Maker movement

Photo of Ben Katz sitting cross-legged on a hallway floor with a mini-cheetah robot in front of him

From “cheetah-noids” to humanoids

Benjamin Katz '16, SM '18 is applying the skills he gained working on MIT's mini cheetah robot to the ATLAS project at Boston Dynamics.

December 14, 2021

A decision-making framework outlines steps for students who plan on making for their MIT-sponsored work while off campus during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to being used over the summer from programs like UROP, the framework can be used for maker communities and courses in the fall.

Building a framework for remote making

A decision-making framework and wiki for students developed by MIT Project Manus and MIT Environment, Health and Safety enables safe making from home.

June 17, 2020

Robyn Goodner, who serves as a maker technical specialist for Project Manus, models the face shield design in the Metropolis Makerspace.

MIT initiates mass manufacture of disposable face shields for Covid-19 response

A team from MIT has designed disposable face shields that can be mass produced quickly to address hospitals’ needs nationwide.

March 31, 2020

Donations from across campus are collected and sorted in MIT's Mail Services before distribution to area hospitals.

Scene at MIT: Donations of personal protective equipment ready for local hospitals

Labs across campus respond to a call; MIT sends thousands of items directly to area hospitals in need.

March 27, 2020

MIT faculty members have released a memo detailing the risks associated with using 3D printing to build PPE and Covid-19-related medical devices.

3 Questions: The risks of using 3D printing to make personal protective equipment

Professor Martin Culpepper provides caution on the use of 3D printing to make masks and other PPE for individuals on the front lines of the Covid-19 crisis.

March 26, 2020

Professor J. Kim Vandiver, Mark Belanger, and others celebrate the Edgerton Student Shop's move across Vassar Street. The new shop is next door to the Metropolis Shop, part of Project Manus.

Edgerton Center celebrates reopening of its student shop in Building 6C

Its former location, Building 44 on Vassar Street, will soon become the new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

February 4, 2020

Microfluidic devices, like those shown here, could be 3-D printed in space and used to construct DNA for insertion into bacteria, reprogramming them to make specific products.

Scientists look to synthetic biology and 3-D printing for life support in space

Do-it-yourself bio and maker communities can help NASA meet needs of long-distance missions.

July 26, 2019

Residents of MIT's McCormick Hall celebrate the launch of a new craft studio.

For the women of McCormick, a new space in which to create

MIT residence hall opens a craft studio to promote creativity and belonging.

May 31, 2019

“What makes The Deep unique is that the students have a lot of ownership, and the students help run the space,” says Professor Marty Culpepper, who is known as the Institute's “Maker Czar.”

Welcome to The Deep

A new creative space opens as maker culture continues to thrive at MIT.

April 8, 2019

The Metropolitan Storage Warehouse is the future home of the School of Architecture and Planning, as well as a campus-wide makerspace run by Project Manus.

Met Warehouse renovation planning takes an exciting next step

Community-driven selection of project architect opens opportunities to imagine new life for historic building as future home for School of Architecture and Planning.

December 14, 2018

Students get hands-on at Maker Break, the first annual celebration of making at MIT.

Maker Break: A celebration of making at MIT

Over 700 students and makers joined in the first annual participatory showcase of fabrication and crafts around the Institute.

May 4, 2018

MIT Media Lab spinout Amino Labs develops mini-lab kits with all necessary tools and materials for anyone to start engineering microbes.

Startup aims to democratize synthetic biology

Alumna’s mini-lab kits include all necessary tools and materials for anyone to start engineering microbes.

April 18, 2018

Maker education — an open-ended, process-driven, youth-centered learning approach — has grown in popularity in K-12 education over the past decade, but assessing its outcomes has been challenging.

MIT Teaching Systems Lab to address assessments in maker education

Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, TSL will collaborate with Maker Ed to improve school-based assessment practices in maker-centered education.

December 19, 2017

Physician Chris Zahner at the University of Texas Medical Branch designing sensor systems in the MakerHealth Space.

How to turn clinicians into makers

Providing training and resources, MakerHealth helps nurses and doctors hack medical equipment to improve patient care.

December 19, 2017

Jerry Akinsulire’s ideal job would involve “an interplay — developing ideas on a drawing board, building something hands on, and then testing in the world,” he says. “That would be the perfect combination for me.”

Jerry Akinsulire: The making of a maker mentor

Undergraduate Olorunsola “Jerry” Akinsulire spearheads a new builder space in the Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering.

October 26, 2017

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