Mitch Altman

Mitch Altman
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In 2008, Mitch Altman co-founded Noisebridge, one of the flagship hackerspaces in the US. Since then, Altman has traveled extensively, encouraging the formation of hackerspaces, teaching introductory electronics workshops to people of all ages, and visiting electronics enthusiast groups around the world.

Make magazine has referred to Altman as “the Johnny Appleseed of hackerspaces,” and awarded him the first “Maker Hero” award—named in his honor— in 2011.

An early developer of Virtual Reality technologies, Altman is currently Chief Scientist and CEO of Cornfield Electronics. He may be best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, a one-button universal remote control, to be used for turning off TVs in public places.