Join the local New York City forum for the Volumetric Society ( http://volumetric.org ) an eclectic group of innovators exploring the arts & sciences of a new world of natural user interfaces between body, brain, and spatially aware computing for the physical world.  Come exchange ideas, demo your projects, or just get exposed to the volumetric future that devices such as Kinect, Emotiv/MindWare, volumetric 3D displays and cameras and telematic interfaces are taking us. Everyone is welcome - fro …

IXR is a new makerspace at the Jersey Shore, located at the InfoAge Science and History Learning Center in Wall, NJ (at the former Camp Evans).  We are an open collective of geeks, artists, and techie-creative-types who come together to share tools, resources, knowledge, and ideas. IXR’s mission is to help lower the barriers to invention, creativity, and innovation - by providing access to resources, equipment, and community - that an individual maker may not have otherwise. We embrace the shari …

You're obsessed with Making It. You made It, that thing, that object, and you want to show It off. Perhaps you're in the process making It, but you'd like some feedback from your peers before you finish It. Or you want to make It, but you have no idea how. Maybe you've perfected It, but now you need to figure out how to Kickstart It, sell It, license It, manufacture It. MakeIt is a general show-and-tell for physical things that you've made, where Makers can talk about their projects, how they cr …

This group will be a haven for DIY and Open Source software/hardware enthusiasts to learn new things, make cool projects and share their skills/knowledge.  The only requirement to join the group is the ability to learn new things. Expect classes in  LAMP programming, Arduino, PCB Design (Eagle), lockpicking, beer brewing, soldering, painting, drawing, silkscreening and a whole lot more .

NYC has countless tech meet-ups and events, but where's all the hardware love? We want to bring together a strong community of folks eager to build businesses with physical products, be it a cold fusion engine or a bionic fork. Whether you're an engineer, designer, CEO, investor, or anyone interested in being a part of the hardware start-up eco-system, come join us and let's create an amazing addition to the tech scene in the Big Apple.

Join this group if you're interested in everything technology.  From hacking on software to demoing the latest gadgets our members are passionate and are interested in learning, sharing and collaborating on all things technology.  We foster a diverse social setting that welcomes interested individuals and offers something for everyone regardless of your technical background. Join the group and have some fun with technology.  If you are interested in starting projects or are currently working on …

The Design Task Force for Global Change is an interdisciplinary team that addresses the citizen usability of software and mobile applications with organizations such as The Guardian Project, Open Internet Tools Project, Witness.org, Georgia Law Society Project, and many more. Comprised of designers and open source developers, The Task Force meets semi-regularly to discuss the UX/UI/design strengths and weaknesses of current software projects in development; discuss software usability from a desi …

The purpose of this group is to unite a strong community of doers eager to conceive of, design, make, test and clearly document open source hardware for the world-wide Maker Community. The group will share idea's, information, expertise and resources while developing open hardware in order to bring personal manufacturing to the masses or just for your own personal use. Whether you're an engineer, designer, tinkerer, inventor, programmer or someone interested in making the DIY world a better plac …

Long Island has a rich history with hardware - From Nikola Tesla and Guglielmo Marconi's work with radio to Grumman engineers building the Apollo Lunar Module. Let's rekindle that Maker spirit with the Long Island Lean Hardware Meetup. We want to bring together a strong community of diverse people - engineers, designers, tinkerers and inventors - all looking to build businesses with physical products. If you're interested in becoming a part of the lean hardware ecosystem, come join us and let's …

fat cat fab lab is a new undertaking of the fat cat club, music, and gaming venue on 75 Christopher street. We are expanding to include a small Maker facility that will provide access to digital fabrication equipment and related hacker, maker, crafter, and hardware enthusiast tools and workshops.

The Internet of Things holds exciting potential for connecting people, objects, machines, infrastructure, and spaces in new ways. Join us to dig into IoT with the NY tech community.