Modern making

Nov 1, 2018

Carnegie Mellon University students explored hands-on problem solving during the Maker Series course, Intro to Modern Making. Working in teams, they brought insights from their diverse academic backgrounds—art, business, design, engineering, physics, and robotics—to develop creative prototypes.

  • A pond-themed xylophone box
    This whimsical, pond-themed xylophone box plays musical notes.
  • A pond-themed xylophone box displaying a koi fish and a lily pad.
    Another side of the playful xylophone box.
  • A weather display device that suggests clothing and accessories based on the weather.
    This device for your windowsill recommends what clothing or accessories you will need for the day based on the weather outside.
  • Inside the device.
    Some students incorporated the open-source Arduino platform into their prototypes.
  • prototype of small piano electronic device
    This sound display invites you play a simple tune.
  • wires inside miniature electronic piano prototype
    A look inside the brains of the device.
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    During the seven week mini course, students learned the safe operation of fabrication tools (including hand and power tools, laser cutters, and 3D printers) as well as the use of SolidWorks 3D CAD software.

    Mechanical engineering master's student and Maker Space Fellow Nikhil Shinde was one of the instructors for this course. His students' prototypes are displayed in this article.

    Intro to Modern Making and other Maker Series courses are part of the collaborative initiatives developed for the Tech Spark: A place where ideas are transformed.

    Media contact:
    Lisa Kulick, College of Engineering
    lkulick@andrew.cmu.edu