Attention amateur radio operators!  This Friday at 7pm, join us at HackPittsburgh and learn about the Narrow Band Emergency Messaging System (NBEMS). Harry Bloomberg, an Assistant Section Emergency Coordinator for the Western PA Amateur Radio Emergency Service (ARES), will talk about ARES, how the services works for Western PA and his responsibilities there.
Harry will also [...]

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This Friday at HackPittsburgh, come learn about railroad radio communication systems and how you can listen in!
HackPittsburgh member Derrick Brashear and guest speaker Alex Lang will explain communication signals, how they’ve developed over time, and how things look in person on the tracks.
They’ll also explain how the radio system works, walk through some free software [...]

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Calling all Pittsburgh entrepreneurs!  This Friday, Jan. 8th at 7pm, HackPittsburgh is proud to welcome Bill Generett, director of the Pittsburgh Central Keystone Innovation Zone (PCKIZ).
The PCKIZ is a non-profit organization working to improve Pittsburgh’s commercial areas in the Hill District, Downtown, and Uptown (where HackPittsburgh is located!) through a combination of tax incentives, entrepreneurial [...]

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This Monday, November 23rd (tomorrow!!) at 8pm, the United States Pirate Party will drop by HackPittsburgh to meet members and discuss issues of interest to us!
The US Pirate Party platform covers many topics of interest to HackPittsburgh members, including DRM and copyright online, privacy, freedom of speech and assembly, intellectual property reform, and more!
So, members, [...]

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On Friday, December 11th, DeepLocal will pay a visit to HackPittsburgh!
For the unfamiliar, DeepLocal is behind cool media projects like the Nike LIVESTRONG Chalkbot, info awareness services like RouteShout, and providers of the excellent Gumband SMS API.
They’ll be dropping by HackPittsburgh to check out the shop, talk a bit about their company, their projects, the [...]

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Want to put some sensor data on the internet? Maybe you’d like to go the other way and control your project remotely over the web? You can do all of these things, and more, without having to set up your own server and without writing code using an ioBridge!
On Friday, November 13th, at 7pm, ioBridge [...]

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