126th SF Hardware Meetup @ Fellow | Great Design in the AI Age
Join for our first full speaker event of the fall to discuss all things great design in the age of AI. Whether or not AI is at the forefront of the experience, great design matters.
🤖 Bring your latest build and demos to share!
Hardware Meetups happen across 30+ cities around the world, bringing together hardware professionals to network, share knowledge, and support each other and the larger hardware ecosystem.
About Fellow
Fellow is on a mission to help people brew ridiculously good coffee at home. Inspired by the need for high quality equipment to properly brew high quality coffee, Fellow brings the confidence of the specialty coffee world into the lives of everyday coffee lovers, from the curious to the prosumer.
We have a great group of guest speakers
Michael is the CPTO Fellow at Fellow, where he leads end-to-end product development and operations, overseeing engineering, product management, supply chain, and manufacturing. He has driven the launch of key products such as the Stagg EKG Pro Kettle, Ode Gen 2 Grinder, Opus Grinder, Tally Scale, and Carter Cold/Carry
Alice is a designer and researcher specializing in AI hardware experiences. She previously worked at Samsung Design Innovation Center developing new concepts at the intersection of AI and physical products. She holds an M.S. from MIT Media Lab in the Tangible Media Group, where she worked on advanced fabrication and smart textiles. Her interdisciplinary background includes a B.S. from Cornell University in Fiber Science and Apparel Design and experience in the fashion industry.
Agenda
6:30-7:00 - Arrival, mingle, grab refreshments
7:00-7:05 - Welcome and introduction
7:05-8:00 - Guest talks and audience Q+A
8:00-8:30p - Community open mic
Anyone will have the chance for a 2min pitch to demo a prototype or talk about what they are working on.
8:30-9:30p - Mix + mingle
Thank you to our community partners!
We’d like to thank Onshape by PTC for sponsoring this month’s Hardware Meetup! Onshape is the leading cloud-native CAD, CAM & PDM platform that runs on any device, anywhere—requiring zero IT. Built for product design teams who are fed up with crashes, lost data, and outdated file-based tools, Onshape enables secure, real-time collaboration, tracks all activity with infinite version control, and includes built-in PDM with branching and merging.
Interested in exploring Onshape for your team? Learn more and get started with a free trial through the Onshape Discovery Program.
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If you want to help support the next meetup, please reach out to michael (at) hardwaremeetup (dot) com for sponsorship inquiries.
See you soon!
This event is part of SF Hardware Meetup, which hosts monthly demo nights.