<div dir="ltr">Hey GRMakers and GRLUG!!<div><br></div><div>Here's What's Goin On TONIGHT BEFORE the Social.</div><div>Please come and show your support for our groups.</div><div><br></div><div>If you haven't registered I have a couple extra passes, just see Rob Geer at the registration desk and tell him you are with Casey the Connector!!!!</div>
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Date: Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:00 AM<br>Subject: TODAY! aimWest June Event: West MI New Tech Meetup<br>To: Casey <<a href="mailto:casey@grlug.org">casey@grlug.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<strong>Wednesday, June 19th, 2013</strong><br>
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<b>Networking Time:</b> 5:30pm</div>
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<b>Panelists Begin:</b> 6:15pm<br>
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There’s a lot happening in our own backyard—projects, companies and new technologies are being created right here in Grand Rapids.</p>
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This month, aimWest will have a new event format called <strong>New Tech Meetup</strong>. Five local companies and individuals will talk about their cool new tech. Each presenter will have 5 minutes to discuss their exciting new technology followed by 5 minutes of Q/A.</p>
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<strong>Joe Johnston – </strong><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=3fa00520f3&e=fa9b431191" style="color:rgb(247,147,30);text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" title="Universal Mind" target="_blank"><em>Universal Mind</em></a><br>
Hot off winning the iPad Table won the People’s Voice Webby in the Experimental & Innovation category in 17th Annual Webby Awards. Universal Minds iPad table explores what’s possible when 15 iPads are set up as a table and controlled by an iPhone application.</p>
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<strong>Daniel Morrison – </strong><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=bf6c505b3a&e=fa9b431191" style="color:rgb(247,147,30);text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" title="Downside App" target="_blank"><em>Collective Idea</em></a><br>
Downside is an iOS social game that encourages you to ignore your phone and talk to the people around you.</p>
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<strong>Ben Lambert – </strong><a href="http://aimwest.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=070e09bdfdb01078ca26807a1&id=ce042b53c3&e=fa9b431191" style="color:rgb(247,147,30);text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal" title="Be Bert" target="_blank"><em>be-bert.com</em></a><br>
Inspired by classic puzzle games like Tetris and Dr. Mario, Hungry Munchers is a simple, quick, and challenging game for everyone (regardless of how many stomachs you have).</p>
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A home for our local Mad-Scientists and makers, GRMakers will share a neat industries project being built within GR’s newest Maker Space.</p>
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A platform for sharing tools and things focused on bringing the sharing economy to the maker movement.</p>
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