February 2017

Hello everyone, It’s hard to believe that the 3D Lab began its life at Wayne College three years ago.  If you peruse our blog, you will find well over a hundred posts of our growth, student projects, community outreaches, and the formation of a “maker” community, notably the Shantz Makerspace.  We’ve come a long way and have much more growing yet to do!  The 3D Lab is not about the varied equipment and machines (most all of which are provided by community), but about empowering people to be creative and making ideas possible.  It’s about connecting people and resources together, coming back to this nation’sRead More →

Hello everyone, The sudden winter storm earlier this week gave our students more reason to hang-out in the 3D Lab and Maker Lounge!  We’ve done a lot to improve these areas and have big plans in-store for the coming months.  The Maker Lounge is quite successful with lots of students using the improved space.  The idea is to promote the “maker” concept to more students.  This way, they become interested in visiting the cool and inventive people in the 3D Lab! One never knows what new things students are cooking up in the lab.  It’s exciting to see how full the 3D Lab becomes onRead More →