Category: Blog
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Creating Creative and Interactive Maps
A professor brought this question to our office yesterday – what interactive mapping software is out there for students to create interactive and maps to explore the Middle Ages. It was a very good question – she had done some research having met the folks behind Fabula Maps. A great example of what is possible…
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Erik Demaine and Martin Demain visit Campus – the Origami Revolution
Erik and Martin Demain are a father son team. Martin comes from a traditional art(s) and glassblowing background. Erik is a trained computer scientist and glass blower as well. Their work was recently featured in the Nova film the Origami Revolution. The shape shifting robot in the preview here was part of their work. The…
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Tufts Bray Labs and MakeItLabs Tour Highlights
As we explore making on our campus – we’ve begun exploring what other Universities and local organizations are doing in this realm. Tufts Bray Labs, run by their engineering school, is an exemplary place where student and faculty project(s) are coming to life. Their network is really that – a network of user space(s) created…
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Laser Cutting Design and Sign Workshop with the Student Hacker Club
On campus here at Plymouth State University (PSU for short) we do not have a laser cutter (yet…) but given that I am a member of two community maker spaces in southern New Hampshire, I thought it would be cool to talk about laser cutting in terms of designing basic signs – that I would…