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Maker Faire Detroit 2010
Hardware Hacking Area
- Make Cool Things With Microcontrollers
Make Demo Stage Saturday 11:00 AM - 11:30 AMAnyone can learn how to make cool things with electronics! Blink lights, hack your brain, play video games, turn off TVs in public places! This is for all skill and experience levels. You can even learn to solder!
Anyone can learn how to make cool things with electronics! Even if you've never even sewn a button, you can actually make a fun, intriguing project at the Faire. Blink lights, hack your brain, play video games, turn off TVs in public places! This is for all skill and experience levels. Ages 5 to 100. You can even learn to solder! Learn all this and more from experienced makers at the Hardware Hacking Area in the Maker Shed.
Web site: http://www.CornfieldElectronics.com
Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwPFCTI1qnI
About the Maker(s)
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
Hackerspaces
Mitch Altman
Join organizers of several different successful hackerspaces to learn more about sharing a community workspace for learning, sharing, and making things. Moderated by Mitch Altman of SF's Noisebridge, the panel will discuss creating a hackerspace, how to attract and keep members as well as organizing workshops and events.
