Openly Educating the Next Generation of Engineers, Ken Boak (OSHCamp 2016)
Channel: AB Open
Date: 29/08/2017

In this talk we take a look at technical education past and present and discusses how it can benefit from open hardware.

* Ken Boak got his first soldering iron on his 6th birthday, and was introduced to electronics by his father, by constructing crystal sets together.

Ken studied Electronic Engineering at the University of North Wales, Bangor, and then went on to work for BBC Research Department on the then, fledgling HDTV systems.

Since leaving the BBC in 1994, Ken has held 10 permanent positions, plus several contract jobs across a wide range of hardware disciplines. Ken still enjoys tinkering with the latest hardware and has interests in FPGAs, soft core processors and educational hardware.