Tomi Dufva is an MA in fine arts and a doctoral researcher at Aalto ARTS University. He is a cofounder of Art and Craft School Robotti and lives and works in Turku as a visual artist, art teacher, and researcher. Tomi researches creative coding at Aalto University, in the school of Arts, Design, and Architecture. Tomi specializes in code literacy, maker culture, pedagogical use of code, and integrating painting and drawing with electronics and code. Tomi has taught in schools from kindergartens to universities. You can see Tomi's research on his blog (www.thispagehassomeissues.com).

Kristina Durivage is a software developer by day and hardware hacker by night. She is well-known for her TweetSkirt—an item of clothing that displays tweets. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and can be found on Twitter at @gelicia.

Jimmy Hedman is a professional HPC (High Performance Computing) geek who works with large systems where size is measured by the number of racks and thousands of cores. In his spare time, he goes in the opposite direction and focuses on smaller things, such as Beaglebone Blacks and Arduinos.

He is currently employed by South Pole AB, the biggest server manufacturer in Sweden, where he is a Linux consultant with HPC as his main focus.

He has previously reviewed Arduino Robotics Projects for Packt Publishing.

Kallirroi Pouliadou is an interaction designer with a strong visual design and architecture background, and experience in industrial design, animation, and storytelling. She explores technology as an amateur maker.

Johnty Wang has a masters of applied science degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of British Columbia. His main area of research is developing New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME), and it is supported by his personal passion for music and human-technology interfaces. He has a diverse range of experience in hardware and software systems, developing embedded, mobile, and desktop applications for works ranging from interactive installations to live musical performances. His work has appeared at festivals, conferences, and competitions internationally. Johnty is currently a PhD student in music technology at McGill University, supervised by professor Marcelo Wanderley.