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We learn, share, and make things.
*** UPDATE: Snowpocalypse 2018 will temporarily bury Brooklyn in snow, so this event will be postponed to a later date. Stay tuned to find out when! *** Hacks/Hackers will be bringing a digital security installfest to NYC Resistor on March…
The call for submissions to the Open Hardware Summit is now open! This year’s Open Hardware Summit will be back in the States in Philadelphia, PA on September 19, 2015. Now in its sixth year, OHS brings together an inquisitive…
We got a great little email on Sunday asking if our Vendy was available for public dispensing. There happened to be a pile of us here hacking on Sunday afternoon, so Nicole dropped by, fed $15 into Machine Uno and…
Like playing chase-the-laser-pointer with a kitten. After a couple weeks of hacking on the Gilson we have PID* control. When we first saw the Gilson, we didn’t have access to any feedback mechanisms. All we had were panic stop modes…
Photo by Will Sherman/ANIMAL Two or three of your friendly neighborhood hackers helped beautify New York this morning with the opening of the second annual “Holiday Gift to NYC Show” curated by Mat Benote and Jordan Seiler. Among the pieces…
We’re always happy when another hackerspace kicks off. AlphaOneLabs got together in July over on Maspeth in Brooklyn. They’ve been running Solder Sundays, much to the benefit of young and old. Like our friends to the South at HacDC, AlphaOneLabs…
A couple of us helped beautify New York City today. We were part of an effort organized by the Public Ad Campaign to create over 100 installations of art in place of illegal billboards that blight our pedestrian commute.
Nick and Alicia worry that their ninja glove messages might get intercepted. Back in December 2008, the awesome teaching team of Kate Hartman and Rob Faludi ran a workshop on Wireless Wearables. On May 3, they’re doing it again. The…
The awesome teaching team of Kate Hartman and Rob Faludi ran a workshop today on Wireless Wearables. They covered what wireless is and isn’t (“calling it wireless is about as accurate as calling it tomatoless”), how to choose materials for…
Jeff of Snyderphonics dropped in the other day to lazzzor up some silicon gaskets for the Manta. He was beset by a crowd as soon as we noticed what he had. The manta is a 48 pseudo-pressure sensitive interface with…