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We're bringing together a community of people building physical products and hardware across Boise. From designers, founders, engineers, investors, and more, everyone is welcome!
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See all- 3rd Boise Hardware Meetup @ SGW DesignworksSGW, Garden City, ID
Join us for our 3rd event, hosted by SGW Designworks. Come connect with other local hardware enthusiasts and professionals who love building physical products.
🤖 Bring your latest build and demos to share!
Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network, share knowledge, and support each other and the larger hardware ecosystem.## We have a great group of guest speakers
- Oliver is a mentor for the Bender Autonomous Robotic Systems Team & Class at Boise State, helping develop a fully autonomous lunar mining robot for NASA’s Lunabotics Challenge. The class provides students the opportunity to not only learn about designing autonomous systems but also gives them the resources and tools they need to develop their designs over a one-year period. Our broader goal is to give students the opportunity to experience the full lifecycle of engineering a complex system, just like a professional company.
- Mason is a Principal at Capital Eleven, an early stage venture fund based in Boise, backing ambitious entrepreneurs in Idaho and beyond.
## Agenda
5:30-6:15 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments and food
6:15-6:20 - Welcome and introduction
6:20-7:00 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
7:00-7:30 - Community open mic, mingle, close out- Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.
## Thank you to our host
SGW Designworks is a Boise based full-service product design and engineering firm, that helps businesses develop the right products faster. With depth in Industrial Design, Mechanical Engineering, and Embedded Systems, their team is capable of taking on complete product development projects for clients in a range of industries. Learn more about SGW here.
## Thank you to our community sponsor
We’d like to thank Onshape by PTC for sponsoring this month’s Hardware Meetup! Onshape is the leading cloud-native CAD, CAM & PDM platform that runs on any device, anywhere—requiring zero IT. Built for product design teams who are fed up with crashes, lost data, and outdated file-based tools, Onshape enables secure, real-time collaboration, tracks all activity with infinite version control, and includes built-in PDM with branching and merging.
Interested in exploring Onshape for your team? Learn more and get started with a free trial through the Onshape Discovery Program.## Thank you to our partner
informal is a freelance collective for the most talented independent professionals in hardware. With expertise in a diverse range of industries from consumer electronics to aerospace, informal members work with clients at every stage to design, manufacture, and scale physical products. Whether you're looking for a single contractor, a full-time employee, or an entire team of professionals to work on everything from product development to go-to-market strategy, the informal collective has the perfect collection of people for the job. Learn more.
See you soon!
