The Center for Rural Affairs is launching collaborative work spaces on Nebraska Indian Community College campuses in Macy and Santee for making, learning, exploring and sharing.
The “Makerspaces” will include traditional, low-tech tools, and also significant investments in cutting-edge technologies.
Kristine Flyinghawk, native communities manager at the Center for Rural Affairs, said among other tools available to students and tribal members, the program is especially excited to install a Glowforge.
“It can engrave and cut anything from wood to leather to glass,” Flyinghawk pointed out. “Then we have the new Cricut 3 Maker, which can make up to a 12-foot vinyl sign. We will have a sublimation printer.”
Flyinghawk explained a sublimation printer can print images on just about anything, from cups to coozies to keychains. The Center will also install a…
