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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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Vanessa Chan’s Creative Innovation Wipes Out Gripes

Vanessa Chan’s Creative Innovation Wipes Out Gripes

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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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NextFab Supports Budding Young Entrepeneur

NextFab Supports Budding Young Entrepeneur

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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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Itzik Lorant’s Work Chosen for Math Art Show

Itzik Lorant’s Work Chosen for Math Art Show

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August 25, 2015

NextFab member Itzik Lorant’s complex, three-dimensional sculptural luminaires utilize wood, metal, plastic, textiles, and light to create dynamic visual patterns. Playing with light, shadow, shape, and material, they are a unique […]

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The Thrill of Invention

The Thrill of Invention

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August 19, 2015

Designer/Builder Jesse Frome uses mechanical engineering to build unique, one-of-a-kind furniture pieces with organic, biomorphic forms. Getting his business off of the ground has involved building mechanical jigs for NextFab’s […]

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Making Superfine Tables

Making Superfine Tables

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July 21, 2015

Artist Maury Superfine builds beautiful wooden tables. In fact, his tables are so good-looking that we asked him to build a series of tables for our second-floor common area at […]

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Making a Tiny, 3D-Scanned Sculpture Larger Than Life

Making a Tiny, 3D-Scanned Sculpture Larger Than Life

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June 29, 2015

Visitors to NextFab’s Washington Avenue 3D room may have noticed an enormous head of Poseidon, just above the entry,  presiding over the 3D printers and lasers.  The sculpture is the […]

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