A new community center in Lexington is welcoming all self-described hobbyists, tinkerers and creators to come together and make. WMRA’s Faith Pinho has this story on the Lexington Collaboratory and Makerspace.
[Drilling, pulling apart a cell phone]
Meet 27-year-old Victoria Fallen, a landscaper in Lexington who is spending her Thursday evening taking apart an old cell phone.
FALLEN: I didn’t know that there were so many little pieces.
Fallen showed up at the new Lexington Collaboratory and Makerspace without any idea for a project. But then she was handed a drill, a screwdriver and a cell phone, and she set to work. That’s pretty much how the Makerspace works – someone comes with an idea, someone else brings some energy and, with the help of a few tools, a project unfolds. It could be anything – taking something apart, putting…
