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CATEGORIES:Online
DESCRIPTION:This meeting will be to take a look at the forum where project ideas were put\, decide upon the best ideas to build\, form teams/assign projects individually\, set milestones and targets and get started with the second project bootcamp\, we want to structure this in a more sane way instead of everyone going haywire\, the aim is to make some projects that stand in either the SOTA zone or the community usable project zones instead of project for the sake of the bootcamp.
DTEND:20261013T163000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T135145Z
LOCATION:Jitsi Meet
ORGANIZER;CN=UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS Community:mailto:UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS Community
DTSTART:20261013T143000Z
SUMMARY:Kicking off project bootcamp 2.0
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/university-school-of-automation-and-robotics/project-bootcamp-2
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Go from circuit design to a finished board\, covering PCB manufacturing and hands-on soldering.\n\nA hands-on beginner workshop covering the full process of making a single-sided PCB USB LED light: PCB artwork\, etching\, drilling\, soldering through-hole components and testing. Participants build and take home their own working circuit.
DTEND:20261025T113000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T094837Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261025T083000Z
SUMMARY:PCB Manufacturing & Soldering: From Circuit to Working Board
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Bring what you're building\, finished or not\, and share it with the community.\n\nAn informal project showcase. Bring anything you have been building\, whether finished\, half-working or still a tangle of wires\, and talk through what you made\, what went wrong and where you are stuck. No slides or polish needed\, and visitors who just want to look are welcome.
DTEND:20261022T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T012405Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261022T133000Z
SUMMARY:Maker Thursday : Come Showcase Your Projects
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Get started with Zephyr\, the open-source RTOS for embedded and IoT devices.\n\nAn introduction to Zephyr\, the open-source real-time operating system for embedded and IoT devices\, with its scheduler\, drivers and networking on small boards. Covers the device tree and Kconfig setup that often confuses beginners\, moving the same code across boards\, and when Zephyr is a better fit than the Arduino ecosystem.
DTEND:20261017T103000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T012241Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261017T043000Z
SUMMARY:Introduction to Zephyr RTOS
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Start designing your own parts with FreeCAD\, the free and open-source CAD tool.\n\nA beginner session on FreeCAD for anyone who wants to design their own parts. Participants learn the interface\, sketch a simple part and turn it into a 3D model\, learn parametric design (change one dimension and the whole model updates)\, and export models for 3D printing.
DTEND:20261018T103000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260930T094837Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261018T043000Z
SUMMARY:Tinkering with FreeCAD
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:This will be the 14th FOSS Meetup of FOSS United Mangalore!Location: wrkwrk Udupi
DTEND:20261025T063000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T164410Z
LOCATION:wrkwrk Udupi\nhttps://osmapp.org/node/14267077643
ORGANIZER;CN=MANGALORE Community:mailto:MANGALORE Community
DTSTART:20261025T043000Z
SUMMARY:October FOSS Activity
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/mangalore/activity-oct-2026
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Design 3D models in FreeCAD and learn the basics of preparing and printing them.\n\nAn introduction to 3D modelling in FreeCAD and turning digital designs into physical prints. Participants learn to navigate FreeCAD\, create basic models\, follow the design-to-print workflow\, prepare a model for printing\, and consider print orientation\, supports and basic slicing. No prior experience needed.
DTEND:20261024T133000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T175744Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261024T103000Z
SUMMARY:Introduction to FreeCAD & 3D Printing
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CATEGORIES:Conference
DESCRIPTION:An international scientific computing and open source software conference in Chennai\, India\, on 19th–20th December 2026!\n\nNOTE: This is an external paid event. Our registrations/tickets and our CFP are not handled through the FOSS United platform. Please carefully read below for details.Submit to the CFP: https://cfp.scipy.in/scipy-india-2026Registrations/ticket sales: opening soon!Welcome to the SciPy India 2026 Conference\, the fourteenth edition of the convening of scientific computing and research software enthusiasts in India. It brings together researchers\, scientists\, engineers\, data scientists\, students\, educators\, faculty and open source contributors from academia and industry\, focusing on computational and data-driven work.ProgrammeWorkshops: Saturday\, 19 December 2026Conference: Sunday\, 20 December 2026VenueWorkshops: HSB 209 and HSB 210 (Physics Department Seminar Rooms)\, Department of Physics\, IIT MadrasConference: T.T. Jagannathan and A.M.M Arunachalam auditoriums\, IC&amp\;SR Building\, IIT Madras\, Chennai 600036\, IndiaCall for proposalsWe are inviting talks\, workshops\, and posters from across the scientific computing ecosystem. Please view details\, submission information\, and instructions here: https://cfp.scipy.in/scipy-india-2026/Registrations and ticket salesOpening soon! Stay tuned for updates via our website.Important linksConference website: https://scipy.in/2026The SciPy India Code of Conduct:&nbsp\;https://scipy.in/2026/cocFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs):&nbsp\;https://scipy.in/2026/faqAbout the SciPy India community:&nbsp\;https://scipy.in and https://scipy.in/aboutPrevious SciPy India conferences:&nbsp\;https://scipy.in/past-editions
DTEND:20261220T123000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T073018Z
LOCATION:IC&SR Building\, Indian Institute of Technology Madras\, Chennai\, 600036\, Tamil Nadu\, India\nhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/way/27768531
ORGANIZER;CN=SciPy India Community:mailto:SciPy India Community
DTSTART:20261219T033000Z
SUMMARY:SciPy India 2026 Conference
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/scipy-india/2026
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:An introduction to real-time operating systems for embedded projects.\n\nAn introduction to real-time operating systems and why they matter once an embedded project outgrows a simple loop. Covers what an RTOS is\, tasks and scheduling\, why timing guarantees matter\, and where popular options like FreeRTOS and Zephyr fit.
DTEND:20261015T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T011335Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261015T133000Z
SUMMARY:Maker Thursday : Exploring RTOS
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CATEGORIES:Hackathon
DESCRIPTION:Annual flagship event by USAR FOSS CLUB hosted under the tech fest by GGSIPU EDC.
DTEND:20261023T113000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261005T134134Z
ORGANIZER;CN=UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS Community:mailto:UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS Community
DTSTART:20261021T043000Z
SUMMARY:FOSS FORGE 2.0
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/university-school-of-automation-and-robotics/foss-forge-2
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DESCRIPTION:* We are planning to host the first ever\, vendor neutral\, tool/technology agnostic conference\, dedicated to open source tools and engineering practice.\n* We are anticipating a footfall of roughly 600 folks\, predominantly working professionals and CXOs from the region.\n* We are attempting to bring all/most of the kube astronaut/Golden kube astronauts together.\n* We have already received more than 60 talk proposals from companies like AWS\, Intuit\, Red Hat and also from startups like Drdroid\, One2N. To our surprise we have received proposals from students from IITs\, GSOC projects.\n* We have a proven track record in doing conferences and community organizations and have done conferences like CloudXAI\, Global Azure Conference (Kolkata)\, GDG Cloud etc.
DTEND:20261204T183000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T162541Z
LOCATION:Kolkata
ORGANIZER;CN=FOSS Event Grants Community:mailto:FOSS Event Grants Community
DTSTART:20261204T183000Z
SUMMARY:OpenSourceCon India
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URL:https://opensourcecon.in
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Take apart everyday lighters to discover the engineering inside.\n\nA teardown session on the everyday lighter: the piezo element that sparks from a click\, the valve that meters gas\, and the flint wheel on older models. The bigger goal is building the habit of opening everyday objects to understand how their designers solved the problem.
DTEND:20261029T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T012527Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261029T133000Z
SUMMARY:Maker Thursday : How Does a Lighter Work?
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:GIT It Done Heard of Git\, GitHub\, or Open Source but never knew where to start? Still naming your folders “project_final_v2_FINAL.zip “?Join this beginner-friendly\, hands-on workshop and go from your first Git command to publishing a project on GitHub and making your first Open Source contribution.Learn Git basics\, GitHub\, branches\, forks\, and Pull Requests through live demos\, challenges\, and hands-on activities.No boring lectures. Just code\, collaboration\, and your first Pull Request.What you need:Just bring a laptop with Git installed (or show up a few minutes early if you need help installing it). No prior Git/GitHub experience required.Ready to GIT it done? Register now!
DTEND:20261104T230000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T115204Z
LOCATION:TBA
ORGANIZER;CN=MS Ramaiah Institute Of Technology Community:mailto:MS Ramaiah Institute Of Technology Community
DTSTART:20261104T200000Z
SUMMARY:GIT It Done
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/ms-ramaiah-institute-of-technology/git-it-done
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CATEGORIES:Conference
DESCRIPTION:An annual conference with the aim of uniting the FOSS community of Mumbai\n\nMumbaiFOSS is an annual Free and Open Source Software Conference (FOSS)\, with the aim of uniting the FOSS community of Mumbai\, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing.
DTEND:20261031T113000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T162834Z
LOCATION:IIT Bombay\, Powai\nhttps://www.openstreetmap.org/way/52511386#map=13/19.12450/72.91929
ORGANIZER;CN=MUMBAI Community:mailto:MUMBAI Community
DTSTART:20261031T041500Z
SUMMARY:MumbaiFOSS 2026
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/mumbai/2026
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:A gathering bringing together FOSS enthusiasts in the Delhi/NCR region
DTEND:20261114T123000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T201401Z
LOCATION:Essentia\, Sec 62 Noida\nhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/eHLjgF4K9tusNRkY9
ORGANIZER;CN=DELHI Community:mailto:DELHI Community
DTSTART:20261114T100000Z
SUMMARY:FOSS Meetup
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/delhi/nov-26
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Understand open-source licenses for your projects\, followed by a showcase of community-built projects.\n\nCovers the basics of open-source licensing and how to pick the right license for a project. Participants are invited to bring something they have built and present it to the community\, sharing the idea\, process and lessons behind it.
DTEND:20261015T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T175136Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261015T140000Z
SUMMARY:Maker Thursday : Open Source Licensing & Project Showcase
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Young makers pitch the open-source hardware projects they built at Maker's Asylum\, hosted at Edge City Goa.\n\nMaker's Asylum is collaborating with Edge City\, an international community of founders\, scientists\, technologists and creative thinkers that runs month-long pop-up villages around the world\; its village is in Goa from 11 to 31 October 2026. As part of this\, the Young Builders Pitch Night features young makers from the Asylum community presenting the open-source\, multidisciplinary hardware projects they built. Come along to cheer them on.
DTEND:20261023T143000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T005407Z
LOCATION:Goa
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261023T123000Z
SUMMARY:Young Builders Pitch Night at EDGE City Goa
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Date: 24 Oct\, 2026\, SaturdayTime: 2pm - 5pmVenue: Samagata Foundation\, Church Street\, Bengaluru
DTEND:20261024T113000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T102011Z
LOCATION:Samagata Foundation\, Church Street\nhttps://maps.app.goo.gl/vfszyfexkYtRWJkD9
ORGANIZER;CN=BENGALURU Community:mailto:BENGALURU Community
DTSTART:20261024T083000Z
SUMMARY:October Meetup
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/bengaluru/oct-2026
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Bring your broken gadgets and learn to fix them together with fellow makers.\n\nAn open session of fixing and tinkering at TinkerSpace. Bring a broken gadget\, appliance or toy to repair together\, or join a teardown to see how things work inside. Whether or not the item gets fixed\, everyone leaves knowing more.
DTEND:20261018T073000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T175248Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261018T043000Z
SUMMARY:Repair Cafe
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Bring your broken gadgets and learn to fix them together with fellow makers.\n\nAn open session of fixing and tinkering at TinkerSpace. Bring a broken gadget\, appliance or toy to repair together\, or join a teardown to see how things work inside. Whether or not the item gets fixed\, everyone leaves knowing more.
DTEND:20261011T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T011347Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261011T103000Z
SUMMARY:Repair Cafe
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DESCRIPTION:CogniCraft 2026 is a four week event with two-day residential TechX innovation experience hosted at Rajagiri School of Engineering and Technology (RSET)\, Kochi. Dedicated exclusively to designing cognitive assistive technologies for neurodivergent individuals\, CogniCraft bridges engineering design\, software development\, clinical rehabilitation\, and human-centered problem solving.\nMoving beyond traditional hackathon models\, CogniCraft integrates expert keynotes\, hands-on rapid prototyping\, 3D printing workshops\, panel discussions\, and community-building campfire sessions on the RSET campus before participants embark on a signature Buildathon aboard the Kochi Water Metro.\nThis event acts as the official launch platform for the CogniCraft Innovation Initiative under the IEEE Kerala ATII Group\, establishing a sustainable roadmap to transition student concepts into locally manufacturable\, low-cost assistive products supported by K-DISC STRIDE.
DTEND:20261212T183000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261009T110816Z
LOCATION:Ernakulam\, Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=FOSS Event Grants Community:mailto:FOSS Event Grants Community
DTSTART:20261211T183000Z
SUMMARY:COGNICRAFT 2026
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Learn how firmware is written\, built\, and flashed onto microcontrollers.\n\nA hands-on introduction to embedded systems\, STM32 microcontrollers\, basic electronics and writing first firmware. Participants wire up an LED and a button\, write the code\, and flash it using an open toolchain.
DTEND:20261029T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T175857Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261029T140000Z
SUMMARY:Maker Thursday : From Microcontroller to Firmware
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CATEGORIES:Conference
DESCRIPTION:MangaloreFOSS is FOSS United Mangalore Chapter's Flagship event.
DTEND:20270117T113000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T210322Z
LOCATION:National Institute of Technology Karnataka\, Surathkal\, Mangalore\nhttps://osmapp.org/relation/10561893
ORGANIZER;CN=MANGALORE Community:mailto:MANGALORE Community
DTSTART:20270116T043000Z
SUMMARY:MangaloreFOSS 2.0
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/mangalore/mangalorefoss
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Explore the motors and drive systems that power combat robots for RoboWar competitions.\n\nA look at the motors behind RoboWar robots and how to choose one based on torque\, speed\, power\, gearing\, wheel size and robot weight. By the end\, participants can read key motor specs\, compare options\, do basic torque and speed calculations\, and pick a suitable motor and gear ratio for a combat bot.
DTEND:20261022T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T175326Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261022T140000Z
SUMMARY:Maker Thursday : Motors That Fight - Powering RoboWar Bots
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A free community Repair Café on World Repair Day: bring a broken item and fix it alongside volunteer fixers.\n\nOn World Repair Day\, Maker's Asylum turns into a free\, community-run Repair Café where neighbours\, makers and volunteer fixers repair everyday things together: electronics\, small appliances\, clothes\, toys\, bicycles and furniture. It is not a drop-off shop\; you stay with your item and fix it with a volunteer\, learning how it works and why it broke. Bring your broken item and any parts or manuals. Open to everyone\, from families and students to seasoned tinkerers\; donations welcome. People handy with a soldering iron\, sewing machine or screwdriver can also volunteer as fixers.
DTEND:20261017T133000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T005340Z
LOCATION:Goa
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261017T113000Z
SUMMARY:Repair Cafe
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CATEGORIES:Hackathon
DESCRIPTION:HACK24 is a 24 hour hackathon hosted at Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth. There would be a total of 10 teams each team dealing with a problem statement and each team can have members from 2 - 4. The problem statements will be based around campus difficulties and coming up with solutions for them. A presentation is not expected\, but a product is expected. Use of AI is acceptable but excercise caution with design. Only one solution design team will be accepted for each problem statement.
DTEND:20261017T103000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261007T231226Z
LOCATION:TBD\nhttps://osmapp.org/way/1460915073
ORGANIZER;CN=Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth Community:mailto:Chinmaya Vishwa Vidyapeeth Community
DTSTART:20261016T103000Z
SUMMARY:HACK24
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URL:https://fossunited.org/c/chinmaya-vishwa-vidyapeeth/hack24
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CATEGORIES:Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A 60-minute hands-on design sprint on how small Indian cities can move from consuming to making.\n\nA hands-on design sprint using design thinking to explore how small Indian cities can produce more of what they consume. The live case study is Maker's Asylum's July 2026 pledge\, made at the Fab City Summit at MIT\, for Goa to become one of India's first Fab Regions by 2054. In small groups\, participants map what their city makes\, imports and wastes\, then design one piece of making infrastructure that could shift that balance. No maker experience needed\; urban practitioners\, climate researchers\, community leaders\, students and citizens are all welcome. Participants leave with a concept sketch\, new vocabulary for urban production\, and new connections. Ideal group size is 20 to 35 people in groups of 4 to 5.
DTEND:20261029T063000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261011T005428Z
LOCATION:Goa
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261029T053000Z
SUMMARY:Make Your City: Designing for Local Production and Urban Resilience
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CATEGORIES:Meet Up
DESCRIPTION:Running open AI models on small hardware you can hold\, instead of in a data centre.\n\nA look at what AI models can realistically run on boards like the Raspberry Pi\, Jetson and ESP32\, and where each reaches its limits. Covers quantisation\, model sizes and balancing what you want to run against what the board can handle\, ending with a live demo.
DTEND:20261014T153000Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260929T011341Z
LOCATION:Keralam
ORGANIZER;CN=OPEN HARDWARE Community:mailto:OPEN HARDWARE Community
DTSTART:20261014T133000Z
SUMMARY:AI Wednesday : Running Open Models on Hardware
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