SF Hardware Startup Meetup Aug 22, 6pm - Hosted by Counsyl!

Hey Hardwarians! It's time for another SF Hardware Startup Meetup!

This month our host and sponsor is Counsyl (https://www.counsyl.com). Their goal is to make the human genome practically useful for life-altering decisions - focusing currently on pre-pregnancy genetic testing. They're going to tell us how they do it - including their wild lab automation!

DEMOS - If you've got a prototype to show us, or if you just want to talk about what you're working on, use this sign-up sheet (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AvKBkB2iZuisdGRKMFF4TGo5bUNXVGI5Wkl0T1dZU3c#gid=23) to grab your spot! The format is 2 minutes maximum (hard stop): no projector, no slides - just you + prototype and a microphone! Remember, people who've never demoed get preference over those that have already! Also, be there at 6pm sharp to secure your spot!

Volunteers - If you'd like to volunteer at this meetup, send me a message through Meetup.com, and we'll get you plugged in!

Getting there: The venue is in South San Francisco, about a mile's walk from the S. SF BART/Caltrain station. It's not a bad walk, but if you'd like to carpool down - use the comment section of this Meetup event page to coordinate!

Announcements / Events

• Samsung Create: Flexible Future, Aug. 13: (http://samsungflexiblefuture.eventbrite.com/) They're having a meetup to talk about their flexible display tech and hardware in general. 6-10pm Parisoma in SF

-SV Hardware Startup Meetup, Aug. 14: (https://www.meetup.com/Silicon-Valley-Hardware-Startup-Meetup/events/133421272/) Come to talk: "Engineering 3D Printing with Type A Machines". 5:30pm TechShop SF

• Bay Area Modular Electronics Meetup, Aug. 17: (https://www.meetup.com/Bay-Area-Modular-Electronics-Meetup/events/133183282/) It's their first meeting, so come out for all things electronic and modular! 4-6pm TechShop San Jose

• Internet of Things Silicon Valley, Aug. 20: (https://www.meetup.com/IoTSiliconValley/events/132178482/) They're talking "Whitespace of IoT". 6:30-8:30pm HackerDojo Mountain View

• New StackExchange for "Maker Pros (http://area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/41850/maker-professionals)" - This just started and could be big - check it out and ask whatever hardware questions you wish!

• r/HWStartups (http://www.reddit.com/r/hwstartups/) - If you haven't seen it yet, check out our Hardware Startups Sub-Reddit for the latest news on hardware - it's like HN to for the hardware community!

• Also, check out our own Renee DiResta's awesome post: "Hardware by the Numbers" (http://blog.noupsi.de/post/56881685860/hardware-by-the-numbers), to see just how far this movement has come in the past two years - exciting times for hardware!

As always, let me know if I can help, or if you want to! Especially if you've got sponsors or venues you can connect us to!

• Nick