San Francisco, CA – Today faculty, administration, and library leaders from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) took a major step towards the goal of making all scholarly literature freely
The Parnassus Library has extended hours during the March finals. We will be staying open until 12 midnight on the following dates: Monday, March 13 – Thursday, March 16: 7:45am –
Every year we see a plethora of creativity from people all around us during Halloween. Here are a couple examples where good old fashion arts and crafts meets 3D printing
Dr. Emilio Ramos, a Resident Physician at UCSF visited the Makers Lab yesterday for his first 3d print using the Taz 5. Dr. Ramos printed a microscope that
It was really encouraging to see such a great turn out at today’s Prosthetic Hand Assembly Pop-up. The attendees includes residents, staff, students and even certified prosthetists. With so
The staff from the Orthopedics Surgery Department came to visit the Makers Lab yesterday. They were so inspired by what they had learned about 3D printing technology and
Everyone who attended the Jewelry Pop-up on Aug. 30th had a great time! Although none of the attendees had any previous jewelry making experience, they went home with earrings
Kirby Leo, summer volunteer in Dr. Noelle L’Etoile’s research lab in the Dept. of Cell & Tissue Biology, 3D printed a Thermotaxis Platform she had designed using Blender. <figure>
To all you Makers out there. We had our final planning meeting before we open the UCSF Library Makers Lab at 2 PM on April 4, 2016. We
In our “always on” attempts to engage makers, and would-be makers of the UCSF community we are changing our hours! Our current hours of 2-6 PM Monday, Wednesday and
We wanted to create our own sign for the Makers Lab rather than have it commercially made. The newly installed sign (pictured) was printed entirely in the lab
Ever since 3D printers were made available in the Library, I’ve wanted to join eNABLE, a volunteer organization, and help support their efforts to make prosthetic hands for those in
Have you ever wished that you had the perfect tool for your research needs? Well, you are not alone. Now you can create your own lab accessories right here
We completed our first official week of being open without problems. No fires or explosions (kidding)! Several members of the UCSF community, excited and interested in the possibilities, stopped by
Are you organizing an upcoming event? Want to identify your team or make promo items for attendees? Try our button maker! Kristian Ongoco from Community Relations made buttons for
Your 3D printed objects do not have to be limited to using ABS (LEGO plastic) or PLA (corn starch based) filaments. We also have specialty filaments available in bronze,
Today in the Makers Lab, the San Francisco Health Investigators, a group of high school interns led by Dr. Ben Koo and Dr. Jenna Bernard from the Science
UCSF Library makers went on a field trip to the Noisebridge makerspace last week, and to say we had a good time is an understatement! What is Noisebridge?