June 2017 Meetup

For the June meetup, we'll have two talks for those of you not afraid to bust out the elbow grease and roll your own tools. Tyler Golden will be talking about handmade open source AI / virtual assistants, covering various projects that could be used to make an Alexa-like device while keeping your data (and your conversations) completely within your control. Mycroft and Mozilla DeepSpeech will be covered at a high level. Then, we'll have Brian Clapper share some thoughts on home automation with a quick overview of the protocols in use today, some off the shelf products, and some open source tools you can use to replace your light switches. He'll also provide anecdotal tips to help avoid the IOT tire fire that will lead your wife to hate your obsession because she just wants to turn on the lights...

About us:

We're a meetup for and by the local tech community. Each month we meet for talks from the local tech community - topics and speakers vary every month - from entry level to deep technical topics - from robotics to programming to security. We focus strictly on tech - no sales & marketing here. We're open to anyone - the community strives very hard to be welcoming to anyone regardless of gender, age, skill level, etc. We gather at Pubforge every third Tuesday at 6:30pm, and the night often continues just outside Pubforge at the Tellus360 bar.

If you're interested in presenting, or hearing about a certain topic, let us know!