Topic(s): Engineering | Science
Tags: hacking microcontrollers soldering electronics "tv-b-gone" brain+machine computer+games
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Learn how to make microcontrollers do what you want by actually making fun projects at the Faire. Blink lights, hack your brain, play video games, turn off TVs in public places -- microcontrollers can do it all. This is for all skill and experience levels. You can even learn to solder!
Web site: http://www.tvbgone.com/cfe_mfaire.php
Mitch Altman
Though most (in)famous for inventing the wildly popular TV-B-Gone, a keychain that makes it fun to turn off TVs in public places, Mitch Altman is an inventor with decades of experience with microcontrollers and teaching. He is also co-founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco, and contributes to MAKE Magazine.
http://www.CornfieldElectronics.com
Rolf van Widenfelt
Rolf van Widenfelt is a Bay Area engineer interested in microcontrollers, DIY projects, as well as science and math education for kids. At last year's Maker Faire, Rolf organized Micro-Kids, a workshop for 10- to 17-year-olds to experience the fun of microcontrollers by programming a small device to blink, sense light, make noises, and more.
http://www.micro-kids.com