Events
May Refresh the Triangle Meeting
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM on Thursday, May 23, 2013
1791 Varsity Drive, #200, Raleigh, NC, 1791 Varsity Drive, #200, Raleigh, NC
Sweatin' to the Web: Kinect like Control of your Browser
Sweatin' to the Web is presenter Ben Farrell's modern take on the fitness craze of the 80's. Instead of your TV, though, we'll examine a more updated platform...the web!
Using Kinect and Kinect-like devices, open source, cross platform libraries, and Ben's brand new Node.js plugin we'll bring skeletal tracking, motion control, and gestures to Node.js and the web browser.
You don't have to be a C++ nerd to get into this...nor even a huge Javascript nerd. Presenter Ben Farrell aims to make it easy with his simple to use plugin along with a lot of examples and bootstrapping stuff to get skeletal data and gestures with only about 3 lines of Javascript.
Since he's designed it to be easy to pick up-we'll talk a tiny bit about the code, yes...but more importantly, Ben will give you a crash course into the world of NUI (natural user interaction) and the UX of it all (NUX???)
May TriPython Meeting
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM on Thursday, May 23, 2013
1791 Varsity Drive, #200, Raleigh, NC, 1791 Varsity Drive, #200, Raleigh, NC
This week's talk is about using Python to script Minecraft on the RaspberryPi with mcpipy. Also there will be a demonstration of the jukebox device that is running on Raspberry Pi. Come join us for some great lightning talks and conversations about Python and software development. Afterwards the group will head out for food and drinks.
BarCamp RDU 2013
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM on Saturday, May 18, 2013
2 W. Broughton Drive, Raleigh, 2 West Broughton Drive, Raleigh, NC 27695
BarCamp RDU is an "unconference" which means there is not a rigid schedule until everyone arrives and pitches the topics they would like to present. Topics are recorded on paper and posted where everyone can see and vote. The most popular topics/speakers are placed at the beginning of the day. Towards the end of the day there will be a series of lightning talks. BarCamp RDU is meant to be fun and focused on socializing with other folks who have similar interests.