Ten years ago, it used to be a tremendous feat to connect a microcontroller to other micros or your computer over Ethernet or WiFi. Today, it's trivial. In contrast to the corporate vision of the Internet of Things, which leaves you dependent on someone else to provide the service that makes it run, the DIY vision of the IoT is empowering, simple, secure, and interoperable if you want. I'll demo everything from the ground up, live on stage, without a safety net.
Elliot Williams is Managing Editor of Hackaday. He’s the kind of guy who uses a 1990’s 5″ hard drive platter as a scroll wheel. The kind of guy whose oscilloscope cost just a tiny bit less than his last two cars combined. He’s the kind of guy who stays up late debugging home-brew PCBs or figuring out why that interrupt routine isn’t firing. He takes immense pleasure is minimalist hacks or complete overkill. In short, he loves Hackaday because he lives Hackaday, and that's why he's here.