From Concert to Code: The IoT + Hardware Behind Taylor Swift's Dazzling 70K Fan Displays! #60
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Mandy Meindersma
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From Concert to Code: The IoT + Hardware Behind Taylor Swift's Dazzling 70K Fan Displays!
What your talk is about:
During the Taylor Swift Eras Tour, all fans had light up bracelets that created graphics across the crowd. These bracelets were given out at the gate and were not attached to a seat number, so how does this work?!? In this session we will reverse engineer the technology behind concert bracelets. We will also have a live demo of the hardware needed to make your own “clunky” bracelet. We will end off with how to scale up this technology across 70,000 people.
Attendee’s can leave this session with:
- Knowledge about different ways that Internet of Things (IoT) devices can communicate
- Basic hardware knowledge and information on how to start your own hardware project
- The joy of watching the chaotic process of a live hardware and coding demo!
PS would love to trade beaded bracelets with any swifties :) Bring yours to the session!
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Mandy Meindersma is a Senior Software Developer at Dotdash Meredith, she spends her day writing Java + Spring for the 40+ brands that are under Dotdash Meredith. She has had a passion for technology ever since her first robotics course in high school. Since then she has fallen in love with coding and has completed her bachelors in Computer Science from the University of Alberta. In her spare time she volunteers for the Grace Hopper Celebration as a hardware track reviewer. She has managed and contributed to a lot of open-source repos as well as attended open source conferences. Her passion for public speaking and technology has resulted in her creating interactive sessions on open source, robotics, web development and leet code problems.