Makathon Open Source hardware hackathon | Silicon Valley San Carlos | March 28-30

[Carole Wai Hai]

Hardware Hackathon | 28-30 March | Techshop San Carlos
Beableboard Community,

Hardware hackers, Programmers, Arduino enthusiasts, Roboticists,
Here is THE must attend hackathon of the season and here's why:

1) COOL THEMES: 
Social Impact | Improved Wearable | Music makes me happy

2) MENTORSHIP - these experts will be on-call to coach
     

• Jeff McAlvay | Tempo Automation | rapid prototyping
• Jonathan Palley | Spire Sciences | DFM, manufacturing
• Laura Kassovic | MBIENTLAB | Wearable device hacking
• Luke Dahl | CCRMA Stanford | Music Technology
• G. Carter Stokum | Automata Labs | Electronics & Robotics
• Madelynn Martiniere | Spark Plug Labs | Growth hacking

3) COMPONENTS & PRIZES
 

• Electric Imp will provide a kit per team to connect your device to wifi!
• Voltaic System will provide a 6 Watt Solar Charger Kit as a prize.
• BITalino will provide a physiological sensors kit as a prize
• LittleBits will provide a kit as a prize.
• and many more surprises to come!

4) MEET THE JUDGES
  

• Jonathan Charles, VC Team, Samsung Catalyst Fund
• Kevin Hale, Partner, Y Combinator
• Carlos Uranga, Founder, OpenFuelCell

Join us for an awesome weekend of hardware hacks! Pitch your idea or join a team, meet like-minded people, learn and have fun. We'll provide an arduino board per team with dev kit, workshop and food^^

All level welcome and feel free to bring your beagleboard~

 

 

Hope to see you there, if any question, reach out to carole[at]makathon[dot]org