Things - Bre Pettis

Bre Pettis likes to make things and turn the camera on others who make things.

Joe Soko stopped by NYCResistor to take the class entitled "Fire the LAZZZOR!" For every class, each student makes something that they want. Joe had worked in a knife store at some point and got his mind set on a butterfly knife, but with a comb. He ...

We got ABS into the MakerBot store (store.makerbot.com) and Marius and Philip of the Metalab in Vienna were visiting and they set up the MakerBot named Martha Vader to sing the imperial march and make a Darth Vader Head. The force is strong with this

To print out an object you need an STL file. You can create your own or download one from Thingiverse, or even scan one if you have a 3D scanner (WANT!)This video will show you how to scale an STL in Blender - Link

CCC Trier becomes a hackerspace today!

Learn how to make a single speed bike from trash!

By pal Diana had a fashion show and launch party for her new book, "Fashion Geek." It's chock full of projects to make fashion more geeky with LED, ELwire, and other projects that will make your gadget heart go pitter patter. I had the chance to go b...

Keys are too big. They should all be smaller. Raphael takes care of this with a hacksaw!

Without any prompting, skynet hooked NYCResistor up with a security camera that's got some serious features to it. They also gave me some feedback on my prototype makerbot cupcake CNC.

Pay Pass RFID chips in credit cards can be stolen and cloned from a few feet away. You don't need these chips because you have the magnetic stripe so protect yourself and your money from credit card fraud by destroying the RFID chip in all your Pay P...

One Sandwich at a time from the command line. More info on my blog.

NYCResistor is partnering to do some studies for Skynet Research. They just sent us the first module. We promptly hooked it up to the door. We'll have it on robots soon.

My friend Diana Eng just launched her book "Fashion Geek." In it, she shows how to make a bunch of really awesome projects. Music - Because Of You, by BLAME feat SELAHDancer - Zach HoekenVideo Production - Bre Pettis

Have you ever wondered how to count in binary? Now you can learn count binary on your fingers! Watch to the end for the Things Challenge. Bre Pettis and Eric Skiff break it on down!

While driving very fast with Nick Farr from Vienna to Berlin, we passed a bunch of wind farms. They are very impressive and beautiful to watch!

Invader puts up space invader style pixelated creatures all over the world, but there are an extra amount of them in Vienna!

Steve Reeder is a cool guy. He and Anna Breitenberger run the wonderful Motmot shop in Vienna and make awesome designs, t-shirts, posters, and buttons! I've made buttons for years by borrowing button machines like this. Steve does a great job of brea...

While in Vienna, I met up with geeks every Sunday morning at and while there I met Manfred, who explained his pay-what-you-want DIY Brunch experiment and a little bit of the philosophy and technology behind his restaurant space.

Create your own sympathy doll! It's a great project to create a gift for the holidays!

Zoetropes are magic. They take the effect of strobing that you get on the subway and put that in a little turning cylinder. It's a special form of animation that generally focuses on movements that repeat themselves like walking or a bird flying. I f...