For people who are interested in embedded systems and hardware: Microcontrollers (ARM, PIC, AVR, MSP), Wireless (WiFi, Bluetooth, ZigBee, GSM/GPRS), DSP (TI) FGPA (Altera, Xilinx, Lattice, Actel, VHDL, Verilog) Sensors (MEMS, Image, Fingerprint, RFID) Operating systems that are used in embedded systems like Embedded Linux, Android, iOS, WinCE, TinyOS, uCOS) New product ideas in embedded systems. We will have regular talks on those topics. Please join us and grow together.

The evaForge team is working on a Open Design entry into the DARPA uavForge challenge.  Based in the Bay Area the evaForge entry is based on the innovative QuadShot airframe designed by a team based in Santa Cruz.  The QuadShot is "an aerobatic blend of RC helis and planes" which provides the key capabilities of both vertical takeoff/landing like a helicopter and efficient forward flight like a plane. The evaForge team is working on the "mission" payload, which includes the hardware and softwar …

The Mobile Guild fosters information exchange, Professional development, and networking amongst its members. Discussions & trends on Mobile Apps (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Phone 7), New opportunities, Monetization and business models created by the convergence of cameras & Sensors in smartphones and more.. Mobile Guild is a platform - a table to talk. What is being discussed here? - Tips and tricks for successful Monetization of Mobile Apps - New Business models and opportunities …

This is a group for anyone interested in Open Source software and Open Hardware for the Internet of Things. I'd like to create an opportunity for engineers and programmers, entrepreneurs, hackers, makers, and enthusiasts from all areas to get together for networking and collaboration. The Internet and the Web today is built on Open Source software. Linux, Apache, Hadoop, Mozilla, Ajax, Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Memcached, MySQL; client and server and router software all developed by communities o …

Meetup overview Are you interesting in using thoughts to communicate with computers? If so, then this Meetup is for you. We are seeking like minded individuals interested in building sensors and using brainwave signals for interactive art, performance, or even transcendental meditation. As a Meetup group we are focused on creating new technologies to enable brain to computer interfacing. Presently we are measuring brainwave signals using a brainwave microphone of sorts, based on the technology …

Welcome! We are a group of developers, enthusiasts and users interested in the technical aspect of different geo technologies. This group is meant to be an open, friendly, technical forum where you can find answers to your geospatial questions or learn more about Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A cool geo-project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUU5xSeSaHo&NR=1 If you ever had "traditional" questions like/about: - What is the best way of storing the locations for my mobile app? - How do I …

This group is for people who love to build, ride, break then repair, tweak some settings and ride their scooters. I am also personally out to make what I call "The Police Magnet" "The God Scooter". Something so powerful, everyone on earth will want one from us. It's also for casual meetups, dinners, talking about design, testing in a friends garage one day then maybe going on a road trip the next. Scooteringging, is a safe, effective, cheap, and environmentally nice way to get from point A to Po …

This is a group is for anyone interested in Machine To Machine. Thank you for joining M2M group! Please join our first meeting March 5th (tentative) Date: March 5th, 2013 Time: 6PM - 8PM Where: Sunnyvale I will post more details shortly so please stay tuned. Thank you, - Roxanna C

Welcome designers, developers and visionaries! Let's learn and discuss core principles for creating effective user interfaces, design strategy and user experiences for mobile devices. We will have industry leader guest speakers and cover the trends such as form factors UI, lean mobile UX, wearable computing, GPS, gestures, augmented reality, tactile experiences, sensors, commerce, tagging and more. Learning about industry practices and techniques for the most popular platforms, and next generati …

From People-to-People, to People-to-Machine, and we are stepping towards the era of Machine-to-Machine. From (Consumer) Internet to Industrial Internet, those all about Real-time Streaming Big Data, which drives Cloud Computing Nothing Manual Cannot Be Automated, the reason now not automatic is just because of the automation cost. With the foreseeable success of Machine-to-Machine based Industrial Internet, it is not far away for us to enjoy a fully Automatic Society

To promote the interests, understanding and discussion of freeing machine to machine communications from the limitations of the Cellular and PSTN Networks. Using outer space to connect that last node to the Net.

An Internet of Things (IoT) community group for the East Bay Area of San Francisco. Following on from IoTLondon, IoTAmsterdam and IoTNYC - we are opening a new community in the East Bay. Here's what our London Group are doing this week http://www.meetup.com/iotlondon/events/57537982/ Join for informal discussions, short presentations and socialise with fellow IoT Enthusiasts. Whether you are a hobbyist, maker or work professionally in this subject - come along for an evening out. Me …

This is a monthly meetup group for anyone interested in unmanned aerial vehicles also commonly refered to as Drones. We will meet once monthly at an outdoor location to fly, test and discuss Drones and their practical uses today and in the future. This group was formed to give people that are interested the opportunity for a hands on experience. Members who have access to drones of any size and type are encouraged to bring them. We will meet on the first sunday of every month. Hope to see you th …

The spectrum of human DNA overlaps with the spectrum of the sunrise and the sunset enabling us to tune in the best time of day for our skin to see the sun; the best time of day to promote a radiant appearance, health, and Vitamin D, without any damage. There will be two such time frames each day; one after sunrise and one before sunset. What's the best time for you? What about the effects of clouds, forests, elevation, or other atmospheric conditions? The only way to know is to collect the data. …