Engineering students at University of Wisconsin–Madison showed off a few projects to each other and to representatives of eight Wisconsin companies ranging from small and local to large and national. The projects included a prototype for a Mars rover and a phenomenally impractical watch based on obsolete technology.
The event showcased Makerspace, a two-year-old maker’s paradise located in Wendt Engineering Library. With a broad range of equipment and tools, Makerspace is “The hub for rapid prototyping on campus,” says Taylor Waddell, a third-year mechanical engineering student who coordinated the event. “How do you go from idea to reality as quickly as possible? The central idea of making is, if I have a problem, what is the quickest way to solve it? The solution may not be going to buy a product. Maybe it’s better if you make it.”
The event was dubbed a…
