Reware your PDA
Learn about the Reware project, see how to easily install GNU/Linux and Pd on your Palm TX, and see some example projects. We’ve been working since July on making it easy to hack old devices and run new software on…
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Meeting Photos!
Read MoreMeeting Photos!Things – Adam Mayer Digitally Designed Geared Business Cards
Adam Mayer is a friend of mine and fellow resistor who may be the most prolific person I know. When he decides to do something, he commits totally. Check out one of his previous obsessions documented in the Things video…
Things – Edith Kollath Creates Books that Breathe
Edith Kollath is a Resistor who is at the crossroads of art and microcontroller technology. She made the most beautiful books that breathe. Besides being beautiful objects, this show is also about the TSA. On a trip home to show…
Things – Devon Jones Created a Computer Controlled Dremel
Devon Jones needed a robot to do his bidding and so he made a computer controlled dremel. He found an instructable by Stuart McFarlan and created it using a mix of aluminum stock, an inexpensive wood called MDF, and skate…
Merry Wowduino Day!
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…
Processing 1.0!
Processing 1.0 launched today! Congrats to Casey Reas, Ben Fry and everyone else who has been instrumental on the project. You can get the new, fancy, 1.0 version at I was lucky enough to meet with Casey on my…
Making a DIY Robotic Arm
This past Saturday, I stopped in at NYC Resistor looking to really start learning how to program electronics using the Arduino platform. I’d taken Zach’s Intro to Arduino “If funky get loopy” course (he says there will be more after…
A lovely day of hacking at NYCR
As Eric Beug (pictured above with me) put it so well, ‘XBee Sunday. XBee is the new football.’ NYCR was full of lots of hackery today including Bre’s laazzzzooorrr class, Zach’s ‘peristaltic pump’ and Phooky’s ‘crawling deathbot’.
Open Craft / Hack Nights every Thursday!
Thursday nights are open to the public from 6-9pm for Craft/Hack night! Bring your projects people! Craft/Hack nights happen every Thursday with the exceptions of the following: Thanksgiving: Nov. 27th Xmas: Dec. 25th New Years: Jan 1st