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Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney visited our Washington Ave location with the Director of The Philadelphia Department of Commerce, Harold Epps, and other city officials, for a tour with NextFab Founder and President, Evan Malone. The Mayor was intrigued with the “awesome, high-tech” things happening at NextFab, and was very impressed with our Incubator companies after […]
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With the help of NextFab, the University of Pennsylvania Electric Racing team has been racking up wins on the track with their zero emissions, zero-to-sixty-in-under-three-seconds, 115hp, Rev1 electric race car. In June 2015, the Penn Electric Racing team competed in the Formula SAE Electric competition in Lincoln, Nebraska. Of the twenty registered teams, Penn Electric […]
Check out the Honey Dipper project at North 4th utilizing the Roland MDX CNC and the wood lathe! To finish the highly successful Winter Open Studio Night sessions at NextFab North 4th, Matt Malesky has been busy prepping blanks for the wood lathe. These blanks will be used to get hands on experience with wood […]
Martha is a cozy, eclectic new bar in the Kensington neighborhood of North Philly. Located at the corner of East York and Martha Street, the pub has been described as a “chill bar with snacks and a retro den feel.” Martha’s atmosphere is more like an artist’s residence than a bar. Utilizing NextFab’s wood and […]
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 his bright mind, supportive father and a little help from NextFab, the open source Kinemeter was born. Here we profile Sid and his exciting new […]
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 the right fit for the project, but it got his gears turning, and as the holiday season rolled around, he found a wonderful application for […]
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 creative maker with a Ph.D. in Material Sciences and Engineering takes tinkering to another level. Chan’s ability to fuse her tech engineering chops with her […]
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 tables, with tops suitable for chess or backgammon. As a year round fixture of the outdoor parklet, the tables had to be robust enough to […]
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 see why the Jewelry shop at North Fourth is such a gem! Class Fundamentals Working at a small scale presents a unique set of challenges. […]
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 the fall and winter months, check out the Open Studio Night series at North Fourth! NextFab North Fourth is NextFab’s newest location, a 4,000 square […]