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Turtle's Throne
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  • Anthony Roland Dimeglio
A Throne for a Turtle
Thematic home for a turtle! Taking inspiration from Game of Thrones and creating a throne for a turtle using a 3D printer. Interestingly, the intricate throne designs came out really neat.
3d printed gray necklace giftbox with image of two faces in black on top
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  • Ross Michael Towbin
Custom Box Creates Perfect Gift
Making a custom box equals two memorable gifts in one!
Shapiro Design Lab Winberg Media Production Room. There is a soundbooth in the background with a student inside speaking into a microphone and in the foreground another student sitting at a computer monitoring their recording.
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  • Erica Ervin
Come Work With Us - Design Lab Intern
The Design Lab will be hiring 2-3 enthusiastic undergraduates for the 2023-24 academic year. The application deadline is Thursday, August 31 and all applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Fill out the google form and upload CV/resume using the link located at the bottom the post.
Top and side view of a blue mouthpiece used for Tuba
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  • Brennan Joseph Kompas
Using technology to rock the whole field up.
In search of an inexpensive and personalized option for a Tuba mouthpiece, a student uses a 3D printer to make one herself to get her passion up and running again.
laser cut box
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  • Ronak Parag Parikh
Quick and Easy Prototyping
Laser Cutting
L-shaped stand with a phone mount at the top to read the Chess board
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  • Sergio Gene Malik Goodwin
Smart Chess is here!
A classic game gets a smart upgrade. EECS students employ a Google Pixel camera, Raspberry Pi, and a 3D-printed case for real-time chess alerts and position evaluation in a final project.
Vinyl Cut on the T-shirt
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  • Jessica Marie Beck
Vinyl Cutting doing its bit for Fundraising!
Vinyl cutting using a machine and a Cricut to create precise cuts on vinyl material, typically for the purpose of creating T-shirt graphics.
Comparison of the robot with the original camera mount (left) and custom mount (right)
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  • Justin Jin Ng
  • Jubilee Wang
Fire rescuing robot project gets an upgrade!
Robotics students use easy 3D-printing tools to add important functionality to their autonomous fire-rescuing robot project.
A beige Tote bag with a cute Penguin with Phi Sigma Rho on the top
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  • Garima P Shah
Upping the merch game with the Vinyl Cutter
The Student used the vinyl cutter to transfer the simple plain bags from amazon to limited edition fancy bags! Simple move, huge difference!
3D printed testicles on a shelf
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  • Leif Christian Thorson
Having a Ball!! .....at the Design Lab
Two friends bring their silly childhood humor to reality through “manhood”