When school lets out in Roslyn, teens head over to the library to play with robots and 3D print chopstick holders.
A two-room makerspace at Bryant Library that opened in February is designed for middle and high schoolers to exercise their creativity while engaging with technology, said library Director Victor Caputo, an effort many libraries are undertaking to branch out beyond books.
The library is calling it the Bryant Research and Innovation Network, or The B.R.A.I.N. There is an assortment of gadgets beyond the two 3D printers. A spherical robot can be programmed to roll around and talk using drag-and-drop coding. A pen can squeeze out thin strings of plastic, which harden into 3D creations.
“Everyone that comes in here seems to gravitate toward that,” said the library’s…
