Something extraordinary is brewing in quite an ordinary little building tucked under hillside trees and off the beaten path in one of the farthermost corners of Stetson University’s DeLand campus.
Ideas become reality in this secluded place.
There’s no wizardry involved. Just tinkerers, inventors, innovators and fabricators. Among others. These are makers, do-it-yourselfers with a heavy dash of electronics, computer aided machines and robotics, creating connections between neuro and cyber and physical spaces.
The old red brick garage behind the Gillespie Museum has been turned into a workshop of power tools, electronic tools, old-fashioned hand tools and cutting edge equipment. Innovation House opened in September as a “makerspace” for students, faculty, staff and alumni to meet, work and learn from one another.
Computer science majors Katie Portfield of Atlanta, and…
