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4 unusual facts about Mitch Altman


Mitch Altman

In 2004 Altman released a one-button universal remote control called TV-B-Gone, to be used for turning off TVs in public places.

Altman was an early developer of Virtual Reality technologies, working at VPL Research with Jaron Lanier.

Mitch Altman (born December 22, 1956) is a San Francisco-based hacker and inventor, best known for inventing TV-B-Gone, as a featured speaker at hacker conferences, as an international expert on the hackerspace movement, and for teaching introductory electronics workshops.

TV-B-Gone

TV-B-Gone was invented by Mitch Altman, and is sold by his company Cornfield Electronics.



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