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This workshop is for kids of all ages
(and anyone of any age).
In ENGLISH und auf DEUTSCH.
Learn to solder by making a way cool badge that you can wear
and blink wherever you go.
When: Sunday 18-February, 13:00 - 15:00
Where: Gelegenheiten, Weserstraße 50, 12045 Berlin
Cost: Teaching is always free. Materials for hands-on activities: €10
NOTE: You do NOT need to register to take this workshop.
Just show up before the start time at Gelegenheiten
-- FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED.
The
"I Can Solder!" Badge kit
is a very simple
open hardware
kit
that anyone can use for learning to solder.
This workshop is for
total newbies
to learn to solder.
All ages.
Workshop Itinerary
- Overview of electronics
- How to Solder, so you will solder well for the rest of your life
- Step by step instructions for soldering your "I Can Solder!" Badge kit
- Blink wherever you go
What to Bring
No need to bring anything -- everything will be provided.
Questions?
Please email: mitch [AT] CornfieldElectronics [DOT] com
Links
"I Can Solder" Badge kit web-page
All source files on GitHub
Assembly Instructions
Presenter Bio
Mitch Altman is a Berlin-based hacker and inventor, best known for inventing TV-B-Gone remote controls a keychain that turns off TVs in public places, he was also co-founder of 3ware (a SillyValley RAID controller company), did pioneering work in Virtual Reality at VPL Research invented the NeuroDreamer sleep mask and created the Brain Machine one of MAKE Magazine's more popular DIY projects. He has contributed to MAKE Magazine has written for 2600 and Makery and wrote a chapter from the popular book, Maker Pro He is a mentor at HAX and other accelerators. For the last several years Mitch has been leading workshops around the world, teaching people to make cool things with electronics and teaching everyone to solder Mitch promotes hackerspaces (here's his TEDxBrussels talk about them), open source hardware, and mentors others wherever he goes. He is the co-founder of Noisebridge hackerspace in San Francisco, and founder of Cornfield Electronics.