ASK AN ENGINEER – 10PM ET! SATURDAY 1/11/2014!. Special guests – Nathan Seidle CEO of SparkFun & Alicia Gibb Executive Director of the Open Source Hardware Association. Tune in for this historic event, LIVE!

Nathan Seidle is the founder and CEO of SparkFun Electronics in Boulder, Colo. Nathan founded SparkFun in 2003 while an undergraduate student studying electrical engineering. Nathan opened SparkFun to fulfill his vision of a company that had clear product photos with multiple views, linked to the datasheet, and had tutorials on every product they sold. In the 10 years since, the company has grown to over 150 employees and is one of the leaders of Open Source technology. In addition to products, SparkFun provides tools, hardware, and educational resources for artists, engineers, prototypers, and hobbyists that want to explore electronic gadgetry.

Alicia Gibb got her start as a technologist from a combination of backgrounds including: informatics and library science, a belief in freedom of information, inspiration from art and design, and a passion for hardware hacking. Alicia has worked for the open source hardware community for the past six years. She currently founded and is the Executive Director of the Open Source Hardware Association, an organization to educate and promote the benefits of building and using open source hardware of all types. She is a member of NYCResistor, co-founder of the Open Hardware Summit, and sits on the advisory boards for Defensive Patent Licenses, The Ada Initiative, and Linux Journal.

What is “Ask an engineer”? From the electronics enthusiast to the professional community – “Ask an Engineer” has a little bit of everything for everyone. If you’re a beginner, or a seasoned engineer – stop in and see what we’re up to! We have demos of projects and products we’re working on, we answer your engineering and electronics questions and we have a trivia question + give away each week. Previous chats can be viewed at http://www.adafruit.com/ask

Chat details!

Visit our new “Ask an Engineer”section on Adafruit at 10pm ET, Saturday nights

Or visit our Ustream page

For old schoolers, you can use IRC, you’ll need a Ustream log/pass, check out the Ustream IRC how-to here

We are #adafruit-industries6796 on IRC server chat1.ustream.tv

Watch the show with an iPad, iPhone or Android phone!

And don’t forget, 30 minutes before the show we’re doing our weekly show-and-tell. If you are on Google+ and want to join, just add/follow +Adafruit’s page and post a comment so you can be added to the show and tell circle. At 9:30pm ET you will see a link to the hang out. Just keep your mics muted until we call on you and have your project ready.

For those who just want to watch, you’ll be able to watch it live on YouTube LIVE & Ustream – a recorded version will be posted later.