[LCA2019 Chat] Register now for the Open Hardware MiniConf and build a self-driving model car

[Jonathan Oxer]

Hi Irving,

The assembly session is to put together the physical platform that will be
used for the self-driving software, to provide a well-supported environment
for people who may not be comfortable with doing hardware assembly on their
own. The platform itself is based on the Donkey Car project which is very
well documented at www.donkeycar.com and other places, so if you feel
comfortable sourcing the necessary parts and putting together a car
yourself you can certainly do that.

Everyone is welcome to attend the OHMC from lunchtime onwards (space
permitting) even if you haven't done the morning assembly session or built
your own Donkey Car. If you're interested in the presentations and just
want to see those without doing the morning session, feel free to come
along.

It's tricky for us to coordinate pairing people up for the morning session,
but if you know of someone who wants to do it with you as a team you can
arrange it directly with them and let us know. If everyone did that we'd
run out of space in the room, but a few people working in pairs should be
fine.

Cheers

Jon

On Wed, 9 Jan 2019 at 10:50, Irving <irving at irving-st.id.au> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Do we need to do the assembly session to be able to participate in the
> self driving part?
>
> I am interested in experimenting with self driving and machine learning
> but I am already doing embedded stuff for a living, so I don't want to take
> the spot for someone else who wants to learn soldering and hardware hacking.
>
> Or maybe if someone else is only interested in the hardware part we can
> team up?
>
> Cheers,
> Irving
> On 9/1/19 12:02 am, Jonathan Oxer wrote:
>
> STOP ! Please read this notice before wildly clicking the link !
>
> For Wednesday, 9th January 2019 registration is ONLY open for women and
> anyone typically under-represented at LCA. Last year, we had a number of
> fully subsidised diversity tickets: we will do the same this year.
> However, we want to do even more to address gender imbalance. There is
> always a rush of registrations for the OHMC and places sell out quickly. So
> this year we are asking that our valued, keen, but highly over-represented
> male attendees patiently wait until Thursday, 10th January 2019 before
> registering.
>
> Of course, this is a very difficult thing to define, and you may be
> wondering if this applies to you. All we’re asking is that if you fall into
> the stereotypical “white straight middle-aged male” category, please just
> wait one extra day and give other people a chance to participate without
> being crowded out.
>
> We’ll send another email on Thursday evening to open up registrations for
> everyone.
>
> Because the lead organisers of the OHMC are exactly those stereotypical
> straight white middle-aged males, we’re very aware that we don’t
> necessarily know the best way to do this. We just want to make this event
> as inclusive and friendly as possible. The one day grace time is an
> experiment.  If you have any feedback for us about what we could do better,
> please let us know.
>
> Thank you ! Now on with the general info:
>
> The Open Hardware MiniConf is a 1-day event at LCA, which provides a fun
> introduction to electronics and hardware hacking. It starts with an
> assembly session, where you will have the opportunity to learn how to
> solder while building your own self-driving model car with a machine
> learning vision system.
>
> Places for the assembly session are strictly limited, so registration is
> required. Even if you ticked the “Open Hardware MiniConf” box on the LCA
> registration form, you still need to register for the miniconf separately
> if you wish to participate in the assembly session.
>
> The cost of the assembly session is AUS$130, which includes all the parts
> required for you to build your own self-driving model car. Some subsidised
> places are also available for those who couldn’t otherwise afford to
> attend. The actual value of the parts provided is closer to AUS$260, but
> thanks to a generous grant from Linux Australia the cost has been kept low
> in order to allow more people to participate.
>
> See http://www.openhardwareconf.org/wiki/OHMC2019 for more information,
> and to register for the assembly session go to:
>
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aT3gPhfeMZfaexNkXZ15Glb-NFEIFLBWOEC4vpSy8O0
>
> Thanks!
>
> Jon, Andy and the OHMC2019 team
>
>
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