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Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Hacking Cool Things with Microcontrollers
| Location: Fiesta Blue |
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
Topic(s): Engineering | Science
Tags: hacking microcontrollers soldering electronics "tv-b-gone" brain+machine computer+games
About the Maker(s)
Mitch Altman
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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. See his project article on making your own Brainwave Sound & Light Machine in issue #10 issue of 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
