#Adelaide #IoT #Hackathon “Make something that matters” | Hackerspace Adelaide
The Smart City Studio, Hackerspace Adelaide, Adelaide Makerspace, Air-Stream Wirelessand Hackaday International are launching Adelaide’s first Internet of Things (IoT)Hackathon.
Join Adelaide’s maker, hacker and tinkerer community for the launch on Friday 22nd from 6.30pm at the Smart City Studio, 25 Pirie Street, Adelaide.
Then at 9am on Saturday 23rd see ideas put into action as hacking commences on Hackaday World Create Day 2016.
At the Smart City Studio 5 teams battle it out to build a proof of concept using a Raspberry Pi and other parts proudly supplied by Microsoft
At 1pm will be running a linked event at 111 Woodville Road Woodville, SA 5011 with live streaming from the IoT Hackathon in the city, hack-sessions and a Hackaday meetup.
As part of the Hackaday World Create Day 2016 April 23rd we are also inviting, other hacker/maker groups, the broader community, NGOs, and individuals to also brainstorm and submit ideas that matter. These can be referenced by teams who are looking for ideas to take-on during the event. The event will be streamed live, online chat and all ideas will be added to a “ideas that matter page” to inspire others.
Prizes will be awarded to the winning team whose concept best fits the theme:
‘make something that matters’
With all teams submitting their projects to the 2016 Hackaday Prize design concept challenge!
Just about any technological, scientific, or mechanical device you could imagine would need to be monitored and/or controlled in some way and this is where the Internet of Things (IoT) comes in.
IoT equipment that has been kindly donated by Microsoft includes:
- 1 Raspberry Pi device (running Windows 10 IoT) w/ case
- A functioning cloud services account with free access credits (VMs, web services, etc)
- WiFi receiver for Pi
- Raspberry Pi camera
- Assortment of LEDs and beepers
- Assortment of basic sensors (temperature, light, etc)
- NFC shield
- ISO image of the latest version of Visual Studio
- High speed WiFi or ethernet internet access
Teams may already have a project and can bring other OS, code, parts or hardware and each team requires a compatible laptop or workstation.
If you wish to volunteer to support the event or be a sponsor we would love to hear from you. If you have a team of 3-5 people ready to go, want to be part of a team, or need more people for your team, we are happy to help.
We are also very interested in hearing from the broader community about your needs and things that matter to help inspire our teams.
Please contact robert.hart@hardhack.org.au or Harry Lucas harry.conor.lucas@gmail.com
