Mr. Wizard for the Internet age
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Bre Pettis with his Cupcake CNC machine, one of many open-source inventions created at NYC Resistor, his Brooklyn work space. (Photo by Anthony Lanzilote for C)
Bre Pettis with his Cupcake CNC machine, one of many open-source inventions created at NYC Resistor, his Brooklyn work space. (Photo by Anthony Lanzilote for C)
Bre Pettis with his Cupcake CNC machine, one of many open-source inventions created at NYC Resistor, his Brooklyn work space. (Photo by Anthony Lanzilote for C)
The work table at NYC Resistor, the "hackerspace" founded by Bre Pettis. (Photo by Anthony Lanzilote for C)
Bre Pettis at NYC Resistor, his Brooklyn work space. (Photo by Anthony Lanzilote for C)
Zach Smith and Bre Pettis with the Cupcake CNC machine, one of many open-source inventions created at NYC Resistor. (Photo by Anthony Lanzilote for C)
Internet star Bre Pettis is a hip Mr. Wizard. With wildly popular Web video spots that teach viewers to create their own robot sandwich maker or T-shirt gun, a collective for New York inventors and the world's first 3-D printer for mass-market sale, Pettis is America's king of science cool.
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