This post was written by Edward Quito, the winner of the November MakerSpace Mini Grant. Design process This project was a gift to my sister, who asked me to create LEDs for her room. Rather than have simple LED lights…
Raising Climate Awareness With A Raspberry Pi!
This post was written by Ariane Schoenweisner, part of the Maker-Clock and Climate Clock team, and senior studying Computer Engineering at Tandon At the beginning of Climate Week NYC on September 19, the Metronome Clock in Union Square was replaced…
MakerSpace Virtual Workshops Week 3!
Welcome to week 3 of our virtual workshops! We hope that you enjoyed last week’s workshops and hope to see you soon at another one this week. These workshops are open to all NYU students, staff, and faculty. Due to…
Finding our Enthusiasts, Prototyping Update from Picklock
Picklock (formerly Skeleton Key), an NYU startup led by Mary Georgescu (Tisch MFA ‘20) & Connor Carson (Tisch MFA ‘20), share lessons learned through their participation in the Prototyping Fund. When we began our prototyping journey in the Fall of 2019 we…
From Industrial Sized Bioreactor to Microfluidic Chips, Prototyping Update from NYU iGEM
NYU iGEM: Biosensors for Water Contamination, an NYU startup led by Ali Hasan (Tandon BS ‘20) and David Sung (Tandon BS ‘21), share lessons learned through their participation in the Prototyping Fund. We are Ali Hasan (Tandon ‘20) and David Sung (Tandon ‘21),…
Walkway’s generators could produce 200 kWh/day under subway turnstiles, Prototyping Update
Walkway, an NYU startup led by Benjamin Zhu (CAS BA ’23) & Max Trop (Tandon BS ’23), share lessons learned through their participation in the Prototyping Fund Phase 1 We had no idea what would happen when we received help from the…
Wildlife Conservation: Design Jam Recap
On February 29, the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace hosted the Wildlife and Conservation Design Jam in partnership with Zooterra! This was a part of our Sustainability theme at the MakerSpace in addition to the Design Week. Students became aware…
2020 Design Week Overview
On February 10-14, the Design Lab @ NYU MakerSpace hosted their annual Design Week focusing on Sustainability, Design and the Circular Economy. Through a documentary screening, interesting workshops, and a panel with leading experts from fashion, design, and local urban farming, participants were able to…
Design Lab’s Stories #3: Urban Food Lab
While We Are the New Farmers was launched as a venture (see our previous story), the vertical farm that the team had created stayed in the MakerSpace and became the Urban Lab VIP project. Omar Gowayed, one of the members…
Design Lab’s Stories #2: We Are The New Farmers
We are delighted to share with you our second Design Lab’s stories of prototyping and innovation at NYU MakerSpace – featuring the We Are the New Farmers team. We Are the New Farmers started as a project at the MakerSpace,…