Event Details
Tuesday, March 27, 2018, 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
Supplyframe DesignLab, 30 East Del Mar Blvd, Pasadena, CA
Join us for the March 2018 Hackaday LA Meetup! We'll welcome three excellent speakers, meet with fellow hackers, pitch project ideas, and stay updated on all things Supplyframe, Hackaday, and Tindie. RSVP
Featured Speakers
Shah Selbe & Jacob Lewallen -- Wild Technology: Adventures with Open Source Sensors, Drones, & National Geographic
Over the last few years, Conservify has built open source conservation technologies for use in the field on National Geographic expeditions and through our network of scientists and conservationists. This has taken us to places like Peru's Boiling River, Botswana's Okavango Delta, Canada's Banff National Park, Congo's lowland gorilla reserves, and many more. We will discuss some of our experiences in building open source sensors/IoT, drones, and other tools to help better protect and understand the planet we live in. We will also talk about FieldKit, a joint hardware/software platform, and architecture that fuses the best of open science and open storytelling. We will discuss how big data/IoT formed the foundation for live-data expeditions, and how it's helping to protect one of the last untouched places on earth.
Shah Selbe is the founder of Conservify and a National Geographic Explorer Fellow. He started his career as a spacecraft propulsion engineering but now considers himself a conservation technologist, where he works with communities, NGOs, and developing countries to identify and deploy technologies that can help with their greatest conservation challenges.
Jacob Lewallen is a principal engineer at Conservify and has been a critical part of the team that sent technology to the Okavango Delta, Boiling River, and Banff National Park. He is leading the effort behind FieldKit and travels to the field often to deploy the technologies developed in our Los Angeles-based lab. Jacob has been a part of the maker movement for some time now, heavily involved in the operation of makerspaces, and in mentoring friends in software and woodworking. Second presenter and topic will be announced shortly!
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The 2018 Hackaday Prize
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- Tuesday — March 27, 2018
6:30PM - 9:30PM - Supplyframe Design Lab
30 E Del Mar Blvd
Pasadena, CA 91105
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