[Community Training] TV-B-Gone: Turn Off TVs and Learn to Solder! (Friday)
Turning off TVs and monitors in public places is fun!
Learn to solder by making a kit that turns off these annoyances from 50 meters away.
For total beginners.
Enjoy life, and turn off a TV or two today!
TV-B-Gone is an open hardware remote control that can turn off any remotely controllable monitor in public places (or anywhere)! From across the street, through windows, in restaurants, bars, schools, airports... The new V2 of the kit makes it super easy to learn to solder, as well as easy to hack on.
Community Training Itinerary:
- Intro to remote controls
- Learn to solder by making your own TV-B-Gone, step by step
- Target practice is available all over the world after the workshop
Taught by Mitch Altman.
Materials cost:
The workshop is free, but if you would like to partake in the hands-on aspects of the workshop, Mitch will have materials for €20.
Duration:
This community training takes 2 hours.
Mitch Altman invented TV-B-Gone (turns off TVs in public), co-founded a SillyValley startup and Noisebridge, pioneered VR, is an author, mentor, gives talks and workshops worldwide, performs on his self-made synths, promotes hackerspaces, open hardware, is founder of Cornfield Electronics.