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Putting Facebook in an Actual Book (at Facebook’s Summer of Hack in NYC)

Ordinarily, hackathons are strictly software events, with the participants generally building websites or mobile apps.  It’s simply too difficult to build a complete piece of hardware in 24 hours … right? Wrong. Ignoring the fact that everybody else was building software apps, Jason and I rolled in with two duffle bags filled with electronics and set to work building a physical version of facebook.

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Interdisciplinary Sustainability Student Summit

This event was featured in the Cornell Chronicle on 11/01/2011 This past weekend was the first annual Interdisciplinary Sustainability Student Summit (ISSS). I organized the event along with my fellow Cornell University Sustainable Design team leaders.  The summit, held at the General Assembly in New York City’s Flatiron district, hosted[…]

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Open Hardware Summit and Maker Faire Wrapup

Yes, that’s me with the Arduino Team at Makerfaire! If you follow me on twitter, then you’ll certainly know that I spent last weekend in New York City for the 2nd Annual Open Hardware Summit and the 2011 World Maker Faire.  I covered the Open Hardware Summit for element14 Electronics (hence[…]

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