Makers in Silicon Valley: A Partial History
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Description
Many people got interested in technology by taking things apart in order to learn how they work, and this was an important step in their learning how to build stuff themselves. This event will feature important players in the history of the Maker/Hacker Community in Silicon Valley and beyond. Speakers will give their perspectives on how various maker communities started and what they have done.
Speakers:
Dr. Andrew Cromarty: President and CEO of Heathkit.
Dale Dougherty: CEO of Make Media
Camp Peavy, founder of the HBRC Challenge and HomeBrewed Robots.
Lee Felsenstein: CTO of Fonly LLC, and a Computer History Museum Fellow
Tom Coughlin, the moderator, is an active member of this committee
Organizer IEEE Silicon Valley Technology History Committee
Organizer of Makers in Silicon Valley: A Partial History
Our committee holds quarterly technical meetings on a broad range of historical technologies that were conceived, developed, or progressed in greater Silicon Valley. The evening meetings take the form of panel sessions with a subject matter expert organizing and moderating the panel.
