2026-05-30 –, Workshop room
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... This brand new V2 of the kit makes it super easy to learn to solder, as well as easy to hack on.
Workshop Itinerary:
Intro to remote controls
Learn to solder by making your own TV-B-Gone, step by step
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.
Mitch Altman is the inventor of TV-B-Gone remote controls, pioneer of VR in the 1980s, co-founder of 3ware (successful SillyValley startup) in the 1990s, founder of Cornfield Electronics, co-founder of Noisebridge (San Francisco hackerspace), proponent of Open Hardware and hackerspaces, mentor, leader of countless learn-to-solder workshops around the world.