"Hangout & Nerdout" Ep. 6 on March 24th Celebrates Women's History Month

“Hangout & Nerdout” is a virtual community meetup series co-produced by Hackster and Make:. This monthly get-together brings members of both communities together to explore technology, innovation, and education.

Want to 3D print with chocolate, start your own hardware company, or combine invention with adventure? It may be Women’s History Month, but our three speakers are busy creating the future – through their work at CocoaPress, Crowd Supply, and Mission Control Lab. Get ready to be delighted by the dynamic personalities of Ellie Rose, Claire Danielle Cassidy, and Jessica Cobb, who are breaking molds 🍫, converting buses 🚐 into tiny homes, and creating intuitive and playful STEAM products 🚀 that will blow your mind and inspire us all to break barriers, challenge norms, and pursue our passions with creativity and ingenuity.

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Meet our nerds:

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“Break Free from the Mold” - Cocoa Press is shaping the future of chocolate with 3D printing. Ellie Rose started working on Cocoa Press in 2014 during an intro to engineering class in high school. She graduated from Penn Engineering in 2019 and began working on Cocoa Press full time after 5 years of it being her hobby. Ellie has also appeared on the Battlebots TV show as a part of team Mammoth and is passionate about the ways we can use 3D printing across industries. While not 3D printing she sings and enjoys weaving, woodworking and glassblowing while fighting for trans rights across the US.

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Claire a self-taught hardware hacker/maker and open-source hardware enthusiast. She comes from a background of running a small business making and selling accessories and art at comicons and sci-fi/fantasy conventions for over a decade. Currently, she works full-time as a project manager for Crowd Supply helping makers and engineers bring their open-source hardware to market, and part-time as this year’s talks chair for the Open Hardware Summit. Claire is enthusiastic about the spirit of open-source hardware and breaking down gatekeeping around anything considered “tech”. You can find her thoughts and updates on Mastodon.

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Inventor of MakeON®, Founder of Mission Control Lab, Jessica is passionate about systems where human ingenuity and creative problem-solving come together. As an emerging technologist, she discovered that the experience of "inventure" (invention + adventure) is transformative for individuals, educators and industries. Through STEAM we can embrace a deeper understanding of ourselves, our connection to humankind and the relationship we have with the planet - from inner space to outer space, LED to IoT, human to machine. Check out her products at https://www.makeon.xyz

See you on March 24!

Till then, explore our past episodes where we chat with experts and curious creators about wearables, sustainability, art, 3D printing, space innovation, and music!