Mitch Altman from Noisebridge hackerspace is touring (HoaT 2012 (https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Hackers_on_a_Train_2012)) across the country on Amtrak and will be making a stop to teach his "Arduino for total newbies (http://www.cornfieldelectronics.com/downloads/tvbg_arduino/tvbg_arduino_workshop.htm)" workshop .



This workshop is great for anyone who is looking to gain some experience working with a soldering iron and electronic components. Kits will be made available for a nominal fee.



Here's some of the kits that will be available:



TV-B-Gone -- (turn off any TV in public places!) "Hi My Name Is" badge -- (you may have seen me wearing mine) Brain Machine -- (Meditate, Hallucinate, and Trip Out!) Mignonette Game -- (build your own handheld game console!) Trippy RGB Waves -- (interac tive blinky lights!) LEDcube -- (animated 3D cube of LEDs!) MiniPOV -- (more cool blinky lights!) BoArduino -- (solderless breadborad Arduino!) Diavolino -- (shield compatible Arduino from Evil Mad Science!) OpenHeart -- (animate fun patterns in the shape of a heart!) LoL Shield -- (Lots of LEDs for your Arduino!) Atari Punk Console -- (make noise!) microcontroller programmer (USBtinyISP)-- (program all your AVR family chips!) And more!



https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Hackers_on_a_Train_2012



This workshop will be run by Mitch Altman.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman



http://www.youtube.com/embed/Efo6aJDmV-g