NYC Resistor is a hackerspace in Brooklyn offering public workshops on Mondays and Thursdays where members and visitors can access tools including 3D printers, soldering irons, and sewing equipment.
NYC Resistor formed on Halloween 2007 after New York hackers Bre Pettis and George Shammas got back from the Hackers on a Plane tour around European hackerspaces and gathered a group together to start their own hackerspace in NYC. A few months later they had a small workshop in Downtown Brooklyn, and two years after that they moved into their current – and much larger – space on the 4th floor of a building down the road in Boerum Hill. The space offers public Craft Nights every Thursday and Monday where visitors can use tools free of charge, including 3D printers, soldering irons, and sewing machines. There's a great mixture of art and technology at NYCR with members working on projects ranging from cosplay costumes to hydroponics to hardware hacking. Their interests range from laser-cutting to knitting, and programming to pop-up books.
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