Innovation centers, incubators, makerspaces
This page is a list of links to university and private innovation centers and business incubators and to a variety of makerspaces
US Universities
UW-Madison Morgridge Rapid Protyping Center http://prototype.wisc.edu/
UW Madison Internet of Things Lab http://uwiotlab.wordpress.com/about/
Gateway Technical College Fab Lab https://www.gtc.edu/wedd/industrial-design-fab-lab
Purdue Artisan and Fabrication Lab (AFL) https://engineering.purdue.edu/aflapps/
University of Southern Califormia Undergraduate Innovation center http://vsi2.usc.edu/ and Fabrication lab http://viterbi.usc.edu/students/undergrad/research/fablab/
Nuvention at Northwestern http://fcei.northwestern.edu/curriculum/nuvention/index.html
Harvard Innovation Lab http://ilab.harvard.edu/
Duke University Innovation Co-lab https://colab.duke.edu/
Lawrence University Innovation and Entrepreneurship program https://www.lawrence.edu/academics/programs/node/1744
Georgia Tech version of Garage Physics and Invention Studio http://inventionstudio.gatech.edu/about/
North Carolina state Garage and proposed innovation center http://ei.ncsu.edu/garage/
Stanford Fablab http://tltl.stanford.edu/ https://tltl.stanford.edu/projects
MIT Fablab to make anything http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/faq/
Colorado University Innovation Hyperlab http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR12/Session/Q37.3, http://clas.ucdenver.edu/deansNotes/spotlight/tagg%27s_innovation_hyperlab_the_focus_of_entrepreneurship_programs__
U. Penn Ed. Tech Incubator http://campustechnology.com/articles/2013/10/31/u-penn-school-of-ed-launches-education-tech-incubator.aspx?=CTNU
University of Florida Innovation Academy http://innovationacademy.aa.ufl.edu/message-from-the-director.aspx
University of Florida Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation http://warrington.ufl.edu/centers/cei/
Santa Fe College Center for Innovation and Economic Development http://www.sfcollege.edu/cied/, http://www.sfcollege.edu/cied/incubator/
Florida Innovation Hub http://www.floridainnovationhub.ufl.edu/
LeHigh http://www4.lehigh.edu/news/newsarticle.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FNews+2013&WorkflowItemID=2c0dbb0d-3212-4303-bea2-5722d55f8239
Milwaukee School of Engineering Rapid Prototyping Center http://www.rpc.msoe.edu/machines.php
International universities
University of Toronto http://criticalmaking.com/
Talks and news
Pitch for learning lab/FabLab at school (Paulo Blikstein, http://www.blikstein.com/paulo/) in 21st century http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylhfpDAniqM
CalTEch MAKEaTHON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqF_mfbF6Kk
Tex A&M MAKEaTHON http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=293KKDBHGc0
MIT Museum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSeHgyUbCZU&hd=1
A talk on the place for Makerspaces in higher education that mentions UW Madison Garage Physics http://www.educause.edu/eli/events/eli-annual-meeting/2013/case-campus-makerspace
Hackerspace challenge http://www.element14.com/community/groups/the-great-global-hackerspace-challenge
Redesigning Education: Building Schools for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (and Art) (STEAM not STEM) http://www.fastcompany.com/1656067/redesigning-education-building-schools-science-technology-engineering-and-math
Connected learning http://www.makesummer.org/about
Summary of Fablab 2012 with links http://makerspace.com/maker-news/fablearn-2012-digital-fabrication-in-education-conference
Fritzing, an open-source hardware initiative to support designers, artists, researchers and hobbyists to work creatively with interactive electronics. http://fritzing.org/
K12 http://fablearn.stanford.edu/2013/program/
Makerspaces and innovation centers
University Business Incubator Index Global Top List 2013 http://ubiindex.com/global-top-list-2013/
Madison
Wisonsin Institute for Discovery Rapid Prototyping Center http://prototype.wisc.edu/contact
Sector67 http://www.sector67.org/
Makerspace: Madison Public Library sees innovation centers as a key part of its future
Wisconsin
Whitewater http://www.whitewatermakerspace.org/#
Appleton (Fox Valley Technical College)
site: http://www.fvtc.edu/public/content.aspx?ID=1873&PID=1 contact: Steve Gallagher, gallaghe [at] fvtc [dot] edu
Oshkosh (Fox Valley Technical College, site #2)
site: http://www.fvtc.edu/public/content.aspx?ID=1873&PID=1
- contact: Steve Gallagher, gallaghe [at] fvtc [dot] edu
Menomonie (University of Wisconsin-Stout)
site: http://www.uwstout.edu/discoverycenter/ contact: Randall Hulke, hulker [at] uwstout [dot] edu
Stoughton (Stoughton High School)
site: http://www.stoughton.k12.wi.us/HighSchool.cfm?subpage=209636/ contact: Brian Shimon, brian [dot] shimon [at] stoughton [dot] k12 [dot] wi [dot] us
US
Chicago Public Library 'Maker Space': Branch To Open Lab With 3-D Printers, Laser Cutters & More http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/19/chicago-public-library-maker-space_n_3466732.html, http://cplmakerlab.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/maker-lab-launches/
Ann Arbor http://maker-works.com/wordpress/
NASA Research Park Singularity Lab http://singularityu.org/labs/
Sacramento Hacker Lab http://hackerlab.org/
International
Fablab Nuerberg http://www.fablab-nuernberg.de/
Fab Lab International http://www.fablabinternational.org
Global Fablab network http://cucfablab.org/about-champaign-urbana-community-fab-lab/global-fab-lab-network
General list of hackerspaces http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/List_of_Hacker_Spaces
Libraries as makerspaces http://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2012/3d-copier
Student org http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/openhardwaremakerspace
Makerspace resources http://ncsu.orgsync.com/org/openhardwaremakerspace/Resources
Innovation Africa http://imaginationforpeople.org/fr/search/?tags=innovation
Key words
- • Arduino Visual Programming - Learn to program without worrying about syntax • Backyard Brains - learn about neuroscience through electrophysiology experiments • Original and Ostrich Egg-Bot Kits- developed by Bruce Shapiro after teaching his "Bits to Bytes to Bots" course • Fab Labs - Global lab network of loaned fabrication equipment from MIT • Hack a Day - Links and descriptions of individual technological projects • Hackerspaces - Directory of places for working on projects with other people • Instructables - Contests and instructions for creative projects, from crafts to technology • Inventables - Source of high-end materials in small quantities • Kickstarter - Crowd-sourced funding for creative projects and technology • Makerspace - DARPA-funded project to bring hands-on technology to students • MAKE Magazine - DIY technology magazine and project showcase
• OpenMaterials - Repository of relevant materials, tools, and techniques • RepRap - Low-cost, self-replicating, DIY 3d printers • Shapeways - Buy & sell designs and 3d printed objects • SquishyCircuits - teaching circuits with DIY conductive play dough • TED - Free talks by remarkable people, like...
- • Saul Griffith - Inventor • Steven Johnson - Author • Michael Pritchard - Engineer • Woody Norris - Inventor