Whether penned on the back of a scraggly bar napkin, mended together on your basement floor, or designed using the latest 3D modeling software, every product starts with an idea. But bringing that idea to a fully functioning, marketable prototype takes time, money, and more often than not, a few expert opinions.

Luckily, there’s been a recent emergence of tools, resources, and groups to help do-it-yourself innovators bring their sketches to life. “We are living in a fantastic renaissance of innovation right now,” says Bre Pettis, co-founder of MakerBot Industries and the NYC Resistor, a hacker collective. Groups like NYC Resistor bring together like-minded hobbyists to collaborate and build ideas with laser cutters, rapid prototyping machines, and electronic-building software. The group has even given rise to products, including Pettis’ very own MakerBot, a 3D printer available for under $1,000 (3D printers, typically costing several thousands of dollars, create objects by stacking plastic or metal layers on top of one another).

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Though the United States didn’t come away victorious in yesterday’s grueling match against England, the team’s intensity proved it had earned its place in fans’ hearts, said people watching the game in Stony Brook.

“The hype leading up to the game didn’t even live up to the match we just saw,” said Nicholas Petrella, 29, a registered nurse from Bay Shore. “Make way for American soccer. No, American football.”

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