Hi hardwarians,

Well end the year with a bang, with presentations from Sidewalk labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet that builds technology to improve cities, BOND, a robot that writes handwritten letters, as well as everything you need to know to build the hardware and software for a Nintendo video game.

We're also back at our usual location in the Microsoft building in Times Square, so hope to see you there.

Agenda:

6:15 - 6:30pm:arrival, pizza and beer

6:30 - 6:40pm:welcome and sponsors

6:40 - 7:05pm: Craig Nevill-Manning, CTO of Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Alphabet that focuses on improving quality of life in cities.

7:05 - 7:20pm: Andrew Reitano, will talk about how he made Super Russian Roulette for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), using both custom hardware and software, and crowdfunding the product.

7:20 - 7:45pm: Kenji Larson and Manny Ramos from BOND, will be talking about building robots to write beautifully handwritten letters.

7:45pm - 8:30:networking and community announcements.

See you all there!

Haytham