Project Manus is MIT's effort to upgrade university makerspaces, foster maker communities across campus and collaborate with peer universities, alumni & gov't.

Joined November 2016
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Ever learned a new maker tool and been stumped on what to make next? Check out the directory by @projectmanus at buff.ly/3PHUh1o with dozens of beginner project ideas to help you overcome your creative block. 📷: Sabrina Hare '22, courtesy of Project Manus
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Our Spring 2024 Newsletter is live! We are pleased to share with you these stories about expanding opportunities for creating and making at MIT. #AroundMIT #MITMaking mailchi.mp/d5651e230158/proj…

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🦾 Sign up for a training! The N52 Fabrication Shop now has training orientations open to members of the MIT community. Register at buff.ly/4c2UUMC Not MIT affiliated? Stay tuned for the N52 Open Studio later in April. @projectmanus
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Metropolis Makerspace hosted a Pi Day Welding and Pie maker social today, where students and staff welded Pi digits onto a sculpture and ate homemade pie. We have welded more than 600 digits so far across multiple events. #AroundMIT #MITMaking
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Gloria Zhu, a second year undergrad studying Course 2 (Mechanical Engineering) made the most of IAP '24 with one of the more impressive and jam-packed make-a-thons we witnessed! Read about her January here! project-manus.mit.edu/the-la… #MITMaking #AroundMIT #mitmad @MITDesignAcad

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Support MIT’s efforts to make progress, make a difference―and make the future! Tomorrow, on Thursday, March 14, 2024, join us for the eighth annual 24-Hour Challenge.Please visit mtyc.co/vbfiwf to support Climate and Sustainability Groups like MIT Project Manus.
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The world is counting on @mit. During the 3.14.24 (Pi Day!) MIT 24-Hour Challenge, @mit is counting on all of us. Join us this coming Thursday! Project Manus is involved in the Climate and Sustainability Groups Microchallenge. Please visit mtyc.co/vbfiwf
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From our friends at @MITDesignAcad — "Design Computation: Interview with Nervous System Design Studio Co-Founders" about their “Building Complex Curvature from Flat Sheets” IAP course, involving 15 MIT students in making a large aluminum N52 sculpture youtube.com/watch?v=pVNwUMWG…
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This past December, Project Manus makerspace mentor and MIT student Via Tang premiered her interactive video installation "It's Always Been You" in the Stata Center R&D Pub. Learn more about her creative process in this short film. #MITMaking #AroundMIT @MITDesignAcad
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Over a 2-day MAD IAP workshop led by @Projectmanus' Katherine Gilbreath, students learned introductory methods of bookbinding — Japanese stab binding long stitch techniques, and a general overview of bookmaking practices. They walked away with 2 books they handmade themselves.
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✍️ Do you have a portfolio? Show your work & accomplishments in ways that make you stand out. @projectmanus, @MITCommLab, & MIT MAD have been collaborating w/ @MITCareers to consolidate resources for students on a dedicated web page: buff.ly/3NLwlJt
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This IAP, MIT MAD is hosting 6 workshops for students to hone their making skills! 🥽🛠️⛓️ Design for Welding / Intro to Bookbinding / Tablesaw Fundamentals / Advanced Blinking Lights / Intro to IoT / Glass and Metal Lamp Making Workshops by @projectmanus Lamp: Cat Arase @mitsap
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👀 Curious about MIT's design community? At MIT, design is integrated into the Institute's greater curriculum, and is supported by over thirty groups / entities / departments... working across disciplines. buff.ly/4baZjg0 to view the full list! @projectmanus @mitdesignx
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January 31: Laser Engraving Utensils Maker Social. Come join some laser engraving fun and add your name to a set of reusable bamboo utensils you can use across campus in place of single-use plastics. mitsha.re/7PGA50QuYBq @projectmanus @MITStudents #MITIAP
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Wondering where you can craft gifts for your friends, prototype for your research or learn new tools? Our friends @projectmanus have put together a directory of (almost) all the makerspaces available to the MIT community at buff.ly/48wqYpP.
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Explore the “12 Days of Innovation” this holiday season! 🎁🚀 Dive into 12 unique gifts from MIT startups, showcasing sustainable solutions and cutting-edge tech. #MITInnovation #HolidayGifts #TechTrends12daysofmit.my.canva.site/

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Ever wondered which @MarkRober video made him famous, which was most expensive to make, or how he chose the names of his squirrels? Check out his answers to these (and more!) in this Q&A with children from the @MIT community / @youtube buff.ly/3RvkmSY Video: @projectmanus
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MIT Campus and Met Warehouse construction site — Fall edition! 🍁🍂 @MIT
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Did you miss "The Power of Design: Designing Climate Futures" event? The full replay of the Forum is available on MIT MAD's YouTube channel. buff.ly/49XyJXb @mitsap @MITdusp @EOWilsonFndtn @bratton @berggruenInst @cloverfoodlab

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