EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE – Students with an interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics can get hands on experience with modern workshop tools at Edwards’ new TechEd High School Makerspace which officially opened Jan. 29.
“Instead of making things like Pinewood Derby cars, for instance,” said Program Designer James M. Wang, “students will be making things like 3-D printed prosthetics, robot arms, electric vehicles, drones, custom clothing and pretty much anything you can name.”
The space in building 7210 is equipped with state-of-the-art 3D printers, laser cutters,3D design software, electrical engineering software and other tools.
“Visitors can come in and we’ll have volunteers here to train our visitors on how to use the tools and visitors will be able to take advantage of the materials and resources we have,”…