Year: 2008

PATENT-B-GONE! Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit

PATENT-B-GONE! Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit

Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit – MAKE volume 12. As an inventor, I was taught that patents encouraged creativity and entrepreneurship. So, after finishing my first TV-B-Gone universal remote control prototype, I naturally called my brother the patent attorney, and together we filed a patent application. Was that the best […]

“Things” – The probe thing

“Things” – The probe thing

Bre writes- For all of November, I’m going to be producing a video for every weekday! I’m kicking it off early with this video about Raphael Abrams probe thing! Raphael Abrams of teuthis is one of those people who doesn’t sit around daydreaming projects up, he just does them. He was recently featured in Wired […]