Hi all,

A little bit late this October😊 newsletter, but we had so much going on! Next to our meetups we had a group of Sensemakers participating in the Sensorthings hackathon, while another group sailed across the Amstel to collect watersamples for the drinkablerivers.org project! We had lots of fun!

In this newsletter many events and a discount code for The Things Conference and ThingsCon, our favourites! This Wednesday you can work on your own projects, but we will also continue working on the Astroplant project, even as a beginner you can still join! On our wiki you can find backgroundinfo and instructions, those who joint from the beginning will start with block 3 this week (see menu on the left in the wiki).  Related to the astroplant and our weatherstation beginners set we also have a workshop to teach you the basics of micropython. It is too late to order a board but you’re still welcome to take a look! Just don’t forget to pre install the software on your laptop!
Next to these handson sessions we have some interesting speakers lined up for you at our regular meetups like Tracking & monitoring sealbehavior and Stratumseind, the nightlife area in Eindhoven where a lot of sensors are deployed for safety & livability!

Try/Read/Watch/Join/HelpOut

• Report on IoT Device Security by the Dutch Telecom enforcement agency
• Funny post on how to use the voice assistant to start your car ;-D
• One of our communitymembers Krijn Hoogendorp has written a book (in Dutch), perfect to learn the basics. He donated one for in the Makerspace and one that will be raffled of in Slack! Use the code Sensem for a 15% discount when you order!
• Sodaq is still looking for people:
  - https://sodaq.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/20180802-Job-opening-Embedded-Hardware-Engineer.pdf
  - https://sodaq.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/20190117-Job-opening-Junior-Embedded-Hardware-Engineer.pdf
  - https://sodaq.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/20191023-Job-opening-Embedded-Software-Engineer.pdf
  - https://sodaq.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/All-round-maker-SODAQ-EN.png
  If you are interested, please send your CV and motivation letter to: [address removed].

Events & discounts

• Nov 5-8 Aquatech for those interested in (sensing) water
  World’s leading water trade show for process, drinking and waste water. Connect with water professionals from over all over the world. Register for your free visit here.
• Nov.6th Sensemakers DIY Evening
• Nov. 7th AmsterdamSounds evening
• Nov. 14h MakeHealth Kick-off
  Every month at the Waag you can collaborate on personalised health care solutions. In four hours you design, thinker, code and prototype solutions for one specific health care challenge. Every evening is focussed on a different challenge. The first evening is to improve the Lightup Cane.
• Nov.28th Hardware Happy Hour at Contact Amsterdam
• Dec 12&13th Thingscon
  Europe’s leading conference on the responsible IoT and beyond — the place where the pioneers of responsible & ethical tech come together to shape the future. Use the code SENSEMAKERS for a 20% discount! We got some free tickets as well that will be raffled of during our meetup on November 20th😊
• Jan.30 & 31th The Things Conference
  Join over 2000 leaders in IoT at the LoRaWAN event of the year. Meet the industry leaders, learn about the latest and greatest in LoRaWAN and boost your IoT skillset. For a 15% discount use SENSEMAKERS-AMS We also got a free ticket that will be raffled off during our December meeting😊

Hope to see you at one of our events, warm regards,
Gijs, Ted, Manon
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