There is an unofficial hackerspace in bangalore, it is Centre for Internet Society. http://cis-india.org/. You should visit.
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:13 PM, Jonathan Toomim <jtoo...@jtoomim.org>wrote: > Hello all, > > My name is Jonathan Toomim. I'm a neuroscientist, electrical engineer, > programmer (with a strong preference for python), and entrepreneur. I'll be > moving from San Francisco to Bangalore on February 11th/12th. I have never > been to India before, so I will probably be rather bewildered and lost in > the city initially. If anyone felt like helping me get situated, showing me > around, or introducing me to relevant people or groups, I would be > grateful. I'm on a modest budget, so I'd rather not waste time and money by > being unnecessarily logistically inefficient out of ignorance. > > In particular, I'll be looking for a place to do work. In California, I > spend a lot of time at hackerspaces, especially Noisebridge < > https://noisebridge.net/wiki/**Noisebridge<https://noisebridge.net/wiki/Noisebridge>>, > Crash Space <http://blog.crashspace.org/>, and Nullspace <http://032.la/>. > I like working there because (a) I'm more motivated and productive than if > I stay at home, and (b) much of my work requires or is facilitated by > having easy access to soldering irons, oscilloscopes, dissection > microscopes, laser cutters, and the like. I was hoping to find someplace > similar in Bangalore. I've found the website for Jaaga < > http://www.jaaga.in/>, and they look like they might be close, but they > appear to have more of a focus on arts and crafts and less of a focus on > tech than I would like. Does anyone have any experience with Jaaga? If so, > what's your impression of the place? Does anyone know of any other places I > might find appropriate? > > I'm bringing two python-related projects with me. Once I'm settled in, if > funding holds up, I will be looking to hire a couple of coders, one for > each project. > > One of them is Brain Workshop <http://brainworkshop.net/>, a popular open > source (GPL2) brain-training program based on the dual n-back task < > http://www.pnas.org/content/**early/2008/04/25/0801268105.**abstract<http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/04/25/0801268105.abstract>>, > written (inelegantly) in python and using pyglet for graphics and sound. > > The other is my company HEG Research (which is currently comprised of one > person: me), which makes and sells systems for near-infrared > hemoencephalography neurofeedback <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/** > Hemoencephalography <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemoencephalography>> > (or HEG for short). HEG is where an instrument measures brain activity (as > indicated by cerebral blood oxygenation, measured optically), and the > subject is given real-time feedback, which s/he uses in order to learn to > increase that activity. The software I use (and wrote) to provide the > feedback and record the data is HEGStudio <http://hegstudio.sourceforge.** > net/ <http://hegstudio.sourceforge.net/>>. It is also open source (LGPL) > and developed in python, though the hardware you need in order for it to be > of use is neither. > > I look forward to meeting you all. > > Jonathan > ______________________________**_________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/**mailman/listinfo/bangpypers<http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers> > -- * Thanks & Regards "Talk is cheap, show me the code" -- Linus Torvalds kracekumar www.kracekumar.com * _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
