NYC Resistor “Art of the Game”
While browsing online for electronics supplies last week, I stumbled upon Brooklyn-based NYC Resistor. Located at 397 Bridge St., right next to the Hoyt St. 2/3 station, these guys are bringing “the great Warranty-Voiding conspiracy” to New York City.
On Saturday, I attended Resistor’s “Art of the Game”, a hybrid art/electronics exposition in their loft space. The cover seemed high ($20), but let me tell you, it was worth every penny. I saw tons of interesting exhibits including a huge (wall-sized) ”Game of Life” simulation, a jumbo-size LED clock, an automated arm-wresting system, and Dave Clausen’s amazing LED Cylinder. The spirit of Resistor fuses the creative intensity of the fashion industry (where Diana works) with the free-spirited tinkering of hacker culture. Resistor is doing NYC a huge service by providing an outpost for hackers/Makers; I hope they continue to have the financial resources to hold down their space, which gets quite pricey, being in DUMBO.
I want to start something like this in Champaign-Urbana. Rent is dirt cheap and this space would work well. If another 3-4 people are interested, I’d be willing to put up some cash and rent a space. Any takers?
Tomorrow night, I’m heading to Ignite NYC. I’ll post details after the event. If my business cards come by then, I’ll be extraordinarily pleased.
July 28th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Go for it! Check out hackerspaces.org for ideas that you can use in Illinois! Nick Farr (and a bunch of other lovely people) gave a talk at HOPE last week about how your excuses for not starting a space are invalid. Do it and let us know at NYCR how it goes!
July 28th, 2008 at 10:33 pm
If you do end up making a hackerspace, come join #nycresistor in freenode, and tell us about it. Also, if you have questions about how we did it, feel free to ask us!
November 12th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
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