Tuesday

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Wednesday

No Sessions

Thursday

9:15 AM

Automating your smarthome without the cloud

Presented by: Seth Petry-Johnson
Time: Thursday 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM

Modern "smart" homes are dumb; your lights shouldn't stop working because your Internet is down, and your new doorbell shouldn't compromise your network security. A smarter and more secure home doesn't depend on cloud services or a disparate array of apps to function, and it's easier than you might...

Room: Indigo BayTrack: Hardware/IoTTags: Hardware, Python, IoTFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview
1:00 PM

Building a drone from scratch

Presented by: Godfrey Nolan
Time: Thursday 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

In this session we'll walk through all the components you need to build a drone from scratch. We'll look at the options for Frames, Motors, Controller, Telemetry Radios, ESCs, Batteries, Transmitters, as well as your Camera and Gimbal. While we're assembling the drone we'll explain each of the...

Room: CypressTrack: Hardware/IoTTags: HardwareFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview
4:45 PM

Home Lab - Private Cloud on a budget

Presented by: Jared Rhodes
Time: Thursday 4:45 PM - 5:45 PM

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Room: OrangeTrack: Hardware/IoTTags: Cloud, HardwareFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview

Friday

11:00 AM

Self-Driving Robotic Cars - Starting on a budget

Presented by: Don Ward
Time: Friday 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

A few years ago Waymo learned that soap bubbles cause their self-driving cars to hesitate on whether to brake or not. Today the promise of self-driving cars is still only a promise. The industry continues to move forward and advances are made every day. Soap bubbles no longer cause havoc. The good...

Room: Salon ETrack: Hardware/IoTTags: Hardware, Machine LearningFormat: General SessionLevel: Introductory and overview