07-12, 17:30–18:30 (US/Eastern), Tobin 219 (Hardware Workshop)
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. Mitch will also give a fun overview of how it works. This workshop is for total newbies to learn to solder. All ages. And Mitch guarantees your badge will work after you solder it!
Mitch Altman is an international hacker, inventor, entrepreneur, author, mentor, best known for starting Noisebridge hackerspace and inventing TV-B-Gone, which turns off TVs in public places. He did pioneering work in virtual reality in the mid 1980s and was co-founder of 3ware, a successful SillyValley startup in the 1990s. He has visited hundreds of hackerspaces around the world. He mentors, teaches soldering, and promotes open hardware and community wherever he goes. mastodon
