Nike Fuelband, Nest and Jawbone Up. What do these pieces of hardware have in common? They are connected to mobile apps to allow us to control them or view the data they are reporting. This months collaborative event between SuperMondays and AppyMondays will feature speakers who have created hardware products that attach directly to mobile devices or have connected apps. Please not that because of the bank holiday we will be meeting on Tuesday 28th May making both our names completely wrong.
Another amazing turnout this month with tickets selling out just before. So for those of you who missed out, or if you just want to recap, here are the videos.
A big thank you to all our speakers. An amazing job done.
This month’s SuperMonday’s meet is concentrating on JavaScript. It does not matter if you are a seasoned web devloper or just want to find out about something different. Come along and learn something new.
Richard Powell – angular.js
Angular.js is a JavaScript MVC framework maintained by Google focused on creating single page web based applications.
Philip Poots – Ember.js
Ember.js is a framework that has it’s routes in SproutCore and allowed you to write dramatically less code.
Alex Kavanagh - Coffeescript
CoffeeScript is a language inspired by Ruby, Python and Haskell that transcompiles to JavaScript.
A big thank you to Matthew Pocock for organising this month speakers.
It was a great success, interested a lot of people and will hopefully lead to some interesting collaborations in the future.
The next Super Monday event is organised around the theme of synthetic biology, and the new market it will create for the North East IT community. The evening will be in two parts, a series of talks followed by a panel discussion. There will be several invited speakers talking about all aspects of syn-bio, everything from wordpress plugins for describing designer bacteria to bacteria that repair cracked concrete, cybernetic robot lobsters and syn-bio-inspired installation art. The panel discussion will explore ethics, possible social impacts, and the range of IT services that the syn-bio sector would love to out-source to you. Syn-bio has been earmarked by the government as an area for investment and as an economic driver and given a £20M government investment. There is an opportunity for everyone from graphics artists to games engineers to website devs to get involved, have a lot of fun and perhaps make some money doing it.
“Synthetic biology is the design and construction of biological devices and systems for useful purposes. It is an area of biological research and technology that combines science and engineering. It encompasses a variety of different approaches, methodologies, and disciplines with a focus on engineering biology.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_biology
“One of the most promising areas of science with significant growth potential will receive a £20 million boost, the Chancellor George Osborne announced today at the Royal Society.” http://news.bis.gov.uk/Press-Releases/Government-to-invest-20-million-in-synthetic-biology-682fa.aspx
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