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‘Hacker Spaces’ are physical spaces for ordinary people to play with electronics. Takeaway producer Jim Colgan checked in on a ‘hacker space’ in Brooklyn called NYC Resistor, where they were testing a homemade 3D printer that can be mass produced.
“Hacker Spaces” are physical spaces for ordinary people to play with electronics. But they’re also helping to create the technology we’ll see in our households years from now. Takeaway producer Jim Colgan checked in on a ?hacker space? in Brooklyn called NYC Resistor, where they were testing a homemade 3D printer that can be mass produced.