My friend Bre Pettis is one of those guys that can do most anything, and has the energy to accomplish it. Bre’s blog, I Make Things, is full of videos of cools stuff he has made, like a hovercraft!

Now Bre is making the MakerBot, a 3D printer and you can buy. I have to admit I did not know what a 3D printer was for a long time, and then when I did, I still wasn’t quite sure. But Bre explains what it is in the video below by Radar-Babelgum.

Bre is one of the founders of NYC Resistor, which is a cool hacker space in downtown brooklyn. Its a place for people to learn electronics, programming, et al. the people who teach the classes are hackers, not full time teachers. Its a neat grass roots place to learn and grow. Check out the site for a list of classes

Are you a hacker, I am in the mechanical sense, i’m not an electronics genius.