Peter Parnes holds a PhD in computer science and works as a Professor in Pervasive and Mobile Computing at Luleå University of Technology where he leads several efforts around learning with modern technology in the ArcTech Learning Lab. Peter is an active programmer and he applies computer gaming technologies to new areas including learning. Peter is also an entrepreneur that has started several research based companies, e.g. Marratech AB, and he has earlier worked at Google as Site Engineering Manager for Sweden with development of real-time communications tools. Peter has founded and runs Luleå Makerspace, a non-profit organization for helping people of all ages go from idea to prototype with modern tools.