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This past weekend in sunny Pasadena, CA, engineers and hardware hackers amassed for the 4th annual Hackaday Superconference. The three-day event comprises presentations, workshops, and perhaps most popularly, opportunity for intelligent and inspiring conversation.
With around 400 attendees and 43 speakers this year, the gathering provides a nice mix of in-the-know intimacy with ample opportunity to meet new people.
I made my way to the event on Saturday morning to see it all in person, and had a blast. Here are my photos and notes.
Attendees check in at the Los Angeles College of Music before the morning kickoff.Previous standout badges adorn the wall in the LACM entrance.The #Badgelife concept has become a key part of the Supercon, with a large portion of the workshop space dedicated to letting people set up the high-tech badges that they receive with their attendance.Lots of great event badges from events and years gone by.A packed crowd awaits the opening remarks.Many familiar faces in attendance — Alasdair Allan (center) and Clarissa Redwine (right) stand on the sidelines before the show starts. Alasdair mentioned that this is the one event that he goes to on his own, without any presentations or workshops.All of the event’s presentations are streamed live — you can
Hackaday’s Sophi Kraviz and Mike Szczys fire up the crowd as the show begins.Ex-Make editor David Scheltema reminded me that the mingling was the best part of the event (and that I could catch the talks later, as they’re all recorded).Szczys shows me the 2018 badge up close. It’s basically a small computer hanging from your neck.Another friendly face, Becky Button flew in from Virginia for the Supercon, even after losing her backpack and computer to a car break-in.
The workshop and hacking space, located under a long tent in the back alley, started the day tidy and organized. It wouldn’t remain this way.Two attendees do some on-the-fly custom badge tweaks.Signage of the layout for the event.Microsoft engineer (and Make: contributor) Kitty Yeung would present later in the day about needed advancements in textile manufacturing.Estefannie brought the latest iteration of the sound-reactive,…
