SF Hardware Startup Meetup May 30 - Sponsored by FitBit!

Hey Hardwarians!

Now that you guys have all recovered from the crazy week of MakerFaire:

It's time again for another SF Hardware Startup Meetup (!!!): May 30th, Thursday, 6pm at the California College of the Arts (http://www.cca.edu/)! Our sponsor this week is FitBit (http://fitbit.com) - who you all know as the hardware startup (well grown-up now) who's doing great things in the quantified health/fitness space. Fitbit will be there to talk about some cool stuff they're up to.

If you want to DO A DEMO (!) then sign-up at the spreadsheet under the "May 30th" tab (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvKBkB2iZuisdGRKMFF4TGo5bUNXVGI5Wkl0T1dZU3c#gid=20).

Volunteers: If you want to help out, talk to Robert Han: roberthan818@gmail.com

Sponsors: If you know anyone who wants to help us do more of these: Tell me!

Venues: If you know a place in the SF area that can host our meetup: Tell me!

Other (HUGE) Announcements:

• International Hardware Startup Meetup is June 3rd: This is co-located with the Augmented World Expo (http://augmentedworldexpo.com/). The meetup is FREE for the hardware startup community, and the Expo is $10 ($89 off) if you use this code: HW13EXPO when you sign-up here: Augmented World Expo website (http://augmentedworldexpo.com/register/). PCH International (http://www.pchintl.com/) and Upverter (http://upverter.com/) will be offering in-kind prizes to the best "connected" hardware startup.

Please RSVP here to attend the meetup (http://augmentedworldexpo.com/ai1ec_event/hw-startup-meetup/?instance_id=473) and SIGN-UP HERE (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvKBkB2iZuisdGRKMFF4TGo5bUNXVGI5Wkl0T1dZU3c#gid=19) to enter competition (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvKBkB2iZuisdGRKMFF4TGo5bUNXVGI5Wkl0T1dZU3c#gid=19) (make sure it is on the: AWEJune 3rd tab). Sign-up for the competition and RSVP to attend ASAP to get your spot!

• Bay Area Factory Tours Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Factory-Tours/): Our own Jeff McAlvay started a meet group for factory tours that's going to be awesome. Check it out!!!

• SF Autodesk Inventor User Group (https://www.meetup.com/SF-Autodesk-Inventor-User-Group): Max Rosenblum stepped up to teach us how to use the Autodesk software that we all got - so join this group! Also, if you're a TechShop member, you can get Autodesk software free as well.

• Design-2-Part Santa Clara is May 22-23: This is a show where local suppliers show you what they've got! Here's the Free Registration Form (http://www.d2p.com/landing.aspx?show=259&code=SC13ticket&utm_campaign=SC13ETICKET)

Wow - that's a lot of awesome stuff going on! If you need any help feel free to drop me an email!

Nick