I recently presented a talk at HTML5DevConf called “Robots, Circuits, and Drones, Oh My! Javascript for Makers“. It took a slight change from the proposed title, to “UI Beyond the Browser – Software for Hardware Projects”. It’s an evolution of the talk I gave at SpainJS about the exciting changes taking place in hardware development and ways that software developers can dive in and enjoy the fun. I think it was recorded but the videos haven’t been posted yet. I’ll update this page when they are. Video below!

I hope this is helpful to you! Special thanks to everyone that has helped me on my Maker journey so far – Jeff McAlvay and the Tempo Automation team, the OpenROVs, the Upverters, Lady Ada, Parrot for making the awesome AR Drone, Orbotix for making the delightfully magical Sphero, and more. Very special thanks to the organizers of HTML5DevConf for inviting me to speak!

Download presentation (21MB pdf)

If you’d like to have me present this or similar topic at your event, please email me.

Now go, goof around, make something awesome!