Digital Open Winners: From pocket-sized Altoids tin hacks, big dreams emerge.

Meet Digital Open (digitalopen.org) winning teen Nick Brenn. This 16-year-old's interest in crafty Altoids tin hacks led to his "Electronikits" store, which sells electronics kits for pocket-sized tin-mod flashlights and other DIY oddities.

Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing to create the Digital Open, an online tech expo for global youth.

The competition welcomed entries in 8 categories: Open Code, Community, Discovery, Earth, Entrepreneurs, Gear, Media, and Play.

More online: http://www.digitalopen.org

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• robotics
• electronics
• engineering
• boingboing
• iftf
• boing
• sun
• teen
• youth
• altoids
• make
• maker
• kits
• electrical

[shakeyjakey333]

?!?! whats so cool about light bulbs in altoid tins!?!!

[TheSlipKnot981]

I've heard of you! I read about you on some magazine, plus I've seen your altoid tin flashlight on Edmund Scientifics

Just like you, I'm interested in electronics.

[nflfootballplayer]

im from pennsylvannia

[mre1010]

The digitalopen sites down.

[Armaangandevia1]

a flashlight really thats so easy

[derstrumer88]

well that sucked

[HMInnovations]

We did something like this, but we used a laser instead of a light, and we also made it so it can send sound through the laser!

you can see it here

hm-innovations. com

[inventionsinc]

Way to go, Nick! It's not the technological wonder...It's the truly original, creative (and catchy) idea that is the appeal in your project. This creativity will serve you well in your future endeavors...And this is from someone who also made a business out of a simple idea, when I came up with the Seatbelt Belt in the mid-80s. (And I was almost twice your age at the time.) Now you can see them on Amazon, eBay, and MySpace. Best of luck, and have a great life!

[randomvideodude]

lol sweet