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**Mitch** is a San Francisco- and Berlin-based hacker and inventor, best known for inventing 
[[http://www.tvbgone.com|TV-B-Gone remote controls]], 
a keychain that turns off TVs in public places, he was also co-founder of 
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3ware|3ware]]
(a SillyValley RAID controller company), did pioneering work in Virtual Reality at 
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPL_Research|VPL Research]],
invented the 
[[https://neurodreamer.com|NeuroDreamer sleep mask]],
and created the 
[[https://makezine.com/2008/11/13/the-brain-machine/|Brain Machine]],
one of 
[[https://makezine.com/?s=mitch%20altman|MAKE Magazine's]]
more popular DIY projects. He has contributed to 
[[https://makezine.com/?s=mitch%20altman|MAKE Magazine]]
has written for 
[[https://www.2600.com/|2600]],
[[http://www.makery.info/en|Makery]],
and other print and online magazines, and wrote a chapter from the popular book, 
[[http://www.amazon.com/Maker-Pro-John-Baichtal/dp/1457186187|Maker Pro]].
He is a mentor at 
[[https://hax.co/|HAX]],
and other accelerators.  For the last several years Mitch has been leading workshops around the world, teaching people to make cool things with microcontrollers and teaching everyone to 
[[http://mightyohm.com/soldercomic|solder]]
(as he does at 
[[https://afra-berlin.de|AFRA]], 
when he's in Berlin.)
Mitch promotes 
[[https://hackerspaces.org/|hackerspaces]],
[[https://www.oshwa.org/|open source hardware]], 
and mentors others wherever he goes.  He is also co-founder of 
[[https://noisebridge.net/|Noisebridge]],
and President and CEO of 
[[http://www.CornfieldElectronics.com|Cornfield Electronics]].

Mitch's 
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Altman|Wikipedia page]]\\ 
Mitch's talk on 
[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkiX7R1-kaY|TEDxBrussels talk: "The Hackerspace Movement"]]\\ 
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