We're all about hardware startups - the fun, and the work. We're for anyone into the Maker Movement, Industrial Design, Toys, Lean Startups, Technology, Microcontrollers, Robotics, Fashion, The Internet of Things, Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, and anything else disruptive.

Many of us baby boomers have managed to gain a measure of true independence at this phase of our lives. We are therefore no longer tethered to a corporate job as such. Instead, we get to focus on reinventing ourselves by pursuing interests, hobbies and even dreams we did not quite have time for when we were part of the daily-commute crowd. For me, this means developing for the Kinect platform (and, in the process, falling in love with C# despite my earlier prejudices!), designing an animation pl …

Robotics at the Hacker Dojo, a hackerspace where makers and hackers of all ages and skill levels come together to collaborate and network on tech projects.

This is a network for educators, designers, critical thinkers, makers and educational reform junkies starting up make spaces and design thinking curriculum at schools in the Bay Area. This group will meet to gain much needed collaboration and real face time with like-minded people working hard to reform education. Never underestimate the creative power of a beer, a napkin, a pen and a good conversation!

We see our world to be a place where society is able to work and play freely in an interconnected world, with confidence and trust, free from hindrance, misuse or malicious acts. Through this vision, we have decided to lead an industry wide forum for security practitioners, law enforcement, security advocates, and policy makers to identify and resolve security problems at large scale.  We are hopeful that the Security @ Scale Meet-up acts as a vehicle to facilitate and drive an industry wide sec …

Be Social Change Bay Area Meetup A collaborative group of social changers, social entrepreneurs, start-uppers, techies, non-profits, change makers, investors and students who want to contribute their passion to their community --- and the world. Our Meetups empower, connect and organize social change in the Bay Area through: " BE" Meetups: Dynamic interactive stories highlighting innovative social entrepreneurs and change makers " SOCIAL" Meetups: People coming together to share ideas, colla …

We are a "hackerspace", a colloquial term for a group of people who gather together in order to DIY technology and art, exchange knowledge, and pool together resources and tools. Members have access to 3d printers, laser cutters, CNC routers, woodworking tools, computers, etc.

This is a group for anyone interested in Open Source software and Open Hardware for the Internet of Things. I'd like to create an opportunity for engineers and programmers, entrepreneurs, hackers, makers, and enthusiasts from all areas to get together for networking and collaboration. The Internet and the Web today is built on Open Source software. Linux, Apache, Hadoop, Mozilla, Ajax, Python, PHP, Perl, Ruby, Memcached, MySQL; client and server and router software all developed by communities o …

We gather online and in-person to discuss all aspects of the eZ Publish Enterprise Content Management System. All skill levels (from beginner to expert) and roles (from end user to marketer to developer to purchase decision maker) are welcome. We are an extension of the broader, global community, focused on North and South America. We have two regularly scheduled monthly conference calls: one about the eZ Ecosystem in general, usually featuring an eZ Systems employee as a guest attendee; and one …

We're an ingenious bunch of technical improvisateurs willing to scramble in order to follow the story. Whether student or seasoned veteran, producer or editor... join this meetup group and click to receive an email about our next meeting. Meet face-to-face with other filmmakers to: share ideas for films share production knowledge share equipment resources offer or find crewing opportunities screen your film or work-in-progress ... few things beat good-old networking to help move a project alon …

Come together to share your sculpture work, discuss different mediums and go to gallery events in the bay area. Feel free to suggest an event or host at your studio.

DMK ELITE NETWORKING is our Bay Area Business Networking Group for business professionals. Our goal is to BUILD RELATIONSHIPS with the energetic and dynamic power partners in our community. It is  an opportunity to meet your NEXT CLIENTS, invite others, NETWORK with business owners, executives, professionals and decision makers in a warm, upscale yet fun environment. View us at http://www.dmkelite.com

Silicon Valley has a boatload of tech meetups and events for software companies, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware startup ecosystem, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in Valley.

Raspberry Pi hackers, users and dreamers! Show off your projects, and meet other enthusiasts in the Contra Costa area. We meet on the first Thursday of the month from 7:30 to 10PM. We meet at Diablo Valley College in room L 106. We don't have hackerspace with solder stations, 3d printers etc. but if the group gets large enough we can make this happen.

This group is for people interested in collaborating on fun and eduational polymer clay projects. We are about: learning by crafting, creating open educational content, youtube, using polymer clay millefiori as visualizing tool , claymation, making tutorials, video editing. See examples on openclay.org We meet at the Open Fine Art Gallery in Berkeley openfineartgallery.net

PopUpEdu is a series of underground classes centered on food, wine, spirits, and beer. You'll learn everything that you missed out on after you left grade school Home Ec and entered the real world. The Bay Area's top bartenders, chefs, wine makers, brewers, and craft distillers will be at your fingertips in remote locations for a series of education courses where you will get schooled on everything from pre-prohibition era cocktails to gluten free cooking.

If you are obsessed with the power of technology to influence learning, then this group is for you! This group is for any parent, educator or child that is interested in teaching other kids to code. Makers, hackers and techies are encouraged to join. Have you ever used MIT's Scratch, Alice, Kodu or GameStar Mechanic to learn programming or teach others, then we'd love to hear your experiences and wisdom to help prepare our kids for the future.

An Internet of Things (IoT) community group for the East Bay Area of San Francisco. Following on from IoTLondon, IoTAmsterdam and IoTNYC - we are opening a new community in the East Bay. Here's what our London Group are doing this week http://www.meetup.com/iotlondon/events/57537982/ Join for informal discussions, short presentations and socialise with fellow IoT Enthusiasts. Whether you are a hobbyist, maker or work professionally in this subject - come along for an evening out. Me …

The Swap-O-Rama-Rama is a world-wide event that helps a community explore creativity and re-use through a clothing swap and series of DIY craft and sewing workshops. Erin Scholl and Jennifer Alexander are the local coordinators of this amazing and inspirational event and every year Swap-O-Rama-Rama gathers for the ultimate celebration of creativity at Maker Faire in San Mateo in May. This group is a way to keep it going year round, bringing people who are interested in sharing and learning ideas …

Fellow hardwarians, it's time the Trivalley had some hardware startup meetups. Robot Garden is a new robotics hackerspace and group located at the iGate Innovation Hub business accelerator in Livermore. We love starting hardware stuff! There are more meetups and access hours on the Robot Garden Meetup and website robotgarden.org but we want the hardware startup meetup to stand alone.

Dear All, The Lean Enterprise and Continuous Improvement meetup is a social learning initiative designed to bring together SMEs, Quality practitioners, Business owners, Technologists, Business Analysts, Managers, Decision Makers, Product Owners, Product Managers; to plan, learn, discuss and share experiences, implementations, best practices, body of knowledge, metrics, methodologies, tools and techniques as applicable; to take an enterprise through a journey of Continuous Improvement with an end …

Make movies mainly in Indian languages with like minded movie makers. To start a platform where people can share ideas and collaborate to create movies/shorts of good quality .

We are bringing together a community of product designers, electrical and mechanical engineers, inventors, prototypers, tinkerers, marketing masterminds, makers, and anyone interested in bringing new products into the world. Our facility at Inventor Labs is large and open and a great place to get together, so we're going to roll open the bay doors this summer (and beyond) to get some collaboration and brainstorming going.