SINGAPORE – A $1 million makerspace set to benefit 13,000 tertiary and secondary school students over the next five years was officially opened on Friday at the Singapore University of Technology & Design (SUTD).
The 6,200 sq ft space is sponsored by the James Dyson Foundation, technology company Dyson’s global charitable foundation, as part of its $3 million plan to support Singapore’s science, technology, engineering and mathematics (Stem) education.
The Dyson-SUTD Innovation Studios was opened by company founder James Dyson and SUTD president Chong Tow Chong, with Dr Beh Swan Gin, chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board, as witness.
The facility will be led by Dyson engineers, and is set to host activities such as a James Dyson Foundation prototyping workshop that exposes secondary school students to design thinking.
The space will also facilitate Stem…
