Lorain County Community College’s Fab Lab is now just the second Fab Lab in the world designated as a “Super Lab” by The Fab Foundation, a non-profit based out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Bits and…
Read More »A New Home for the Future of Manufacturing
Campana Center for Ideation and Invention promotes innovation and job growth in Northeast Ohio with access to cutting-edge digital manufacturing and fabrication capabilities. Growing up in Lorain County, Bob Campana was mesmerized by the manufacturing bustle that defined Northeast Ohio….
Read More »Success in 3-D
As additive manufacturing explodes MakerGear gets spark from LCCC Fab Lab In the early days of 3-D printing, MakerGear founder Rick Pollack bootstrapped a small business making components in his Shaker Heights garage. “When we started out, we made our machines…
Read More »Fab Cab is LCCC innovation on wheels
A maker space on wheels rolls out in the form of a Fab Cab this school year from Lorain County Community College. The Fab Cab is a mobile Fab Lab destined for Scout meetings, libraries, civic groups and school clubs throughout Lorain…
Read More »Ohio Fab Lab provides 21st century skills and supports entrepreneurship
It all started with a high school student raising his hand and asking a simple question: “Can we have a Fab Lab here?” The year was 2005, and the questioner was a high-school aged student enrolled in the early college program offered…
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