Young Professionals' Event
Inspiring future generations with open hardware - the Raspberry Pi
Thursday 18 October 2012 | IET London: Savoy Place
Free to attend
The lecture and drinks are free of charge for members and non-members of the IET but registration is required to secure your place at this popular event.
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In a world full of expensive, "closed" consumer devices emerges the Raspberry Pi, a low-cost credit-card sized computer that can be plugged into a TV and a keyboard.
The hope is to see it being used by kids all over the world to learn programming, but it also serves as an ideal platform for hobbyists to try out new ideas.
Eben Upton, Founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, will talk about the transition from large, high performance systems to cheap, low power and potentially disposable hardware.
But what does the future hold for these innovative and disruptive products? Will threats to openness result in complete closure of future hardware platforms?
Find out more about the lecture.
Eben Upton, Founder of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, SoC Architect at Broadcom.
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In 2008 this event became part of the IET’s long running annual Prestige Lecture Series.
View a brief history of the event.
Programme
18:00 - Registration
19:00 - Lecture commences
20:00 - Networking drinks (free to attend)