HACKADAY’S BAMF MEETUP SPILLS into THE streets OF SAN MATEO
Saturday night marked the fourth annual Hackaday BAMF meetup. The night when weary exhibitors close up their booths at bay area maker Faire as well as head over to O’Neil’s Irish Pub where the genuine fun starts. There are many drawbacks to having a booth; you’re on your feet all the time repeating the exact same little snippet to everybody passing by, as well as usually you don’t get much of a possibility to mingle with buddies old as well as new.
Walking into the meetup, it was striking to watch aching bodies sluggish with weariness perk as much as the energy as well as enjoyment of the Hackaday neighborhood incarnate. join me after the break for a peek into the fun of the evening.
The location filled up quick as well as our geekdom chased out the locals quicker than in previous years. The bar was packed to capacity, cleared out a bit, as well as was packed once again up until late in the evening. I figure we were still at about 60% of capability when I snuck away for the night at about 1 AM. You can see above that the celebration spilled out in the street at one point. A keen eye will pick out Paul Stoffregen (creator of Teensy) discovering a quieter as well as awesome location for a conversation.
Prusa admiring whosawhatsis’ small as well as precise portable printer
Chris Gammell, Christal Gordon, as well as Krux
Carl Bowers as well as Ben Heckendorn clink their glasses
We used a bit of social network pressure to persuade Joseph Prusa to stop by. right here you can see him taking a look at the small portable 3D printer that Whosawhatsis brought together with him. We snapped a candid shot of Chris Gammel catching up with Hackaday prize judge Dr. Christal Gordan as well as our great buddy Krux who runs DEF con Darknet. (He showed me this year’s badge however forbade me to take pictures.) If you’re into titans of media you might hang out with Karl Bowers of The stimulate Gap podcast as well as Ben Heckendorn of the Ben Heck show.
Shulie tries Hololens
EL cable hat
Binary wristwatch
Wearables were prominent this year. somebody brought along a HoloLens (I can phone call that a wearable, right?). Shawn Hymel from Sparkfun seems waaaay to excited to see Shulie trying the headset out. An EL cable hat in shape in rather well at the meetup. as well as it was fantastic to run into a binary wristwatch that was developed around a Silicon Labs microcontroller for a nice modification from the oft-featured AVR as well as pic offerings.
Pass the beer
SDR
There was a bit robot whose function was to pass the beer (oh… my-god). We were treated to a demo of an in-progress software application defined radio. You can get a close look at the board above. The wide shot shows the frequency counter verifying what the transmitter is putting out.
A small game boy
RGB LED matrix driven by Beaglebone
Panel controls
All in all an fantastic night, as well as one that made hitting the third day of the fair in 90 degree weather condition all the harder. however it was definitely worth it. thanks for everybody who stopped by, there are a few more photos to look with on Hackaday.io. If you didn’t make it to this meetup, you missed something special — mark your calendars for next year!
Hackaday team huddled in the back of O’Neil’s for a quick group shot.