Limor Fried
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Limor Fried, aka ladyada, is an American electrical engineer and owner of the electronics hobbyist company, Adafruit Industries. She is influential in the open-source hardware scene, having participated in the first Open Source Hardware Summit and the drafting of the Open Source Hardware definition.

Career

Fried received her Masters in Engineering from MIT
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...

. She is the founder of Adafruit Industries, as well as the engineer behind the electronic kits sold by the company.

In 2009, she was awarded the Pioneer Award
EFF Pioneer Award
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 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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 for her participation in the open source hardware and software community.

In 2011, Fried was awarded the Most Influential Women in Technology award by Fast Company
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.

Open Kinect Project

After Microsoft launched the Kinect for Xbox 360, Fried, along with Phillip Torrone, organized a $2,000 challenge for open source Kinect drivers. After Microsoft condemned the challenge as modification to their product, Adafruit increased the prize to $3,000.

Microsoft does not condone the modification of its products ... With Kinect, Microsoft built in numerous hardware and software safeguards designed to reduce the chances of product tampering. Microsoft will continue to make advances in these types of safeguards and work closely with law enforcement and product safety groups to keep Kinect tamper-resistant."


After significant advancements in the open source drivers, spokespeople from Microsoft stated that they did not condemn the challenge, and in fact were excited to see what the community developed.

External links

  • ladyada.net -- Limor Fried's personal website
  • adafruit.com -- Limor Fried's company
  • Citizen Engineer - Consumer Electronics Hacking and Open Source Hardware -- talk given at HOPE Number Six by Phillip Torrone and Limor Fried (ladyada)
  • The Geeky, Personal, and Social Impact Sides of Creating Defensive Technology -- talk given at HOPE Number Six by Mitch Altman
    Mitch Altman
    Mitch Altman is a San Francisco-based hacker and inventor, best known for co-founding 3ware , his pioneering work in Virtual Reality at VPL Research and inventing TV-B-Gone. He is also President and CTO of Cornfield Electronics.-Early life and education:Altman grew up in Rogers Park, Chicago,...

     and Limor Fried (ladyada)
  • Kindle etching and DIY adventures with Adafruit Industries -- Engadget
    Engadget
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     report on ladyada's work
  • Adafruit Industries -- Rocketboom
    Rocketboom
    Rocketboom is a daily vlog produced by Andrew Baron that was most recently hosted by Meme Molly until August 25, 2011. Joanne Colan hosted from July 12, 2006 until April 17, 2009. In the intervening time between Colan and Molly, Caitlin Hill hosted a few episodes in April 2009...

    report on ladyada's company
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