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The word hackerspace conjures up images of programmers huddled in a dark room breaking into high-security computers. But hackerspaces are where techies tinker, deconstruct and rebuild anything of their liking, such as 3D printers and slots machines that make mixed drinks.

I visit NYC Resistor and Singularity and Company, which is New York’s only sci-fi bookstore, to explore the hackerspace community.