Mitch Altman
Mitch Altman is a hacker and inventor, known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a keychain that turns off TVs in public places. He co-founded a successful SilyValley startup and did pioneering work in Virtual Reality. He is an author and teacher, and goes around the world giving talks and workshops. Mitch promotes hackerspaces, open source hardware, and mentors others wherever he goes. He is a co-founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco, and is founder of Cornfield Electronics.
Sessions
Anyone can learn to solder!
And anyone can learn to make music, sound (and noise!) with computer chips!
All participants will easily learn all of this by making an ArduTouch music synthesizer from a kit.
For total beginners.
Anyone can learn to solder!
It is useful and fun.
This workshop is for kids of all ages (and anyone of any age).
We will learn this wonderful skill by making a blinky-badge kit,
so you can wear blinky-lights wherever you go.
Learn how to program and light up LED strips.
It's super easy and fun to make your life trippy and beautiful.
For total beginners.
Make your life trippy and beautiful!
Learn Arduino and electronics using TV-B-Gone as an example project
You've probably heard lots about Arduino. But if you don't know what it is, or how you can use it to do all sorts of cool things, then this fun and easy workshop is for you. As an example project, we'll be creating a TV-B-Gone remote control out of an Arduino you can take home with you.