Since opening in April 2016, the Makers Lab has supported over 3,000 UCSF students, staff, postdocs, and faculty. We have clocked over 2,000 hours on the 3D printers, held over
This is a guest post by David Wu, MD-PhD Candidate, UCSF Medical Scientist Training Program. Hey! If this is what you’re here to learn about… You’re in the right place!
Here at the Makers Lab, we’re always excited to see how we can apply 3D printing and related technologies to the various health science projects coming into the space. Last November,
School is back in session and there are a number of new things happening in the Makers Lab to help unleash your creativity and take your maker project to the
By Thienthy Nguyen, Jenny Tai, Dylan Romero, and Dr. Alexis Dang 3D printing has been rapidly gaining traction outside of industrial use, consequently becoming more accessible for the common consumer.
When the Makers Lab opened in April 2016, we were eager to explore 3D printing applications for UCSF. We soon learned there are countless applications for this technology at a
This is a guest post by Jenny Tai, Makers Lab staff member. The Makers Lab has grown a lot in the past year, thanks to the support of a wonderful
The Makers Lab has been open for just over a year and we have already seen the UCSF community work on some incredibly innovative projects. Students, faculty, staff, researchers, and
Have you heard the news? The Makers Lab is now open 5 days a week, Monday – Friday, 10am-6pm! Why are we expanding Makers Lab hours? To meet the demand
We have seen hundreds of successful 3D prints using the Ultimaker 2 and Lulzbot Taz 5 3D printers since opening the Makers Lab in April 2016. During this time, we
The UCSF Library’s Data Science Initiative and the Makers Lab partnered to celebrate Pi Day on March 14 with the UCSF community. The 90-minute event showcased how the Python programming
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 this season.
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 can be
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 many enthusiastic
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 DIY programmable
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 of their
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> <img width=”403″
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 are nervous