Explore the impact of Google Summer of Code (GSoC) on BeagleBoard.org in this informative talk by Drew Fustini from the BeagleBoard.org Foundation. Learn about the mutually beneficial relationship between students and open source organizations through GSoC, with highlights of past student projects such as BeaglePilot, BeagleLogic, and BeagleSat. Discover the outcomes of seven student projects from 2016, including BeagleScope, Sonic Anemometer, Beaglebone Blue API, BeagleBoard-X15 drivers, improvements to the Bone101 experience, and SPI slave driver development. Gain insights from Fustini, a board member of the BeagleBoard.org Foundation and an experienced embedded systems engineer, on the significance of GSoC for open source hardware communities.