On Saturday, May 19th, The University of Akron Wayne College will host the second annual Mini Maker Faire for Wayne County and the surrounding area. Maker Faire is part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new! As a celebration of the Maker Movement, it’s a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness. The Faire gathers together tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers, food artisans, hobbyists, engineers, science clubs, artists, students, and commercial exhibitors. Makers come to show their creations and share their learnings. Attendees flock to Maker Faires to glimpse the future and find the inspiration to become Makers themselves. There are 200Read More →

Hello everyone, Plans are underway for the next Wayne County Mini Maker Faire on Saturday, May 19th.  Be sure to mark your calendar to attend and especially to participate as a “maker”.  The Daily Record said it best: “Dubbed the ‘Greatest Show and Tell on Earth’, over 1,300 people flocked to the inaugural faire at the University of Akron Wayne College last year. The Wayne County Mini Maker Faire is a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker Movement.  It’s a place where people show what they are making, and share what they are learning.  Makers range from techRead More →

Hello everyone, It’s hard to believe that half of the semester is finished.  Our engineering students are building wind tunnels to test the aerodynamics of their soon-to-be-built model rockets, others are building LEGO Mindstorms robots for the upcoming tests and competitions, while various students are printing interesting stuff in both the 3D Lab and 3D Lounge. Apart from the engineering projects and assignments that involve the 3D Lab, students and community members work on a variety of personal projects.  That’s half the fun of a makerspace; it is a place where ideas are made.  Tristan, a long-time frequenter of the lab, recently used resources atRead More →