Hardware Podcasts

194: Something For Something

Embedded.fm · 6 Apr 2017 · 1h 07m

What this episode covers

Shulie Tornel, community leader at Hackaday.io (owned by Supplyframe), explains the 2017 Hackaday Prize, which challenges makers to 'build something that matters' through five themed rounds including IoT and assistive technology. Hosts Alicia White and Christopher White discuss judging criteria, the importance of open-source documentation, and how the community voting phase can provide seed funding for tools. They also cover the upcoming World Create Day meetup initiative and the role of marketing in hardware communities.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Hackaday, Supplyframe, New Matter, SparkFun, Atmel, Adafruit
Products
Hackaday.io, Monty 3D printer, Eye Drive Momatic, Ditto
Chips
Arduino, ESP32, ESP8266, Raspberry Pi

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