Microsoft Reactor

What: A fun community stream with a Pumpkin Spiced twist on learning IoT.

This Halloween lets connect and add some pumpkin spiced IoT to our holiday decorations. Join Sam and Jim as we add our own tech twists to some jack-o'-lanterns. Come explore different ways you can add spooky lighting with programmable LED’s, add some music to set the theme, use sensors to make the experience react to people that get near it, and even connect it to the cloud for remote control. If you’ve been looking for a fun way to jump into learning about the Internet of Things this event was designed for you!

Prerequisites:

• A Carved Pumpkin (If you would like a print at home stencil you can use these <a href=https://templates.office.com/en-us/pumpkin-carving-stencils-tm33340541>Templates</a> or find your own inspiration)
• A Plastic bag- to protect the components

Parts List:

• <a href=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09BN8LR3X>LEDs</a> or other WS2812B Compatible LED's
• <a href=https://www.amazon.com/Elegoo-EL-CP-004-Multicolored-Breadboard-arduino/dp/B01EV70C78>Jumper Wires</a>
• <a href=https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-4-model-b-4gb>Raspberry PI</a>
• <a href=https://www.amazon.com/ALITOVE-Converter-100-240V-Transformer-5-5x2-5mm/dp/B0852HL336>Power Plug</a>
• Speakers: Any USB or 3.5mm Audio Jack compatible speakers

Proximity Sensors:

• <a href=https://www.amazon.com/Grove-Raspberry-Support-Build-12-bit/dp/B095C8CLX8>Grove Hat</a>
• <a href=https://www.amazon.com/SeeedStudio-Grove-Flight-Distance-VL53L0X/dp/B07Q1YBH99 >Grove Extensions</a>

Other Ways to Expand Your Project
Smartphone: to display a video or image inside your creation!
An Azure Subscription

Speaker:
Jim Bennett, Microsoft
Jim does things with IoT and Azure in the Developer Relations team at Microsoft, mainly creating content for students and faculty to help them be successful with Microsoft technologies. He’s British, so sounds way smarter than he actually is, and is happy he moved to Redmond in time to be locked down at home and not see the office he came to work in, or the places he wanted to visit. In the past he’s lived in 4 continents working as a developer in the mobile, desktop, and scientific space. He's spoken at conferences and events all around the globe, organized meetup groups and communities, and written a book on mobile development.
He also hates and is allergic to cats, but has an 8-year-old daughter who loves cats, so he has 2 cats.

Sam Wronski, Regional Cloud Advocate, Microsoft
Sam Wronski is a Regional Cloud Advocate at Microsoft focused on empowering the San Francisco area to build awesome things with Azure. Sam has spent years building applications and tooling powered by containers. He's run the World of Zero channel on YouTube for the past 5 years where he's taught software engineering and game development.