Please join us in welcoming [Sophi Kravitz] to the Hackaday crew. She is coming on board to crank on the 2015 Hackaday Prize. You may keep in mind a publish from a few weeks back when we were in browse of a person with a skill set that might only be referred to as mythical. [Sophi] jumped at the possibility and it is promptly remove that she belongs here.
[Sophi] walks the walk, as well as talks the talk. She’s an EE as well as has dealt with art installations, developed props as well as FX for movies, as well as dealt with tasks that some may think about ‘more serious’ engineering challenges. Her enthusiasm for electronics has led her to evangelize education on the subject by working with trainee programs, as well as she just recently served as a Hacker in home with Sparkfun. Her like of the hardware neighborhood already has her promoting hacking by immersing herself in Hackerspace culture as well as organizing events like the Bring a Hack meetup at maker Faire new York.
We have huge plans for the 2015 Hackaday prize which will be revealed soon. In the meantime, anyone going to the worldwide consumer electronics show (CES) next week can satisfy up with [Sophi] as well as discover out about the plans we’ve made so far. She will be at CES to represent Hackaday together with [Mike Szczys] as well as [Sarah Petkus]. We’re planning an unscripted meetup for anyone interested. Reply to this Tweet to tell us you’ll be there as well as we’ll make sure to get you the details when we have them. as well as of course, if you want to get your hands on some Hackaday stickers track us down during the conference. inspect out our CES Twitter listing to make a lot more connections.