Presented at
HOPE Number Six (2006),
July 22, 2006, noon
(60 minutes)
This is a hands-on session on all the things you're not supposed to do (but want to) with the gadgets that fill our drawers and shelves: transform an old VCR into an automatic cat feeder, use open interfaces to control Roomba robotic vacuums. Projects like these (and others, such as WRT54G hacking, iPod Linux, car-computer hacking, etc.) are part of a growing trend where consumers are going back and hacking what they buy. Just as computer hacking is closely tied to the Open Source software movement, so can such embedded gadget-hacking lead to an Open Source hardware movement.
Presenters:
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Limor Fried / Ladyada
as Ladyada
Ladyada is an electrical engineer and hardware hacker whose interests include subversive technologies, hacking consumer electronics, DIY kits, and open source hardware. She is currently an R&D fellow at Eyebeam, a local new media gallery.
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Phillip Torrone
Phillip Torrone (fill@2600.com) is senior editor of O'Reilly's MAKE magazine. He has authored and contributed to numerous books on programming, mobile devices, design, multimedia, consumer electronics, and hardware hacking. He is also a contributing editor for Popular Science. Prior to MAKE, Phillip was director of product development for creative firm Fallon Worldwide, founded HackaDay.com, and in the late 1990s helped lead the "Free Kevin" efforts with FreeKevin.com and 2600.
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