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Berkeley-Oakland-East Bay Hardware Startup Meetup

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Organized by Peter Mui and 3 others

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What we’re about

We're all about hardware innovation and hardware startups in the San Francisco East Bay: Berkeley, Oakland -- from Richmond to Milpitas to Livermore. We're for anyone into the Maker Movement, Industrial Design, Toys, Lean Startups, Technology, Microcontrollers, Robotics, Fashion, The Internet of Things, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, and anything else disruptive.

Upcoming events (4+)

Tue, Apr 30, 2024, 8:00 PM PDTFixit Clinic at Hardware and SoftWEAR Hacking Tuesdays
Omni Commons, Oakland, CA
Join us at Sudoroom (in the Omni Commons) in Oakland Tuesday evenings for Hardware, Repair and SoftWEAR Hacking Nite. Bring your project to work on or help others with their projects.

This is also Fixit Clinic's weekly Oakland residency at Omni Commons: bring your broken, non-functioning things – electronic gadgets, appliances, computers, toys, etc.– for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We’ll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your item. First-time repairers and “Fixing Families” are heartily encouraged to attend. Check in your item here: https://bit.ly/itemcheckin

SoftWEAR hacking too: the Omni Commons Sewing Lab is also active for textile projects and technical repairs, we’ve got many different types of sewing machines available including heavy duty and serger sewing machines. You’re also welcome to bring your own machine to have it checked out and tuned up or to just sew alongside others.

If you can't make it in person: join the jitsi video chat through https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles

Hope to see you there!

Other ongoing Repair Events:
-Every 3rd Friday of the month: USA-CA-Oakland Circuit Launch Build Night: https://www.meetup.com/circuit-launch/
-ALSO: Repair Virtually Through Discord: You're also heartily invited to get help with repair (or give help) through the online Global Fixers Server on Discord; that’s turned into a great resource for knowledge sharing and training amongst repairers where they can broaden skills, share skills, cross-train, and bring items they can't repair on their own (“stumpers"). Follow the instructions in this Google Doc to join Discord: Global Fixers: https://bit.ly/joinglobalfixers
1 attendee
Tue, May 7, 2024, 8:00 PM PDTFixit Clinic at Hardware and SoftWEAR Hacking Tuesdays
Omni Commons, Oakland, CA
Join us at Sudoroom (in the Omni Commons) in Oakland Tuesday evenings for Hardware, Repair and SoftWEAR Hacking Nite. Bring your project to work on or help others with their projects.

This is also Fixit Clinic's weekly Oakland residency at Omni Commons: bring your broken, non-functioning things – electronic gadgets, appliances, computers, toys, etc.– for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We’ll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your item. First-time repairers and “Fixing Families” are heartily encouraged to attend. Check in your item here: https://bit.ly/itemcheckin

SoftWEAR hacking too: the Omni Commons Sewing Lab is also active for textile projects and technical repairs, we’ve got many different types of sewing machines available including heavy duty and serger sewing machines. You’re also welcome to bring your own machine to have it checked out and tuned up or to just sew alongside others.

If you can't make it in person: join the jitsi video chat through https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles

Hope to see you there!

Other ongoing Repair Events:
-Every 3rd Friday of the month: USA-CA-Oakland Circuit Launch Build Night: https://www.meetup.com/circuit-launch/
-ALSO: Repair Virtually Through Discord: You're also heartily invited to get help with repair (or give help) through the online Global Fixers Server on Discord; that’s turned into a great resource for knowledge sharing and training amongst repairers where they can broaden skills, share skills, cross-train, and bring items they can't repair on their own (“stumpers"). Follow the instructions in this Google Doc to join Discord: Global Fixers: https://bit.ly/joinglobalfixers
1 attendee
Tue, May 14, 2024, 8:00 PM PDTFixit Clinic at Hardware and SoftWEAR Hacking Tuesdays
Omni Commons, Oakland, CA
Join us at Sudoroom (in the Omni Commons) in Oakland Tuesday evenings for Hardware, Repair and SoftWEAR Hacking Nite. Bring your project to work on or help others with their projects.

This is also Fixit Clinic's weekly Oakland residency at Omni Commons: bring your broken, non-functioning things – electronic gadgets, appliances, computers, toys, etc.– for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We’ll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your item. First-time repairers and “Fixing Families” are heartily encouraged to attend. Check in your item here: https://bit.ly/itemcheckin

SoftWEAR hacking too: the Omni Commons Sewing Lab is also active for textile projects and technical repairs, we’ve got many different types of sewing machines available including heavy duty and serger sewing machines. You’re also welcome to bring your own machine to have it checked out and tuned up or to just sew alongside others.

If you can't make it in person: join the jitsi video chat through https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles

Hope to see you there!

Other ongoing Repair Events:
-Every 3rd Friday of the month: USA-CA-Oakland Circuit Launch Build Night: https://www.meetup.com/circuit-launch/
-ALSO: Repair Virtually Through Discord: You're also heartily invited to get help with repair (or give help) through the online Global Fixers Server on Discord; that’s turned into a great resource for knowledge sharing and training amongst repairers where they can broaden skills, share skills, cross-train, and bring items they can't repair on their own (“stumpers"). Follow the instructions in this Google Doc to join Discord: Global Fixers: https://bit.ly/joinglobalfixers
1 attendee
Fri, May 17, 2024, 6:00 PM PDTEvery 3rd Friday: Fixit Clinic + Group Sewing + Projects Night @ Circuit Launch
Circuit Launch, Oakland, CA
(This is cross-promotion of Circuit Launch’s 3rd Friday of the month Build Nights that are also scheduled on Meetup here: https://www.meetup.com/circuit-launch/events/, description copied below.)

BUILD NIGHTS ARE BETTER THAN EVER
Our monthly Circuit Launch "Open House" evening for everyone, fun for the whole family! Join us every third Friday evening of the month for a trifecta of awesomeness:
○ Robot and Electronics Projects: Start a project, continue a project or discover one here: we provide the space, tools and peer learning – you bring your project and enthusiasm!
○ Sewing: Learn to do simple mending or get help with technical fabric and textile projects. In addition to regular machines our Sewing Lab features heavy-duty industrial sewing machines and sergers. Our mentor CC has worked for Academy or Art College, Tesla, SuitX, and Zipline and has vast sewing machine repair and maintenance experience; bring your own machine to tune up for tip-top operation and sew alongside others.
○ General Repair: Fixit Clinic's monthly residency at Circuit Launch in Oakland: bring your broken, non-functioning things – electronic gadgets, appliances, computers, toys, sewing machines, fabric items, etc.– for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We’ll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your item. First-time repairers and “Fixing Families” are heartily invited. Learn more at https://www.fixitclinic.org/

It's definitely worth a visit if you've never been here: tour Circuit Launch and see all the exciting companies and projects in progress.

– U18s heartily welcome with a participating adult.
– Equipment use outside of the soldering and debugging gear requires certification.

Looking forward to seeing you this third Friday!
2 attendees

Past events (239)

Tue, Apr 23, 2024, 8:00 PM PDTFixit Clinic at Hardware and SoftWEAR Hacking Tuesdays
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1 attendee

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