While it’s home to a lot of creation, the Brock University Library Makerspace is helping to support innovation well beyond its walls.
Makerspace projects are happening in classrooms and research labs, with people making use of the facility’s emerging tools and technology.
Brock faculty, staff and students are invited to consult with Makerspace staff on how to enhance personal and course-related projects or research initiatives using Makerspace technology. All equipment can be used in the Makerspace and some tools can be borrowed for extended periods of time.
Thad Harroun, Chair of Brock’s Department of Physics, has been using the 3D printer in the Makerspace to develop science kits. A video of his first model is posted on Twitter.
“The 3D printers are helping to prototype rolling and moving gadgets that can turn an ordinary cellphone into a mobile physics…