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Junior Member Sidharta Vadaparty and His Killer Kinemeter

Junior Member Sidharta Vadaparty and His Killer Kinemeter

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January 11, 2016

9th grade student Sidharta “Sid” Vadaparty was dissatisfied with the accelerometer available in his high school physics class. He decided to make his own “portable, affordable and mod-able” version. With […]

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NextFab Electronics Wizard Makes the Season Bright

NextFab Electronics Wizard Makes the Season Bright

NextFab Stories

December 23, 2015

NextFab’s Electronics Supervisor, Matt Garfield, had a brilliant idea for a holiday gift. While working on a contract project, he had explored inductive coupling for wireless power transfer. It wasn’t […]

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Vanessa Chan’s Creative Innovation Wipes Out Gripes

Vanessa Chan’s Creative Innovation Wipes Out Gripes

Member Stories

December 18, 2015

What brought corporate executive Vanessa Chan out of the corporate world and into NextFab? She claims that it was her inner tinkerer and love for jewelry design, but this highly […]

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Building Outdoor Game Tables for U.C. Science Center

Building Outdoor Game Tables for U.C. Science Center

NextFab Stories

December 3, 2015

NextFab recently completed a project for the University City Science Center for their renovation of the 37th St. Walkway between Chestnut and Market Streets. The project consisted of multi-use game […]

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Intro to Jewelry at North Fourth Supports PAWS

Intro to Jewelry at North Fourth Supports PAWS

NextFab Stories

November 25, 2015

The Introduction to Jewelry Making class at NextFab’s North Fourth location teaches the fundamentals of jewelry making and supports the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society. Sign up for a class and […]

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Open Studio Night Series at NextFab North 4th!

Open Studio Night Series at NextFab North 4th!

NextFab Stories

November 17, 2015

If you haven’t been in to NextFab or if you haven’t been to NextFab’s North 4th Street location or if you are just looking for something fun to do in […]

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NextFab Supports Budding Young Entrepeneur

NextFab Supports Budding Young Entrepeneur

Member Stories

November 11, 2015

Shemar Coombs took an entrepeneurship class in his senior year of high school. This brought him through the doors at NextFab and eventually to New York City for the national […]

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From Our Labs: Creating with Corian

From Our Labs: Creating with Corian

NextFab Stories

November 2, 2015

Most people think of Corian, a DuPont product, as a solid surface countertop solution – intended for kitchens and office desktops. But Corian is an amazingly versatile material that can […]

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2D: Photo Scanning and Printing at NextFab

2D: Photo Scanning and Printing at NextFab

NextFab Stories

October 5, 2015

Theatrical Debut September 16th marked the opening of a solo exhibit of my photography in Santa Fe, NM. The photography on display was photographed between 2009 and 2015 and representative […]

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The Jig is Up: Creating 3D-printable Jigs for Startup

The Jig is Up: Creating 3D-printable Jigs for Startup

NextFab Stories

September 29, 2015

In the Summer of 2015, an intern named Wei Zhen Li joined the young team of engineers and project managers working at a little startup called ConnectDER. It’s unusual for […]

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