The University of Nevada, Reno Innevation Center held its third annual Makerthon competition, presented in collaboration with Click Bond, Inc., March 24-26, 2023. This year, distinguished as Mak3rthon, seven teams of students – the largest cohort yet – were featured in the 48-hour competition.
“Makerthon is a great opportunity for us to inspire young innovators and provide an inclusive environment for participants to immerse in design thinking and creative problem solving,” said Grace Chou, the University’s chief innovation and commercialization officer and director of the Innevation Center. “This is great for Nevada as we prepare our workforce of the future.”
Using the Makerspace’s wide array of tools, machinery and software, teams of students from both college and high school had 48 hours to develop, test, produce and then present a prototype of their product…
