Project and blog post by Annick Saralegui The linear “take, make, dispose” material and energy flow model primarily relies on energy and water intensive mechanized equipment and technologies. The technologies are designed to eliminate any uncertainties and perform on efficiency.…
Sustainability @ NYU: Fishel Aquaponics
Project and blog post by E.J. and E.W. Aquaponic farming produces environmentally sustainable food by leveraging natural relationships between water, fish, and plants. In an aquaponic system, water from a fish tank is cycled through a vegetable bed. The fish…
Sustainability @ NYU: Longboards
Project and blog post by Isabela “Isay” Acenas At 4PM, the mechanics shop my parents work in closes, but at 4:01PM, I’m setting up for class in the back corner of the warehouse. Saws, screwdrivers, and safety glasses are on…
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…
CAIRN: an interactive design research tool #MadeinNYUMakerSpace
You might have wondered as you came in to the MakerSpace “what is this wooden table with colorful piles next to the pillar?” Maybe you stopped by; Maybe you looked up at the poster; and some of you built a…
If They Need You, They’ll Forgive You
We are Britt Martin (GSAS ‘18) & Jenn Kim, Co-Founders of Food Period, and this is our journey in the NYU Prototyping Fund. Phase 1 Food Period received it’s first grant from the Prototyping Fund in September 2017. We got straight to…
The NYU Prototyping Fund: a collaboration between NYU Greenhouse @MakerSpace and NYU Entrepreneurial Institute
Paula Seligson, a graduate Business Journalism student at NYU, came to report on our 9th Prototyping Fund Showcase which took place early December at NYU Tandon MakerSpace.





