Easterhegg 2025

Easterhegg 2025

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

04-18
16:00
150min
Digital Music Synthesis/Solder workshop with ArduTouch music synthesizer kit
Mitch Altman

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.

Workshop Making
K4b Hardware Workshop
04-19
11:00
60min
Learn To Solder
Mitch Altman

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.

Workshop Making
K4b Hardware Workshop
04-19
12:30
90min
LED Strips Everywhere for Everyone!
Mitch Altman

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!

Workshop Making
K4b Hardware Workshop
04-20
11:00
210min
Arduino For Total Newbies
Mitch Altman

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.

Workshop Making
K4b Hardware Workshop