​For our July meetup we're on site at Nona Technologies!

​🤖 Bring your latest builds, demos, announcements, or asks to share during our Open Mic!

​SPEAKERS + FEATURES

• ​Speaker- Ben Thomson is Nona Technologies’ Hardware Engineering Lead and Founding Engineer, where he has been critical to product development since joining as the company’s first engineer. Ben brings deep hands-on experience across mechanical engineering, product design, prototyping, testing, CAD, and manufacturing, with prior engineering experience at JETCOOL Technologies. He earned an M.Eng. in Advanced Manufacturing and Design from MIT and a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, with a minor in Computer Science.

• ​Speaker- Ben Stanley is a Sales Engineer at Beckhoff Automation, where he works with startups, OEMs, and manufacturers across the Northeast to implement PC-based automation systems. With a background in mechatronics engineering, Ben helps customers integrate real-time control, motion, robotics, machine vision, and industrial PCs into scalable machine designs. He'll introduce EtherCAT and explain how its performance, openness, and scalability have made it the communication technology of choice for advanced automation systems, including the platform powering Nona Technologies' water recovery solution.

• ​Community Open Mic - As always, jump on the mic at the end of the meetup for your own chance to show off, pitch, ask, or demo!

​​Agenda

​6:00-6:45p - Arrival and networking

​6:45-6:55p - Welcome and introduction

​6:55-7:40p - Guest speakers and audience Q&A

​7:40-8:00p - Community open mic

​8:00-9:00p - Mix + mingle

​​About Boston Hardware Meetup

​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. The Boston Hardware meetup has been happening since 2013 and is one of the largest local communities inside the global Hardware Meetup network.

​​Thanks to our hosts

​Nona Technologies is building and deploying next-generation water recovery hardware that helps cooling tower operators reduce water usage and operating expenses. Our technology shifts cooling operations from a “use and discharge” model to a more circular system where water is treated, recovered, and reused on-site. At Nona Technologies, we RECOVER the water that AI wastes.

​​Thanks to our sponsor

​Beckhoff Automation develops open PC-based control technology used in robotics, autonomous systems, machine building, and advanced manufacturing. Best known for creating EtherCAT and TwinCAT, Beckhoff enables engineers to combine real-time control, motion, vision, safety, and AI-ready computing on a single scalable platform, accelerating the path from prototype to production.

​​Thanks to our partner

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