NYC Resistor

Works include a lineage of variations, modifications and relations to the Arduino microcontroller
Hc Gilje
Aaron Koblin
Hernando Barragán
Edith Kollath
Jan Borchers & René Bohne
Becky Stern
Ranjit Bhatnagar
Oscar G. Torres & Jackoon
Raphael Abrams
Joe Saavedra

Curated by Alicia Gibb, based on the work of her master’s thesis

Special thanks to Shelby Arnold for designing the invite.

Bill, Alicia, Hilary, Diana and the Cake

NYC Resistor made a huge showing at Yahoo Open Hack Day NYC this year.  Team Makerbot showed up with the New York Toast, featuring their latest “Frostruder” prototype, an amazing attachment which turns the Makerbot 3D printer into a confectioner’s dream.  And in the spirit of edible technology, Alicia, Bill, Diana and Hilary gathered to create the “Delicious Cake.” The cake was, in fact, NOT a lie.

The Cake represents the sentiment – positive, neutral or negative – of a keyword as represented on Delicious.com, Yahoo’s social bookmarking service. The cake was made to look like the Delicious.com logo, and LED “faces” were used to indicate the sentiment. Hilary wrote the code for the sentiment analysis, Bill wrote the code that drove the Arduino controller, Diana soldered the LED faces, and Alicia assembled the electronics and decorated the cake itself.

You can see more of the cake at Alicia’s Flickr Stream or at Bill’s. We were also featured on CNN: http://bit.ly/ddNm3

Find out more at Diana and Hilary’s blogs:

Diana’s blog: http://fashionnerd.com/2009/10/yahoo-open-hackday-nyc/

Hilary’s blog: http://www.hilarymason.com/blog/yahoo-openhacknyc-the-del-icio-us-cake/

SLED v1.1 Serial RGB LED Lamp

Greetings! This is my last hail-mary #AwesomeAugust post before we roll into the decline and death of Summer here in the Northern Hemisphere.  Not that I mind, the last few weeks have been a bit hot and humid, and I don’t get my summers off to lounge around like some of you whippersnappers.  Behold!  The E-Mail Waiting Light! Yes, you’ve seen others, and there may be many like it, but this one is mine.  And it can be yours as well, if you follow the instructions posted on our Wiki.  This little gem will show everyone whether you are INBOX ZERO – or not.

Check it out here: http://wiki.nycresistor.com/wiki/E-Mail_Waiting_Light

When it comes to hacking, I tend to enjoy practical projects the most.  The Arduino is like physical computing “duct tape” that gives one the ability to “duct tape” things that need constant attention or action. If you need a plant watered, or your fish tank pump monitored, or your bikini-clad friends to set off a musical instrument with just their bodies then the Arduino is just the tool you need. So what about fire?

Close-up of the UV TRON Sensor Tube

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So during the Thursday craft night we received a request from one of the hackerspace folks for some time lapse videos of the space over a 24 hour period. They are working on a project that will no doubt be stupendous and magnificent. However this spawned a quick project.

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Ok maybe it’s a little smaller than life-size, but it’s a hella fun way to play Katamari.

More details on how it’s put together can be found on my blog, kellbot.com

Noah Zerkin, is a regular at NYC Resistor events and craft nights. Also pretty well known in the local community for his DIY augmented reality work. In fact he gave a quick talk ( his first ever =P ) at IgniteNYC 3. He just posted this video ( saw it via twitter ). I am reposting it so people can get super excited by the work he is doing. It’s amazing stuff. And it can best be described as…. Nintendo eat your heart out.

Or for fans of the wizard… “It’s soooo baaaad…”

Two fun things are happening this Sunday: A cheap and cheerful blinky workshop for Arduino users and a fun and crafty class in making glowing LED jewelery. Come on by!

You’ve got your Processing in my Arduino! No, You’ve got your Arduino in my Processing!

Come learn the glory that is hooking up real space to code space. We’ll take apart my Spooky Box, learn how it works, and you’ll build your own. We’ll learn about the Serial interface in Processing, and how to use it efficiently to talk to Arduino.

• What: Processing+Arduino Class
• When: Saturday, December 13th @ 2:00PM-4:00PM
• Where: NYC Resistor HQ 397 Bridge Street 5th floor Brooklyn, NY 11201
• How Much: $50.00 $25.00
• Bring: An Arduino, a laptop, and some potentiometers and push-buttons. If you need stuff, let me know. I’m justin at blip dot tv.

Act now for my Special Holiday Special! Just choose “Starving Student” to get in on the fun for only $25.00!

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All hail Make Blog! Collin Cunningham wrote a fantastic post about all the places on the inernets to buy all different sizes, shapes and colors of Arduinos, Arduino related boards, Arduino related books, and Arduino kits. Our very own NYCR’s Zach Hoeken’s ‘Danger Shield’ is on the list too. It’s a great collection that you should bookmark for your next projects & purchases or just email it to St. Nick so he knows what you want for the holidays. The Arduino Gift Guide.