Serving Makers Across Campus

Although the MakerLab resides in the College of Business, we are proud to serve our entire campus. Our Lab provides a unique space for majors from across campus to come Learn, Make, and Share. The graphic below provides a visual portrayal of our cross-campus impact. This graphic, which is based on an analysis of our usage data over the past year, reveals that our makers come from all corners of our campus and that our Lab's impact is far and wide. Click on any one of the circles to see more details. Find out more about our Makers in our "Meet the Maker" Series.

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Meet the Maker : Jacob Holland a.k.a Iron Man

Jake is the Iron Man. He is an avid maker, so much so that he made his own Delta 3D printer.His other interests are in Welding, Woodworking, Electrical wiring, Soldering and Laser cutting. For Halloween this year he 3D printed a semi-functional Iron Man helmet and gauntlets. They were all printed using his 3D printer, a Kossel Clear delta style 3D printer that he built this summer. The Iron Man helmet and gauntlets are powered by an Arduino board. He used an accelerometer  so that the helmet is able to detect a sharp shake of the head in order to raise and lower the helmet’s faceplate using the mounted servo. Each gauntlet has buttons hidden in each thumb allowing the wearer to fire LED “repulsor blasts.” He says that

It’s amazing to be able to turn fiction into reality and 3D printing makes that possible.

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In his spare time, Jake  is also a senior pursuing his BS in technical systems management in the College of ACES. We are seeing more of the ACES makers at the lab these days. He is interested in taking the Digital Making course to learn some more making skills before he graduates in Spring 2015.

Spring 2015 For Credit Courses at the Illinois MakerLab

Due to the phenomenal response we got last year, we are proud to announce that we will be bringing back the “Making Things” class this spring along with a new seminar course in Digital Making. To learn more visit our Courses Section. Spots are only available in the Seminar on Digital Making.

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Friday Workshops are Back!!!

We are happy to announce that Friday workshops are now back at the Illinois MakerLab. Stop by to learn more about 3D printing and 3D modeling. Sign up for one, right now.

Make your own Halloween Costume!

Halloween is just around the corner. If you are like us, you are still trying to decide what costume you will wear this year. Store bought costumes are cliche, expensive, and often fit poorly. Fortunately, our Lab can fix this! Using the power of 3D printing, you can create your a customize and unique costume for a fraction of the price that you would pay for a store-bought one. If you already have a costume, our Lab can help you accessorize your Halloween activities by printing pumpkins, jack-o-lanterns, ghosts, and other Halloween-related objects. Your only limits are your imagination!

Come by our lab, make something and if you share it with us on Facebook or Twitter, you get 10% off right then. Hurry fast--our special 10% discount ends on Halloween eve.

MakerLab Hosts MSBA Students

Last Friday, our Lab hosted 40 students from our College's Masters of Science in Business Administration (MSBA) program. These students received a tour of the Lab and had the opportunity to create their own customizable key chains. Although none of these students had any prior exposure to 3D printing technology, within less than 30 minutes, they were turning their ideas into objects! What ideas for objects do you have? Stop by our Lab and make your dreams reality!