We cover the top Minnesota and other tech stories this week, but are particularly pleased to have as our guest Justin Grammens to talkabout the upcoming Internet of Things Hackday (IoTHackday). He is an accomplished entrepreneur but also someone who gives back. He’s done so through co-founding several community-centered adventures like Mobile March, IoT Fuse, ArduinoMN. (In no way did Justin know we would use a photo of him that ended up looking fairly creepy. Sorry Justin!).
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson (Tim Elliott is off).
Music: C Minor Jazz-Blues by Pinojazz under a Creative Commons License.
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Story Links
Past Week’s Biggest MN Stories
- Minnesota Cup Winners announced. Kipsu and AstroHQ take High Tech honors
- Best Buy deepens links to Apple, says watch has been a smash hit
- Comcast Dramatically Increases Internet Speeds in the Twin Cities
- Mayo Clinic’s Venture Into Entrepreneurship
- Paying For Parking In Minneapolis Can Now Be Done From Your Phone
- Elegant Themes Bloom Plugin Forked By LeadPages
Guest Justin Grammens
- IoT Hackday
will occur on Oct 17th at Minnetronix.
- Sponsors, please contact: justin (at) iothackday.mn
- Mentions during the guest segment:
- Justin’s weekly update: IoT Weekly News
- Homebrew Computer Club
Other Top Tech Stories
- Tesla Model S P85D Breaks Consumer Reports’ Ratings System
- Facebook Milestones Leading to a Billion Users in a Single Day
- Apple
- Intelligent Energy (web)
- Google, Amazon push Flash closer to extinction
- Former Apple CEO John Sculley launches a line of stylish smartphones
- Bummer of the Week: Neil Young admits his iPod competitor is having a hard time
Cool Thing of the Week
- Phil: Drone Killing Laser Cannon
- Mention of shotgun shell
- Graeme: Instagram ups its game
- Steve: Twist World Charging Station $39.99 (Get $5 off at StackSocial)
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Camp COCO, North Shore/Lake Superior, October 9-11
- Mobile Twin Cities: The Future of Apps Oct 13th
- 2015 MIMA Summit, Oct. 15th
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- LED Costumes at IoTHackday 2015, Oct 17th
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