Zoo's Mechanical Design Makeathon: LA #TechWeek
Calling all hardware designers, mechanical engineers, software developers, and CAD enthusiasts to discover how Zoo's Infrastructure and Tools can transform the future of hardware design!
Join us for an action-packed day of building, with around 100 participants and the entire Zoo crew on hand to guide, demo, and collaborate!
Participants can join for free as individuals or form teams of up to four members, but you must apply individually. Each participant will have the opportunity to showcase their work to the Zoo team, who will assess them on criteria including innovation, applicability, and creativity.
Dream Big! We want you to get inspired and build projects from scratch using either our APIs or our pre-built Tools:
Use Zoo's KittyCAD Design APIs or ML-ephant Machine Learning APIs to engineer novel solutions, either software or hardware
orUse our pre-built tools like our Modeling App or Text-to-CAD UI to design unique products ready for 3D printing
🔗 Docs - Information on our APIs, CLI, and other developer infrastructure, as well as tutorials and user guides
🔗 Modeling App - Our open-source flagship app for modeling with Zoo’s Design (KittyCAD) APIs, for building parametric hardware designs
🔗 Text-to-CAD - An example app built with our Machine Learning (ML-ephant) APIs for turning natural language prompts into genuine CAD parts
🔗 Join our Discord Server to engage with our team and community in the meantime!
EVENT EXTRAS:
Free food (In-N-Out truck) and swag for all participants
Free Zoo credits for all participants
Two awesome prizes - One for the most creative use of our APIs, and one for the most creative use of our open-source tools
Full Zoo team will be in attendance for demos and support
Quick and insightful sessions from Zoo’s investors
Optional workshops on leveraging Zoo’s Infrastructure and Tools
**All project work must be initiated and completed exclusively during the Makeathon; participants cannot use any pre-built elements or pre-existing projects for their submissions.**
CO-HOSTS & SPONSORS:
ABOUT ZOO:
In the next two decades, software is set to revolutionize hardware design and manufacturing, taking over tasks traditionally held by humans. The industry's expansion has been hampered by the historical challenge of software integration with hardware designs. Zoo is leading this transformation, integrating advanced computational geometry and machine learning into the foundation of hardware engineering and manufacturing processes through our cutting-edge APIs for infrastructure and direct-use open-source tools.
This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.
**Exact event location to be revealed in a confirmation email. Please note that all participants must be 18+.**