(4.18) Head down to AS220 this Wednesday when Rhode Island Virtual Reality (RIVR), in partnership with Providence Geeks, presents Fasility. RISD alum and Fasility co-founder Chris Lowery will discuss the possibilities of WebXR and how to get started. Fasility’s Chris Lowery (BFA RISD 1994) is a user experience designer and programmer. Over the past two years, […]
(2.21) This month’s Geek Dinner features Kenzan, a software engineering and professional services company. (Facebook event page.) Kenzan is a software engineering and full service digital consulting firm that provides customized, end-to-end solutions that align technical strategy with business goals. Combining leadership with technical expertise, Kenzan works with partners and clients to craft solutions that
(11.15) This month’s Geeks Dinner features Don Stanford of IGT (formerly GTECH). Don Stanford is a seasoned executive who has spent 30+ years in Senior Management of Rhode Island’s IGT (formerly GTECH). In addition to being their chief technical strategist, he guided the growth of their technology organization from a software staff of four in
(9.20) The Providence Geeks will be hosting another Geek Dinner this Wednesday at AS220. (Facebook event.) Many of you know Mary Johnson from the Rhode Island Mini Maker Faire or her efforts to get robots into the hands of kids and their families through the FIRST LEGO League and the Robot Block Party. She’s also
(6.21) This week at the Providence Geeks Dinner meet Looking Glass CTO Alex Hornstein. Looking Glass is a startup based in Providence, Hong Kong and Brooklyn that is making the sci-fi dream of the hologram into reality. . . Hornstein will present a few new prototypes of midair display and interaction technology that the company
(7.11) This is the last Providence Geeks dinner of the summer (they swim upstream in August to spawn). So what’s on tap. Providence-based startup Sproutel makes interactive toys for children with chronic illnesses, starting with diabetes, asthma and obesity. Their first product — Jerry the Bear — takes a high-tech, but playful approach to teaching
(5.23) What goes on up there? I bet they’re computing. Join the Providence Geeks for the May dinner at the Institute for Computational and Experimental Research in Mathematics (ICERM) and maybe sort of find out. This is not for the faint of brain. Professors George Karniadakis and Jeffrey Hoffstein will give us a double header
Last Geeks Dinner of the summer! Up for discussion is ‘Manpacks’. Then get your things together, . . . we’re going on on our first ever Providence Geeks field trip — a whole two blocks away to get a the Geek tour of AS220’s new Mercantile Block. The 50,000 square foot building will open this
Today’s monthly Providence Geeks Dinner is particularly exciting as it doubles as a book launch. . . for a book that was inspired by the Geeks Dinner last May! It’s an official incubator now. That’s where Providence-based web & mobile application strategist Jonathan Stark met O’Reilly Media Senior Editor and Providence Geeks Co-Founder Brian Jepson.