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.

Beginner to advanced classes in electronics and robotics for kids (and their parents). Get your kids (K-12) going with our very hands on classes geared towards technology in robotics and electronics.

Manufacturing is awesome! Join us as we tour manufacturing facilities around the Bay Area. Starting a hardware company or developing a product and want to learn more about manufacturing? Just curious about how the products you use are made? Want to see industrial robots in action? Love the Science Channel's 'How It's Made'? Join us!

This is a group for anyone interested in research concerning artificial neural networks, deep learning, and so on. The format varies between discussion groups, guest speakers, and tutorials. Proposed topics include: training deep belief networks with unsupervised pre-training/supervised finetuning, recurrent neural networks, different optimization methods, scalable architectures for large networks across clusters, practical GPU programming (with Python!), NNs for NLP, using NNs in robotics, visu …

This is a group for people interested in clean technology innovation. The Solano Clean Tech Innovators Association (sctia.org) is working towards establishing an Innovators Lab where people could come together to collaborate, invent, prototype and test new ideas using state of the art equipment. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to, electric vehicles, alternative energy, robotics, arduino, and raspberry pi. The Meet-Up is open to experienced innovators as well as people who are inte …

Motherlode Makers is a maker community celebrating and supporting all things makers. We love woodworking, robotics, arts & crafts, welding, fabrication, pottery, glass blowing and more! We make things and share knowledge! Join the community!

Would you like to go on the ultimate journey? The journey of the Human mind? I intend to do exactly that! To duplicate thought is also to understand what thought is. A definitive answer, something mechanical, something duplicable and something that performs! But what does that say about us. Are we only a device, a biological device but a device none the less? There are those that believe in the above statement, including me! But what about the things that make the animal world unique? The things …

This is a monthly meetup group for anyone interested in unmanned aerial vehicles also commonly refered to as Drones. We will meet once monthly at an outdoor location to fly, test and discuss Drones and their practical uses today and in the future. This group was formed to give people that are interested the opportunity for a hands on experience. Members who have access to drones of any size and type are encouraged to bring them. We will meet on the first sunday of every month. Hope to see you th …

Hacker Lab is a collaborative workspace and organization of hackers, makers, and entrepreneurs. We foster technology through community education and mentorship. Together we are building a startup community and innovative ecosystem! Join us! BUILD CODE UNITE!

This group is to discuss sensor technology and applications, and we welcome hackers, entrepreneurs, health-care professionals, scientists, quantified-selfers, the DIY community, and anyone else who is excited about sensors and sensor data. We also have a FB discussion group: http://bit.ly/sensorites

TechShop is a membership-based workshop that provides members with access to tools and equipment, instruction, and a community of creative and supportive people so they can build the things they have always wanted to make. We'll be hosting a variety of informal groups to talk about and show off what they've been up to in all sorts of areas; Arduino, crafts, lasers, models, furniture, green tech..  whatever folks get up to at TechShop.  This Meetup Group is to let you, the Makers, know what's hap …

The world has experienced unprecedented urban growth in recent decades, and global data forecasts indicate this trend will only increase. Urban Tech SF focuses on the issues and strategies behind new technologies that improve (or hinder) our urban lives. Join us and explore a diverse range of urban technology projects in San Francisco. Participate in open civic engagement on the issues that shape our daily lives along the way.

We are a friendly group creative people who want to start a Makerspace in Marin so that people of all ages and types can come in and learn, play, hack, make, create, and rule the world! We hold meetings at various locations throughout Marin with the intent of sampling a variety of locations and spaces until we find our permanent home. Our meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month. At each meeting we spend a little time discussing the logistics of opening our Makerspace. The rest of th …

Help local hobbyists (California East Bay) or anyone interested in CNC to meet, discuss and share their project ideas.

Meet with other Entrepreneurs, Inventors and Artisans to discuss, plan and build things to stimulate our minds, have fun and even make some money! Are you interested in meeting people who REALLY build stuff? If so, then you've come to the right place! Whatever your interest...Mechanics (including robotics and radio control), Electronics, Chemistry (including cooking and mixology), Physics, Science, Astronomy or any other kind of Technology...This is the place for you! Whether you're a builder yo …

The Mossdale Makerspace is a group of community members with the curiosity and drive to make anything they want. By joining our makerspace, members have access to tools and equipment that they might not have otherwise.  They can collaborate on projects that are driven by their own interests, and by doing so, develop the capacity and confidence to innovate.  Makerspaces are a gateway to deeper engagement not only in science and engineering but also art and design.

Get together with other hackers and engineers to share experiences and tips for getting the most out of the Raspberry Pi. We'll also post and promote Raspberry Pi-related events by others.

People who believe that the best way to project the future is by creating it. Positively embrace globalization, miniaturization of technology, and dynamic visualization of the future, including, e.g., metrovillages, robotics, advanced personal transportation, education, and sustainability. Look up to seven generations into the future refining scaleable ways of making decisions in the near future.

MAKE unites, inspires, informs, and entertains a growing community of resourceful people who undertake amazing projects in their backyards, basements, and garages. MAKE celebrates your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your will. The MAKE audience continues to be a growing culture and community that believes in bettering ourselves, our environment, our educational system—our entire world. This is much more than an audience, it's a worldwide movement that Make is leading—we call it …

We all know the Bay Area has tons of software meetups, but where's the hardware love? We're bringing together anyone who interested in building a business in the world of physical products: from company boards to organic soap. The purpose of the group is to start to build the hardware startup community by: bringing people together, bringing in experts in the fields of hardware & form entrepreneurs who've done it before, and also to build a better picture of the hardware scene so we can all find …

These are not your typical software engineering events.  BASE is focused on emerging technologies and creating events around topics that have never been attempted.  Events may be around such topics as Big Data, Machine Learning, Robotics, Nanotechnology, 3D Printing, Synthetic Biology, Artificial Intelligence, Computer History, Computer Vision, Augmented Reality (AR), and using software to create art. BASE creates events only possible in San Francisco and the Bay area with experts from all walks …

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.

Make:SF is an opportunity to get started in the Maker community. You can meet local makers, learn some new skills and grow from there. The goals are to: - Meet other local Makers - Share ideas, skills, and local resources - Gain new skills through mini-workshops - Hear guest speakers who are tackling large projects - Create collaborations between engineers, makers, craft folks, artists, etc. - Get opinions or advice on project execution

This is a group for anyone interested in 3D printing, CAD, 3D modeling, 3D apps, or those who are just curious about how it all works. All skill levels and experience are welcome. This group is intended to educate, share ideas, and have fun with the 30 year old technology of 3D printing....Yes!!! It is 30 years old! *Bonus of this group: Your organizer Roxanne, has access to many 3D printers!

This group is for anyone who likes to build things with electronics, learn about it, share knowledge and help each others in their hobby projects. I am not electronics engineer but just started learning about Arduino microcontroller and got interested in that area. I saw some you tube videos and was amazed by some of the things people created in their free time. It might be fun to do things together and learn.

For RepRap enthusiasts and builders. RepRaps, MakerBots and 3D printers use plastic filament to print. This is the future of home manufacturing. http://reprap.org/ http://www.makerbot.com/ http://printrbot.com

The primary focus of Arduino Bay is to teach innovation surrounding Arduino, and to facilitate networking.