[PLUG] Portland Linux/Unix Group General Meeting Announcement: Joe Grand, Creating The World's Thinnest Boombox

Russell Senior russell at pdxlinux.org
Fri Jul 26 21:53:08 UTC 2024


Who: Joe Grand https://grandideastudio.com/
What: Fresh Beats: Creating The World's Thinnest Boombox
Where: 5500 SW Dosch Rd, Portland
When: Thursday, August 1, 2024 at 7 PM
Why: The pursuit of technology freedom

https://calagator.org/events/1250481171

Combining 1980s music culture with a retro future, The World's Thinnest 
Boombox is a portable Linux-based sound system featuring active 
electronics mounted onto an artistically designed printed circuit board. 
In this presentation, Joe will discuss his engineering process, the 
complex circuit board fabrication techniques used in the project, and 
the challenges he faced along the way.

Bio: (scraped from https://grandideastudio.com/about/)

Joe Grand is a product designer, hardware hacker, and the founder of 
Grand Idea Studio. He specializes in creating, exploring, manipulating, 
and teaching about electronic devices.

Also known as Kingpin, Joe was a member of the legendary hacker group 
L0pht Heavy Industries, where he helped raise awareness of the hacker 
ethos and the importance of independent security vulnerability research. 
He also brought engineering to the masses as a co-host of Discovery 
Channel’s Prototype This, which followed the real-life design process of 
a unique prototype every episode.

Joe holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from 
Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts and a Doctorate of Science in 
Technology (Honorary) degree from the University of Advancing Technology 
in Tempe, Arizona.


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Russell Senior
PLUG Volunteer
russell at pdxlinux.org


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