Research Technology and Innovation

Digital Fabrication

• Consultations and trainings on how to physicalize a virtual object

• Offer training on how to operate a variety of 3D printers, CAD and 3D model acquisition

• Available one-on-one, as a workshop for a class, or at table or speaking events

• Offer training on building and maintaining 3D printers: FDM and SLA and Binder Jet

• Consultations on post processing of 3D prints

• Can connect to outside vendors for different materials and geometries

• Can facilitate full color prints on Zcorp printer for proteins or complex chemicals:

  • Anything rendered by a molecular visualizer: PyMol, Chimera, etc.

  • Also available to copy objects for archeology, preservation, etc.

Alternative machine inputs and interactions

• Support and consultations on touch and gesture inputs use and implementation

• Support of Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) devices including OpenBCI and Muse

Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality

• Consultations and trainings on Virtual, Augmented or Mixed Reality implementation

• Support use of Head Mounted Displays, Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality devices

• Unity / Unreal dev and training

Custom Computer Hardware

• Consultations and trainings on Custom PC hardware Specs, builds, mods and upgrades

• Supports basic connectivity on Raspberry Pi Linux system builds

Drone Support: Pilots As A Service

• We will provide FAA certified pilots for drone projects, file flight plans, add appropriate insurance, and operate the vehicle

• Also available to prototype custom flying robots for specific research or academic uses

Laser Cutting as a service

• Will consult on designs and cut them using Adobe Illustrator

• Run cuts on Epilogue Mini 45W or Glowforge 40W

Training in CAD tools

• TinkerCad

• OnShape

• Fusion360

• Solidworks

• Blender

Supported, no Training

• OpenScan

• Antimony

• Rhino

Training in CAM tools

• Slimplify3D,

• Cura

• Adobe Illustrator Lasercut workflow

• Z-print

A place where faculty, students, staff, researchers and other Brandeis community members can come to rapid-prototype electronic sensor data collection and actuation systems with rentable gear, step-by-step guides, and back-end equipment.

Embedded systems / IOT

• Microcontrollers - Arduino, Raspberry Pi, beaglebone, mbed

• Shields/Hats/Tops, sensors, actuators

• Protocols, electronics troubleshootings, circuit analysis, hardware hacking

Robotics

• Actuation, machine vision, indoor/outdoor localization

• Drones, ground vehicles, underwater?, telepresence?

Sensor Data

• Distributed systems/cluster computing

  • Pi Cluster, commodity hardware cluster: both processor and distributed storage w/ failover

  • computer hardware, Operating systems

• Data collection, Data analysis, Databases and data redundancy

• Data display

  • multi-monitor display, visualization tools, data over time, alert notifications

  • Projection mapping?

Simulation

• Materials testing, Fluid dynamics, Navigation / SLAM

Workshops/Guides

Public-facing web hosted getting-started guides for each sensor and actuator in our rental catalogue with links to parts and tools used as well as commented example code.

• Electronics

• soldering training

• Dozuki guides, github code

Class support

What types of classes and what types of sessions in those classes?

• Pito - COSI 119A 1 Autonomous Robotics Lab

• Ian - BUS 295G Digital Fabrication with Robotics

• Jordan, distributed?, machine learning?

Club hosting

• Robotics, Aviation, Bitmap

TEI

• large scale text analysis

Mapping projects

• GIS, photogrammetry, map data, Word Cloud, Heat Maps

Machine Learning

• Google Tensorflow

3D Scanning

• Consultations and trainings on how to virtualize a physical object

  • Macro Studio Object Photography

  • Offer training on how to operate photogrammetry software and Handheld 3D scanners

  • Will support 3D scanning of objects small to large for research and academic applications

    • including digitizing real world Objects, Spaces, Buildings, or whole

    • Environments: from a tiny-bug-scale to all of campus

Available for specialized hardware consultations

• What Laptop, Desktop, Server, Tablet, 3D printer, Camera, or Phone to buy

• Server (compute or storage) specification and Vendor negotiation for a described need

• Desktop specification and configuration based on a described need

• Raspberry Pi or Arduino use based on a described need

• Custom cabling or specialized computer hardware based on a described need

Loaner equipment for Researchers

• Most MakerLab Equipment can be negotiated for a loan

• Floppy drives, usb DVD drives, USB wifi, USB ethernet, USB video cards

• Leap Motion, Oculus Rift, Kinects, Google Cardboard, Muse headband, 3D printers

• Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and other embedded systems cables, shields and accessories

• Molecular models

Software configuration for instrument machines that require specialized software

• We will build out custom Windows, Mac and Linux operating systems

• Will troubleshoot problems with specialized software or instrument machines

• We can create documentation on how to install, and use a custom configuration

• We will contact the vendor directly and negotiate the solution

Specialized software needs

• Instrument machine troubleshooting and diagnosis

• Touch and gesture inputs

• Multi-screen environments

• Projection Mapping or CAVEs

• VMware installs for Windows software on a Mac

• Bootcamp installs for more demanding windows software on a Mac

• Best effort support of all Legacy software and environments

• Available for custom 3D design and printing everything from brackets to full prototypes

• Useful, ready to go objects as needed by researchers

• Available for custom 2D design and Branding consultations for web and print

• Available for Lasercut design training

• Consultations and Brainstorms on Branding and Logo Design

• Will connect users to resources, but not do design as a service

• Will help build design literacy

• Demos

• Tabling for events

• Hackathon planning

• Workshops, talks and presentations

  • The Art of the Pitch: from elevator to pitch deck

  • MakerLab intro and overview: What tools we have, and how you can use them

  • 3D Printing training

  • 3D Printer training - specifically how one model works

  • 3D Scanning Training

  • Soldering Training

  • How to build a Custom PC

  • Intro to Troubleshooting Theory: Systematic Fault Isolation

  • Intro to Unity3D world building

  • Design Thinking Activity

  • How Racing Drones work

  • How to get your FAA 107 Pilot’s License

  • Maker Movement Applications in the Medical Field