NYC Resistor

We’re havin’ a heat wave. A tropical heat wave. No worries, Resistor has awesome AC! (by awesome, I mean BIG AC)

Come learn from our resident expert designer, Astrida, how to rapid prototype your idea with our 35Watt Epilog laser. The class will take you from idea to finished cut parts. You’ll learn what you can cut, how much it costs, and get an idea of the overall cost of your project. Afterwards, you’ll be authorized to use the laser on Craft Night and Laser Night for generating your awesome ideas.

Register at EventBrite here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1805174325

Learn HTML/CSS at NYC Resistor this Saturday.

We have chilly AC to keep you and your laptop cool in the forecasted heatwave. You’ll learn basic HTML and CSS mark-up using Aptana to edit and preview your work. No need to fork over $400 to Adobe. You can be coding your internet IPO Saturday afternoon.

We just got a fresh shipment of Club Mate, so you can code ’til you can’t keep your eyes open.

Register at EventBrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1865061449

One of NYCR’s most popular weekly events is Lunar Laser Mondays using our Epilog mini-35 laser cutter. The only supported system is Windows with CorelDRAW and Epilog’s closed source driver, which doesn’t seem right for a hackerspace. Luckily, AS220 Labs has figured out how to talk to the Epilog using PJL. I’ve written a command line tool, epilog, that will translate the Postscript file into commands for the cutter.
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You can create a magical box that could hack any heating appliance and tell it how to raise the temperature (up to .1 degrees accuracy).
All of the top restaurants in the world use sous vide to make make sure their proteins are perfect. It is a brilliant cooking strategy for so much more than that and it has been hailed as the next microwave.

Come and make your own sous vide machines with Arduino based technology. Experienced food hackers, Q and Abe, from LowerEastKitchen.com, QandAbe.com, and MeatJacuzzi.com, will be your teachers. In our class we will guide beginners from soldering to hacking their own appliance. Snacks will be served and eggs will be provided as your first sous vide meal.

Stay for an hour or the full class— it’s just $20! Additional costs are the kits if you should decide to make one and an appliance of your choice, we highly recommend The Professional Series 30 cup coffee urn (you can buy it from Kmart). Kits are available for $80.

Q and Abe are experts in the field of DIY Sous Vide and Open Source Technology. Their invention and foods have been featured on FoodGawker, CNN, and TasteSpotting.

Link to this EventBrite class.

NYC Resistors Catarina, Max, Mike and Nick have worked tirelessly prepping our entry to the RED BULL CHALLENGE. If you have a Facebook account, please help our team by clicking on the ‘Like’ button here. (Sorry Google+  its still about having a Facebook account… for now… even though this would not have been half the fun without your Hangouts).

No laser night at the space this Monday. We’ll be back on the 11th. Enjoy the long weekend!