Astrolabe By Michael Robinson Professor Michael Robinson came into the lab with the idea to make an Astrolabe. This is a medival device used to tell time similar to how a sundial uses the sun to tell time. The majority of materials for this build were fabricated on the laser cutter. Professor Robinson used a custom […]
Game Point Counter
Game Point Counter By James Deromedi James had a need to easily keep track of points when playing board games with his friends and family. He then came up with a design for a device that could be used to keep track of his total game points as well as his opponents total game points. […]
Custom Coasters
Custom Coasters With the introduction of the ULS PLS Laser Cutter to our repertoire of tools, we are able to teach members how to use this incredible machine through a workshop aimed at making coasters. One such member used this as opportunity to make custom-designed coasters for friends and family. This particular member, being American […]
Rush Hour
Rush Hour By Joseph Minnich Do you remember that classic sliding block traffic game? Here it is in laser cut form! This was custom created using 2D vector graphic software and fabricated out of acrylic pieces. All car pieces were then glued together. Cards were laser cut out of standard card stock. You can re-construct […]
Neuroscience Rat Floor
Neuroscience Rat Floor By Josh Wilson This rat floor was made by Josh Wilson. Over the summer of 2019, Josh was working in Mark Laubauch’s lab and was tasked with replacing the floors in their behavior boxes. The previous floors had been determine to be difficult to clean and maintain, as well as incompatible with […]
Pumpkins and Powertools 2019
Pumpkins and Powertools 2019 Hosted by DaBL This marks the first year that DaBL has hosted a halloween themed event and it was a graveyard smash! Inspired by a similar event from MIT, the goal was to carve a pumpkin using some nonconventional tools. Many of these tools may be unfamiliar to students, especially in […]
Ceiling Power Brackets
Ceiling Power Brackets by Design and Build Lab Team When we first started out in this space, we would rearrange the tables constantly for different projects and to test what works best. We still move them quite a bit actually! So having the power in the ground was not only obnoxious, but a constant safety […]
Cardboard Aperture
Cardboard Aperture Opening by Bex Warner Bex was in the Design and Build Lab one day and decided to do a project. It was as simple and matter of the moment as that! They saw instructions online for a cardboard aperture, and being an art major along with a fan of photography, they loved the […]
Sewing Greek Fraternity Letters
Sewing Greek Fraternity Letters by Alex Meves Alex is a member of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed service fraternity on American University’s campus that devotes themselves to helping others. When a friend asked if he knew anyone who could sew their letters, he took the opportunity to learn the sewing machine in the space. After […]
Electric Skateboard
Electric Skateboard by Tomy Muci Tomy came in with a long board, a bunch of electrical and mechanical components bought online, and a spirit to make something. As one of the first projects completed in the space, it was certainly a grand challenge for the Creative and Technical Specialists here! Luckily, Tomy made it easy […]