(TNS) — “Makerspaces” at four area colleges and universities are expanding their resources and/or programs to give regional small manufacturers increased access to equipment and the knowledge on how to use it.
“The makerspaces will provide manufacturers and entrepreneurs throughout the Southwestern Pennsylvania region with easy access to equipment and services that may otherwise be inaccessible to them,” said Jay Douglass, chief operations officer of ARM, the Pittsburgh-based Advance Robotics for Manufacturing Institute.
Receiving $1.5 million each are Penn State New Kensington’s Digital Foundry at New Kensington, Westmoreland Community College’s Makerspace District, Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s STEAMSHOP and Community College of Allegheny County’s Entrepreneurial Labs and Makerspace.
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