Tickets available online for this Wed, March 22, 2023, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM class.

Curious about sewing? This introductory class covers all the essentials you’ll need to start making your own projects. We’ll learn how to hem clothes, sew on buttons and make a simple face mask.

In this class, we’ll cover:

Threading needle with thread.

A few basic kinds of stitches

Pinning your project

Buttons

Working with elastic ribbon

All the sewing tools available to the public for free during Open Nights at the Resistor hackerspace.

Want to do more sewing? After taking this class, you’re welcome to join us for Craft Nights on Monday and Thursday evenings, when you can use our sewing machines free of charge.

No previous experience or supplies necessary.

We will send you home with a hand sewing kit that has everything you need to keep on sewing.

All materials are included in the class fee and are yours to keep.

Would you like to attend this class, but the cost is too high for you? Send us an email and we’ll see what we can do!

Tickets here for this March 18 5-8pm event

Projection mapping is a technique that is used to turn objects, often irregularly shaped, into display surfaces for video projection. The objects may be complex industrial landscapes, such as buildings, small indoor objects, or theatrical stages. Using specialized software, a two- or three-dimensional object is spatially mapped on the virtual program which mimics the real environment it is to be projected on. In this course, we will take you through the whole projection mapping pipeline,using TouchDesigner from content creation all the way through projector setup and calibration. This course teaches you the two main ways of performing projection mapping in TouchDesigner: 2D masking with KantanMapper and 3D mapping with CamSchnappr.

Woody Poulard (aka GRNCH) is a Brooklyn-based artist/musician whose work focuses on generative audio-reactive visual installations and performances. He uses creative coding applications like TouchDesigner to generate real-time visuals, Blender for 3D design, and Ableton for music production. Trained in both audio and mechanical engineering, Woody also makes physical sculptures using digital fabrication techniques like 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC routing. GRNCH’s visuals use elements of abstract, futuristic, and hypnotic scenery, often paired with his signature sound: dark, cinematic, suspenseful techno and broken beat.

N95 Masks Required for this class.

Get tickets for this Sunday March 5th 2pm-5pm event

Curious about owning your online content? Come learn all about the IndieWeb, a community of personal, independent sites reclaiming the internet. We’ll also learn a simple, modern approach to publishing your own website.

The IndieWeb is a community of independent & personal websites connected by simple standards, based on the principles of: owning your domain & using it as your primary identity, publishing on your own site, and owning your data.

**In this class we’ll cover:**

• The “why” of the IndieWeb movement
• Key principles of building for the indie web
• How to deploy your own personal website

Preparation:

No web development experience is required, but a little HTML knowledge will help us achieve our goal of customizing and deploying your own personal website.

Simple templates will be made available and we’ll have time to ask questions on customizing them or building your own from scratch.

This class will be taught by Vince Picone. Vince is a developer, designer and creative technologist at IBM Research. He got his start customizing neopets pages 20 years ago and seriously can’t believe that became is actual career.

Tickets available on EventBrite for this Sun, February 19 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM class.

Want to get started with physical computing?

Learn to program with Arduino and interact with the physical world! In this class, we’ll cover an introduction to Arduino and learn how to manipulate outputs based on sensor inputs. No prior programming or electronics knowledge is required. This is the in-person version of this class– you may also be interested in the online version.

Topics covered

• What is Arduino?
• Software setup (IDE, how to program it, the Serial monitor)
• Reading schematics and wiring diagrams
• Basics of breadboarding
• Controlling output (blinking/fading an LED)
• Reading sensor input (with a pushbutton, potentiometer and light sensor)
• Combining input and output

Materials

At this in-person class, you will receive a basic electronics starter kit, which contains a starter pack of electronics components and sensors, including a breadboard, wires, light sensor, temperature sensor, LEDs, switches, buzzer and more. You will also receive an Adafruit Metro (Arduino UNO equivalent).

Students should bring their own laptop and install some free software ahead of time:

• • The Arduino IDE
  • FTDI Driver (Mac High Sierra and later)
  • SiLabs driver (Mac/PC)

Who should take this class?

Basic computer knowledge is assumed, and we’ll refresh a few concepts from high school physics and math. No previous experience with coding or circuits is required. Class size is extremely limited to allow physical distancing and provide the most opportunities for conversation and individual troubleshooting.

OK, awesome, I want to join!

Please be ready to start at 1pm!  We find that you will need this time to get through the whole class. Our classes tend to sell out about a week in advance so if you’re interested, you may want to sign up early.

Tickets for this Feb 8 6-9pm class are on EventBrite

Your victory is complete! You’ve wrested scores of motors, buttons, sensors and switches from the innards of scavenged e-waste. But how do we actually use all these gears, belts, pumps, speakers, and other mechanical and electrical doodads?

During this class we’ll demonstrate how to make use of all the random components we’ve acquired. We’ll learn how to identify and wire up different types of motors, sensors, and switches, how to reuse gears and timing belts, and how to make things that move and beep and glow! At the end of the class we’ll collaborate to make a simple trash robot that, if not exactly useful, should be at least endearing.

This class with be taught by Adam Mayer. Adam is a longtime NYCR member who has been disassembling and resurrecting old equipment for a decade and a half. He has a stack of inkjet printers in his home that is as tall as he is.

This is a follow up to his popular Grab the Guts: Salvaging Electronic Parts from Street Trash class, but works as a stand-alone.