<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default">I streamed this last Thursday. I have to admit I was a little sceptical going in, but both presentations were very good, and show - as connectivity increases to develop and IoT devices proliferate -   just how much room there is for innovation.</div><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><u></u><div class="gmail-m_-1533275601574196561subscription-body-tag"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:748px;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" class="gmail-m_-1533275601574196561subscribe-body" style="width:728px;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" class="gmail-m_-1533275601574196561subscribe-wrapper" style="width:600px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="8" class="gmail-m_-1533275601574196561subscribe-header-wrap" style="width:600px;background-image:url("https://s0.wp.com/i/emails/stripes.gif");background-repeat:repeat-x;background-color:rgb(67,164,208);height:8px"><tbody><tr><td></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:600px"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" class="gmail-m_-1533275601574196561the-post"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:560px"><tbody></tbody></table><div class="gmail-m_-1533275601574196561post-content" style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><img border="0" class="gmail-m_-1533275601574196561size-medium gmail-m_-1533275601574196561wp-image-11005" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/iot-ny60isoc-300x169.png" alt="" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);">The 60th <strong><a href="https://www.meetup.com/IoT-NY/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Internet of Things NY Meetup</a></strong> was held on March 28 2019 with the theme<strong><a href="https://www.meetup.com/IoT-NY/events/259362498/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)"> IoT and the Future of Connectivity</a></strong>, comprising presentations form two founders: 1) <strong>Ben Forgan</strong> of <strong><a href="https://mgc.co/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">Magic</a></strong> - a decentralized 'supernetwork' of shared hotspots, and 2) <strong>Ryan John King</strong> of <strong><a href="https://foam.space/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">FOAM</a></strong> - a blockchain-based secure proof of location protocol. The presentations were followed by a 40 minute Q&A session moderated <strong>Lindsay Hooper</strong> of <strong>TimescaleDB</strong>.</p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em"></h2><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">Magic. - The Universal Network </h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>VIEW ON LIVESTREAM</strong>: <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotny60/videos/189346830" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotny60/videos/189346830</a><br><strong>VIEW ON YOUTUB</strong>E: <a href="https://youtu.be/RemMBVoUPEs" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://youtu.be/RemMBVoUPEs</a><br><strong>MORE INFO</strong>: <a href="https://bit.ly/magiccoinfo" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://bit.ly/magiccoinfo</a></p><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em"></h2><h2 style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.3em;font-size:1.8em">FOAM - The Consensus Driven Map of the World</h2><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"></p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>VIEW ON LIVESTREAM</strong>: <a href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotny60/videos/189346840" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(37,133,178)">https://livestream.com/internetsociety/iotny60/videos/18934684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