A model for innovation: Project will bring makerspace to Sidney [Nebraska]

Authors

Brad Barker, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Date of this Version

8-23-2017

Document Type

News Article

Citation

Nebraska Innovation Studio, 2017.

Also available at: http://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/a-model-for-innovation-project-will-bring-makerspace-to-sidney/.

Comments

Copyright 2017, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Used by permission.

Abstract

A model for innovation: Project will bring makerspace to Sidney, Nebraska.

A new project led by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will establish an Innovation Makerspace Co-Laboratory in Sidney, with the goal of building a network of makerspaces around the state in small towns and places they wouldn't normally exist.

The space will help advance an experimental model of interdisciplinary learning, educational connectedness and social innovation focused on rapid prototyping and making. A makerspace is a site that provides hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they engage in science and engineering.

The project is expected to reach more than 75 youth and adults. The makerspace will allow experts from Nebraska Innovation Studio (http://innovationstudio.unl.edu/nebraska-innovation-studio), Nebraska Extension (http://extension.unl.edu) and other potential partners to provide youth and adults with hands-on opportunities in electronics, textiles, computers, digital media creation, music technology and digital fabrication.