ANN ARBOR ? The second of what is becoming an annual MakerFest will be held on April 2 at the University of Michigan where students and other interested parties can interact with creative entrepreneurs who have become part of the Makers Movement.
The Maker Movement features entrepreneurs with an interest in engineering-oriented pursuits such as electronics, robotics, 3-D printing and the use of CNC tools, as well as more traditional activities like metalworking, woodworking and traditional arts and crafts. You?ll find a little of all of these at the MakerFest, which runs from noon until 2 pm in the Pendleton Room at the Michigan Union. The public is invited to see these projects first hand.
The program also will be used to draw students? attention to the Michigan Makers Movement in the U-M School of Information and to the new Bachelor of Science in Information degree offered by the U-M School of Information, said Glenda Bullock, U-M Marketing Communications Specialist.
?Students will want to attend this event because it is an overview of some of the exciting applications offered by contemporary technology and also an opportunity to learn more about the Maker culture at the University of Michigan,? said Bullock.
Highlights of this year?s event include a couple of Makers projects that were showcased at the recent South-By-Southwest extravaganza in Austin, Texas. Those include Oculus Iron Man, a Virtual Reality technology that lets the wearer pretend he or she is the character out of Marvel Comics, Bullock said. Also on display will be the U-M Amateur Radio Club, 3-D printing products, plus computer and other video games those attending will be able to sample.
MITechNews.Com is so excited about the Makers culture that we?re creating a new section to publicize events, people, products, and services available in the state. The new section debuts first in our March 27 eNewsletter and in April in the newly designed MITechNews.Com website.
