3rd OSHUG event

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Just a note to point to OSHUG's thrid open hardawre event:

OSHUG #3 - Arduino: A Success Story


http://oshugsuccess.eventbrite.com/

Open Source Hardware User Group
Event #3
Arduino: An Open Source Hardware Success Story

For the third meeting we'll be asking the question "what factors
contribute to the success of an open source hardware project?", and
using Arduino and derivatives LilyPad Arduino and the concurrency.cc
board as the basis for an informal case study.

Current Cost Bridge - an arduino based, hackable consumer device
The Current Cost Bridge was developed using the open-source Arduino
platform. The reason for using Arduino, was to speed up the
development process of the bridge, allowing for fast prototyping and
producing a hackable device
Chris Dalby (twitter) is Lead Software Developer at Current Cost Ltd
with over 10 years experience in software development and network
infrastructure. Chris joined Current Cost in December 2010 to develop
desktop and web based software for the Current Cost monitor range.

Concurrency.cc - parallel programming for makers and artists
The concurrency.cc project describes itself as "a group of educators
and researchers exploring the development of tools that make parallel
programming more accessible to more people. Our hope is that
concurrency.cc will serve the community of developers surrounding
parallel and concurrent languages on the Arduino and other low-cost
embedded platforms."
Adam Sampson is a research associate in the field of concurrent
programming and complex systems simulation at the University of Kent.
He has enjoyed electronics as a hobby ever since being told off for
dismantling the family vacuum cleaner as a small child.
Omer Kilic (twitter) is a research student at the University of Kent
working on dynamically reconfigurable architectures and embedded
systems. He is passionate about the open-source hardware movement and
likes tinkering, so much so that he founded TinkerSoc, The University
of Kent Tinkering Society

LilyPad - an Arduino based platform for wearables and e-textiles
The LilyPad Arduino is a microcontroller, plus a set of sewable
electronic components designed so they can be put together to create
interactive wearables or textiles based artworks. There is quite a
range of components such as LEDS, sensors, buzzer, accelerometer and
more that can be connected with conductive thread. The board is based
on the ATmega168V/328Vand was designed and developed by Leah Buechley
and SparkFun Electronics.
Rain Ashford (twitter) is Senior Producer at BBC Learning where she is
presently across the BBC's Media Literacy supertopic portal. During
her 10 years at the BBC Ishe has developed and produced many of the
BBC's high priority sites and online activities. Passionate about
technology, she recently started a Women in Technology network for her
colleagues to discuss careers, training, raising their profile and
encouraging women to look at careers in tech. She previously worked
for BBC R&D; as a Technologist where she worked on the groundbreaking
R&DTV; project and the BBC's developer network, BBC Backstage, she's a
hardware hacker, coder, artist, gamer and blogger.

Note:
Due to security arrangements it is imporant that people arrive on time
or if possible slightly early - any time from 17:45 is fine. If there
is nobody on reception please call 020 7960 1771 for access.
If capacity is reached and you would like to attend please contact us,
we'll put you on a waiting list and may arrange a larger venue if
there is sufficient demand.