 26, 2011 at 12 PM CDT. The presentation will last 45 minutes followed by a 15 minute Q&A. John Ardizzoni, Senior […]
Maker Faire Indy and Fort Wayne application deadlines
NBitWonder reminds us that Maker Faire Indy and Fort Wayne application deadlines are tomorrow: Both events promise to be alot of fun. If you’re an exhibitor, THE CALL FOR MAKERS DEADLINE FOR BOTH EVENTS IS JUNE 30th (that’s 2 DAYS from now). Maker Faire Indy application Maker Faire Fort Wayne application Hurry up and get […]
The US wants YOU to help verify chip integrity
The US government’s intelligence community research arm, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency or IARPA, is responsible for verifying the integrity of chips procured by the government and destined for mission critical national security applications. They are well aware that foreign suppliers can adulterate the supply of mission critical chips in various ways, including designing […]
Open hardware summit proposal deadline extended
The deadline for submissions has been extended to July 1st: We’re extending the submission deadline for the Open Hardware Summit until next Friday, July 1st (at 11:59 pm U.S. Eastern time). While there have been many exciting submissions already, we know that not everyone had enough time to put together their proposal. We wanted to […]
Free O’Reilly webcast: Open Android
O’Reilly is presenting a free webcast on Open Android: What it means to be open and why you would care, on Friday, July 8, 2011 at 10 AM PT. The presentation by Marko Gargenta will last approximately 60 minutes. Open is another buzz word that means many things to many people. In Open Android talk, […]
OHS 2011 project demo proposal: Thermal Tweeter
Today is the deadline for Open Hardware Summit 2011 talk, breakout, and project demo proposals. We’re publishing ours for feedback, and maybe to inspire your last minute entry. OHS has an evening happy hour with a project show and tell. We thought the Thermal Tweeter, packed into an open source 3d-printed stand, would be a […]