Welcome back IoT enthusiasts! We skipped September due to the weeklong festivities of TechWeek Kansas City. There was tremendous amount of interest in the IoT technology and several entrepreneurs showcased their IoT offerings as part of the LaunchKC (http://launchkc.org) competition. I hope many of you had the chance to  participate in the event.
In this meetup, we are very excited to bring you a guest speaker from a local IoT startup - Ryan Sipes, CTO of Mycroft (http://mycroft.ai)  Ryan will talk about the technology used in Mycroft, and how the project interacts with IoT devices and online services using natural language. Mycroft just completed a successful kickstarter campaign and is one step closer to their promised land!
We look forward to seeing everyone at the next meetup. Please make sure you RSVP for this event, so we can get a good estimate.
When: October 8 @ 6PM CT
Where: IBM Lenexa - 11200 Lakeview Avenue, Lenexa, KS 66221. We will meet in the Lightning & Thunder Conference room
Agenda:
6:00 - 6:15 PM - Updates (Industry, products, and events)
6:15 - 7:30 PM - Topics of the month
• Wire your Skull with Bluemix? Demo by Russ Beardall
• Mycroft and IoT  by Ryan Sipes
• Smart Living: Research Challenges and Solutions by Mayank Raj
Please bring your fellow IoT enthusiasts too (have them sign-up to the meetup group and RSVP to this event please). We are still looking for new  IoT topics for discussions, and an active participation from this group. This session is meant for everyone - noobs, tinkerers, developers, and entrepreneurs! If you bring your laptop you can sign up for a Bluemix trial (https://ibm.biz/Meetup_Lenexa) and try a few things hands-on.
IBM will be sponsoring pizza and beverages.
See you all at the meetup!