<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_4204">Hi all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_4217"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7608">Happy New Year!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7609"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_4267" dir="ltr">It was really cool that SGVHAK participated in the DTLA Mini Maker Faire. I'd like us to continue to be more active as a group and I hope we'll have a booth at the DTLA Maker Faire later this year. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7077"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7171">The last HAK meeting at Tux-Lab in December attracted some new people and contacts.<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_6860"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_6900">The next SGVHAK meeting is tomorrow (Thursday) @ 6:30pm at Dave's place (<a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=11711+Clark+Street%2C+Arcadia%2C+CA%2C+91006%2C+us" target="_blank noreferrer noopener" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7474">11711 Clark Street Suite 108<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7475"> ยท Arcadia</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7476">, CA</span></a>).<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_6901"><a href="https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/dvnvmhyxcbgb/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_6906" class="">https://www.meetup.com/SGVTech/events/dvnvmhyxcbgb/</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_6925"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_6992">The two main topics will be the open source rover project and the penguin telepresence robot project. <br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7140">1) SGVHAK will be among the first group of builders of the JPL Open Source Rover. I think the other builders are 4-5 high school groups. I have some of the documentation, so we now actually have something to work with. The goal is to build the rover and provide feedback and enhancements.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7142" dir="ltr"><a href="https://opensourcerover.jpl.nasa.gov/" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7157">https://opensourcerover.jpl.nasa.gov/</a></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7158"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7141" dir="ltr">Currently, Dave and I are leading this effort, and I will fund it. The build should finish by end of February, though I'm hoping to get this done by mid-February so it's not too close to SCALE. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_6851"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7220">2) Last year, Ginko and Michael and Dave were talking about a penguin telepresence robot. Ginko is looking to restart work on this project. <br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7230"><br></div><br><div dir="ltr">Lan<br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7490"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1515040488186_7577"><br></div><br></div></body></html>