Arduino Workshops are coming back to Hack Manhattan in our expanded space on Saturday April 20 and May 18. This time we are using the ARDX Starter Kit from Seeed Studio. Arduino is a platform for physical computing that lets you control outputs—such as motors, lights, displays—based on input sensors—such as pushbuttons, light sensors, thermometers, ...
A Factory on Your Kitchen Counter The New York Times just posted an article on 3D printing that prominently features Hack Manhattan member Matthew Duepner and quotes Justin Levinson, Jim Galvin, and David Reeves. Mentions go out to our non-human community of 3D printers as well, with Matt’s Printrbot jr starring. All photos courtesy ...
Robots fascinate me – I’ve always wanted to build one – and stuffed animals hold a special place in my heart. Somewhat simulaneously, I began learning electronics so I could create a robot someday, while knitting and crocheting amigurumi animals just because they’re small and cute. The knitting was coming along nicely; however, I couldn’t ...
We will celebrate our expansion into 730 sq ft of space with Super Tech Tuesday 2: The Reckoning on Tuesday, April 23rd at 7:30pm. Know what a hackerspace is? Bring your own project to work on or mingle with other project people and check out our selection of tools, parts and materials. Don’t know what ...
The Jan/Feb issue of Robot magazine includes a feature on the potential synergy between hackerspaces and STEM education. The workshop we did with Robotis to allow educators, hackers, and community members try out their OLLO Explorer Kit gets a nice mention, and all the photos are from our event. HM Article Robot JanFeb 2013
Friends of Aaron Swartz are organizing a memorial service for Aaron on Saturday, January 19, at 4pm. The memorial service will be held in the Great Hall of the Cooper Union.
As a big fan of TV-B-Gone, it was exciting to have Mitch Altman stop by on Tech Tuesday during his visit to New York. Props to Davey Alba for turning Mitch on to the existence of Hack Manhattan (you mean everyone doesn’t know about us??!!!!), and for sending us a link to this set ...
The intrepid Hack Manhattan brewmasters are supplying a stock of hearty winter beverages to keep us happily hacking late into these cold dark nights. Currently bottled, Belgian strong ale and ginger beer. Coming up, kriek lambic, a Belgian sour cherry. Stop in and try one if you dare!
The event is now sold out. We will live stream video from the event online. Hack Manhattan will host a debate on software patents with free beer and wine on January 17th. Friend of Hack Manhattan and Gartner analyst Chris Gaun will moderate a panel of Christina Mulligan (Yale Law School), Reihan Salam (National Review), ...
Makerbot’s Replicator 2 is up and running for use on 3D Thursdays. Anyone who would like to see it in action, stop by from 7-9 pm! Bring a file, an idea, or download something from Thingiverse and we’ll see what we can do. Current 1.75mm PLA (that’s the plastic filament used for printing) stock is ...
Who needs Project Glass! Konstantin, for your fearless representation of geekery, braving public ridicule and risking getting splattery bits of hot water on you, I hereby dub thee King of Hack Manhattan. Sorry, no plaques or anything. Bad sound at the beginning clears up… Konstantin’s Heads-up Display from Crystal Butler on Vimeo. Hack Manhattan ...
We’ve been hosting (and helping when we can) a group from The New School who are working on a performance highlighting the potential dangers of the use of autonomous drones in warfare. The main performer will be a modified AR Drone 2 by Parrot. Using the onboard HD camera for streaming video to a projector, ...