Project Manus is MIT's effort to upgrade university makerspaces, foster maker communities across campus and collaborate with peer universities, alumni & gov't.
Ever learned a new maker tool and been stumped on what to make next? Check out the directory by @projectmanus at https://t.co/lCaevfP3mw with dozens of beginner project ideas to help you overcome your creative block.
📷: Sabrina Hare '22, courtesy of Project Manus
Our Spring 2024 Newsletter is live! We are pleased to share with you these stories about expanding opportunities for creating and making at MIT. #AroundMIT#MITMaking
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🦾 Sign up for a training! The N52 Fabrication Shop now has training orientations open to members of the MIT community. Register at https://t.co/9xiOLCOEmS
Not MIT affiliated? Stay tuned for the N52 Open Studio later in April.
@projectmanus
Metropolis Makerspace hosted a Pi Day Welding and Pie maker social today, where students and staff welded Pi digits onto a sculpture and ate homemade pie. We have welded more than 600 digits so far across multiple events. #AroundMIT#MITMaking
Gloria Zhu, a second year undergrad studying Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) made the most of IAP '24 with one of the more impressive and jam-packed make-a-thons we witnessed! Read about her January here!
https://t.co/iGoHykJMFz
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Support MIT’s efforts to make progress, make a difference―and make the future! Tomorrow, on Thursday, March 14, 2024, join us for the eighth annual 24-Hour Challenge.Please visit https://t.co/MUiW2v4jzL to support Climate and Sustainability Groups like MIT Project Manus.
The world is counting on @mit. During the 3.14.24 (Pi Day!) MIT 24-Hour Challenge, @mit is counting on all of us. Join us this coming Thursday!
Project Manus is involved in the Climate and Sustainability Groups Microchallenge.
Please visit https://t.co/MUiW2v4jzL
In January 2024, @MITDesignAcad, MIT Project Manus and Jane Halpern hosted a Learn to Quilt course with a handful of MIT student makers. This is their story. #MITMaking#AroundMIT
https://t.co/RUhYsfzmNo
From our friends at @MITDesignAcad — "Design + Computation: Interview with Nervous System Design Studio Co-Founders" about their “Building Complex Curvature from Flat Sheets” IAP course, involving 15 MIT students in making a large aluminum N52 sculpture
https://t.co/Mz3KWtrqRS
This past December, Project Manus makerspace mentor and MIT student Via Tang premiered her interactive video installation "It's Always Been You" in the Stata Center R&D Pub. Learn more about her creative process in this short film. #MITMaking#AroundMIT@MITDesignAcad
Over a 2-day MAD IAP workshop led by @Projectmanus' Katherine Gilbreath, students learned introductory methods of bookbinding — Japanese stab binding + long stitch techniques, and a general overview of bookmaking practices. They walked away with 2 books they handmade themselves.
✍️ Do you have a portfolio? Show your work & accomplishments in ways that make you stand out. @projectmanus, @MITCommLab, & MIT MAD have been collaborating w/ @MITCareers to consolidate resources for students on a dedicated web page: https://t.co/sWI3h9KTaw
This IAP, MIT MAD is hosting 6 workshops for students to hone their making skills! 🥽🛠️⛓️
Design for Welding / Intro to Bookbinding / Tablesaw Fundamentals / Advanced Blinking Lights / Intro to IoT / Glass and Metal Lamp Making
Workshops by @projectmanus
Lamp: Cat Arase
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👀 Curious about MIT's design community? At MIT, design is integrated into the Institute's greater curriculum, and is supported by over thirty groups / entities / departments... working across disciplines. https://t.co/HQCSJ138om to view the full list! @projectmanus@mitdesignx
January 31: Laser Engraving Utensils Maker Social. Come join some laser engraving fun and add your name to a set of reusable bamboo utensils you can use across campus in place of single-use plastics. https://t.co/EvJscg3Eeu @projectmanus@MITStudents#MITIAP
Wondering where you can craft gifts for your friends, prototype for your research or learn new tools? Our friends @projectmanus have put together a directory of (almost) all the makerspaces available to the MIT community at https://t.co/TAuYgO6PwC.
Explore the “12 Days of Innovation” this holiday season! 🎁🚀 Dive into 12 unique gifts from MIT startups, showcasing sustainable solutions and cutting-edge tech. #MITInnovation#HolidayGifts#TechTrends > https://t.co/0XfZU6rmN1
Ever wondered which @MarkRober video made him famous, which was most expensive to make, or how he chose the names of his squirrels? Check out his answers to these (and more!) in this Q&A with children from the @MIT community / @youtube https://t.co/1SrLYFxdg3 Video: @projectmanus
Did you miss "The Power of Design: Designing Climate Futures" event?
The full replay of the Forum is available on MIT MAD's YouTube channel.
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