<p><a href="http://iftf.org/">Institute for the Future</a> teamed up with <a href="http://sun.com/">Sun Microsystems</a> and <a href="http://boingboingvideo.com/">Boing Boing Video</a> to co-host the <a href="http://digitalopen.org/">Digital Open</a>, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world.</p>
<p>In this video, you'll meet awesome 16 year old <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/Brennn10/">Nick Brenn</a>. His crafty Altoids tin hacks led to a <a href="http://www.digitalopen.org/projects/ngb-enterprises-elektronikits">winning "Electronikits" project</a> for the Digital Open, which sells electronics kits for pocket-sized tin-mod flashlights and other DIY oddities.</p>
<p>I loved his answer to the "Who is this project for?" part of the Digital Open Questionnaire: <i>"Anyone with a passion for being a DIY-er and a fiend for building cool projects. Who wouldn't want a sweet Altoids LED Flashlight? You could have the freshest flashlight on the block! Or an Altoids night-light! It is rare to find someone with such cool projects as you would have!" </i></p>