This group provides a social gathering point and a chance to share projects for people who are working on (or are interested in working on) 3D computer vision. The availability of a low cost 3D camera, the Kinect, is causing a surge in software development for 3D vision, and we aim to bring the community together. If you're interested in getting started hacking your own Kinect, see the Being Prepared section from our hackathon for advice.  http://www.meetup.com/3DVision/events/16861225/ If yo …

The evaForge team is working on a Open Design entry into the DARPA uavForge challenge.  Based in the Bay Area the evaForge entry is based on the innovative QuadShot airframe designed by a team based in Santa Cruz.  The QuadShot is "an aerobatic blend of RC helis and planes" which provides the key capabilities of both vertical takeoff/landing like a helicopter and efficient forward flight like a plane. The evaForge team is working on the "mission" payload, which includes the hardware and software …

A group for San Francisco Bay Area people developing in the new WebGL system (http://www.khronos.org/webgl/) for hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in web pages.

… Clients have included Stanford University, Apple Computer, and Oracle. Contact Amparo Del Rio amparo@amparodesign.com www.adwebart.com www.amparodesign.com    

Purpose Purpose of this group is to have designers founders thinking about starting up to meet and networked. Who should Join? Computer Software Engineers Designers (graphics, iOS, Android, Windows), Web Application Front End Engineer Search Engineers Back End Engineers Entrepreneurs Why should you join? Bay Area Designers Startup group will allow designers/Entrepreneus to interact during meetings to exchange ideas, share and exchange contacts.

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SSan Francisco & Silicon Valley Entrepreneur Meetup is one of the largest entrepreneur meetups, attracting entrepreneurs, investors, media rock stars, graphic and game designers, computer programmers and developers, and cool people from all walks of life. Almost over 3700 members strong and growing daily, this meetup group focuses on a specific entrepreneurial or business-related topic.

R is an open source programming language for statistical computing, data analysis, and graphical visualization. R has an estimated one million users worldwide, and its user base is growing. While most commonly used within academia, in fields such as computational biology and applied statistics, it is gaining currency in commercial areas such as quantitative finance and business intelligence. Among R's strengths as a language are its powerful built-in tools for inferential statistics, its comp …