Mitch Altman
Hacker, educator, mentor, speaker, inventor of TV-B-Gone remote controls. Pioneer of VR in the mid-1980s. Successful SillyValley startup in 1990s. Co-founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco in 2007. Promotes hackerspaces and Open Hardware. Constantly teaching people to solder.
Sessies
The Hardware Hacking Area is a large area for people of all ages and skill levels to come together and play, teach, learn, and share in many and diverse realms of making all sorts of physical things throughout Fri3d Camp. There is a full schedule of workshops on diverse topics, as well as a lot of tools for people to make and fix things.
The Hardware Hacking Area is a large area for people of all ages and skill levels to come together and play, teach, learn, and share in many and diverse realms of making all sorts of physical things throughout Fri3d Camp. There is a full schedule of workshops on diverse topics, as well as a lot of tools for people to make and fix things.
The Hardware Hacking Area is a large area for people of all ages and skill levels to come together and play, teach, learn, and share in many and diverse realms of making all sorts of physical things throughout Fri3d Camp. There is a full schedule of workshops on diverse topics, as well as a lot of tools for people to make and fix things.
Learn Arduino 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.
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.
Learn how to program LED strips.
It's super easy and fun to make your life trippy and beautiful.
For total beginners -- no knowledge needed at all.
Anyone can learn to solder!
It is useful and fun.
This workshop is for kids of all ages (and anyone of any age).
Learn to solder by making a cool badge that you can wear and blink wherever you go.
The "I Can Solder!" Badge kit is a very simple open hardware kit that anyone can use for learning to solder.
This workshop is for total newbies to learn to solder. All ages.