110th NY Hardware Meetup @ Industry City/Adafruit | Space Tech
The Hardware Meetup community is excited to announce the next NY Hardware Meetup in Industry City at Adafruit! This month's event will be about the growing NYC space tech industry.
Hardware Meetups happen in over 30 cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network and learn from each other.
This month we'll be hosted by Adafruit at their facility in Industry City!
Adafruit, established in 2005 by MIT engineer Limor Fried, has been at the forefront of the maker movement. It provides an unparalleled online platform for electronics education, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the latest high-tech chips for engineering. With a commitment to excellence and open-source, Adafruit is a trusted resource for makers and engineers of all ages and skill levels. Adafruit has expanded its offerings to include tools, equipment, and electronics that Fried personally selects, tests, and approves before they go into the Adafruit store. Adafruit is a 100% woman-owned manufacturing company, a certified Minority and Woman-owned Business Enterprise (M/WBE), a certified Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE), and WOSB.
Industry City is a dynamic 35-acre creative campus on the Brooklyn waterfront in Sunset Park. Once a historic industrial hub, it has been transformed into a vibrant destination blending innovation, culture, and community. Home to over 650 businesses across 16 buildings, Industry City offers a unique mix of artisanal shops, global eateries, art installations, and event spaces. Whether you're here for a meetup, to explore the diverse food options, or to enjoy live events, Industry City provides an inspiring backdrop for connection and creativity.
SPONSORS
Thank you to Industry City for sponsoring this event! We have two great companies within Industry City that will be providing both food and drinks. Thank you to the Frying Pan for providing drinks and small bites, and to Table 87 for providing the pizza!
SPEAKERS
Limor Fried. Adafruit was founded in 2005 by MIT engineer, Limor "Ladyada" Fried. Her goal was to create the best place online for learning electronics and making the best-designed products for makers of all ages and skill levels. Limor is a proud contributor to the open-source community, offering all of her product designs for free on Adafruit’s website, and participated in the first Open Source Hardware Summit drafting of the Open Source Hardware definition. Limor was the first female engineer on the cover of WIRED magazine, was awarded Entrepreneur magazine's Entrepreneur of the Year, was awarded the Most Influential Women in Technology award by Fast Company magazine, was on the cover of Make: Vol. 57, and was named a WHITEHOUSE CHAMPION OF CHANGE in 2016.
Hari Mahesh is a cofounder of Melagen Labs and is responsible for BD & Strategy. He comes from a deep tech / software & entrepreneurship background. He spent 5 years at J&J in their technology innovation team building software-enabled healthcare tech products. He's built several startups and businesses across multiple industries, and has had a few stints at VC firms and startup accelerators. Based in New York City.
Ethan Barajas is the CEO of Icarus Robotics. He is a mechanical engineer who has designed agricultural nanolabs for NASA and the ISS in high school and developed lunar rovers with NASA JPL at Caltech.
AGENDA
6:30 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
7:00 - Welcome and introduction
7:15- Guest speakers with audience Q+A
8:20 - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance or talk about what they are working on.
8:30 - Mix + mingle
SHOUT-OUTS
Special thanks to the nonprofit Empire Space, a community of space companies that brought us Melagen Labs and Icarus Robotics as speakers and includes other resources for space startups in NYC.
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DIRECTIONS
Below is a map to help you get to Adafruit's space at Industry City.
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