Internet of Toys, the Creativity of Making and 3D Printing, & IoT in Agriculture

Join us for an evening of presentations, discussions and demonstrations on The Internet of Toys, Creative aspects 3D Printing, Female Makers, and IoT in Agriculture

Our BuzzConf Nights are proving to be very popular with people wanting to experience the energy and variety of the BuzzConf festival, and this month we're bringing you another night packed with amazing topics and toys to play with. If you want a little taste of what the BuzzConf festival is all about, this event is a great place to start. You can see what happened at previous events on our website (https://buzzconf.io/nights/).

Held in The Savoy Tavern in Melbourne, there will be plenty of options to eat and drink late into the night!

We'll be holding similar events all over Australia, so if you're not in Melbourne but would like to be involved in one of the other events just let us know!

Agenda

6pm - Drinks and socialising
7pm to 8:30pm - Technical presentations and demos
8:30pm until late - Music, drinks, and party

Presentations

The Internet of Toys - Nick Moore (https://buzzconf.io/speakers/nick-moore/)

Talk Description: Each generation of embedded processors is even smaller, faster, cheaper and more capable. This talk discusses the Espressif ESP8266 SoC, what this generation of chips means for theInternet of Things and how to get started on development. We'll also demonstrate a couple of Open Source / Open Hardware projects based on the chip, and discuss why Open Source / Open Hardware are vitally important to education.

The Creativity of Making and 3D Printing - April Staines (https://buzzconf.io/speakers/april-staines/)

April describes herself as a “Maker” and a “Geek” she has a passion to create, starting back in the in the day as a software developer and now works as an architect for Digital at NAB. Outside of her day job her passion for creating and making combines her love for geek culture (she is a massive Star Wars fan) and digital fabrication, 3d Printing, robotics and what we used to know as “craft”. April is also one of the co-founders of Girl Geek Academy, an organisation who's aim is to help increase the number of women in tech.

Building the Internet of Farming Things - Hadi Michael (https://buzzconf.io/speakers/hadi-michael/)

Hadi is a digital adviser and software engineer, with an interest in making the physical world more connected. As part of the Mobile and Connected Devices team at Deloitte Digital, he has helped organisations capitalise on disruptive innovation in web-technologies, mobile and ambient computing. Most recently, Hadi has been working with Observant, to help build an integrated platform for the precision management of water in agriculture.