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Mini Grant Winner: Tactile Tiles

This blog post has been prepared by Nancy Chiu, winner of the MakerSpace Mini grant for the month of April, 2019.Nancy is a first year graduate student pursuing IDM. As a part of Design for America NYU chapter, our team was task to improve navigation experiences for the visually impaired people in New York City. We kicked off the project with background research, empathy exercise, interviews with experts in the field, and interviews with visually…

Mini Grant Winner : Personal Navigator

This blog post has been prepared by Kevin Chen, winner of the MakerSpace Mini grant for the month of February, 2019. Kevin is a first year student majoring in Computer Science SiteSeer is a cost-effective application that improves the accessibility of travel for the visually impaired to navigate in the urban environment. Those who are visually impaired will find it difficult to complete what may be perceived as simple tasks by those who are not…

Mini Grant Winner : MIDI Guitar

This blog was written by Julian Tang – the winner of the MakerSpace Mini-Grant for the month of November, 2018. MIDI Guitar This project is a MIDI guitar that utilizes sensors to capture the action of the player’s actions, and sending this data to computer-based audio synthesizers in real-time. It enables guitar players to tap into the endless possibilities of digital audio synthesis; electronic musicians can also use it to gain natural and intimate control…

Mini Grant Winner : Musical Jewelry Box

This blog was written by Christopher Martinez – the winner of the MakerSpace Mini-Grant for the month of September. The goal of this project was to create a 3D printed music jewelry box that could play music off of a micro-SD card. The materials required to make the box are: 3 AAA battery holder with switch Double sided copper PCB Wire 3 ohm speaker 3.5 mm tall tactile push buttons DfPlayer Mini MP3 module The…

How to create a Cardboard Rover!

This post is written by Bryan So, the winner of the February MakerSpace Mini Grant. If your interested in creating something yourself and need a little funding click here to apply! The goal of this project was to create a rover with a majority of the materials being cardboard and 3D printed parts. The rover incorporates a rocker bogie system, similar to the mars rover, that helps keep the body stable when overcoming obstacles. The materials required…

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