MIT Program Helps Minority High Schoolers
Growing up in southern Florida, AJ Perez was an accomplished student with dreams of attending an elite college. The schools he heard most about, however, were the local options: University of Miami, Florida State.
3D Printers May Soon Be In Classrooms Across the Globe
When I was in school, shop classes consisted of making a toolbox in metal shop, a puzzle in wood shop, and return address printed envelopes in print shop. Yes, print shop with type keys.
Built in Boston: A 3D Printer for People who Know Nothing About 3D Printing
Built in Boston: Much like Microsoft and Facebook, the NVPrinter was born in a dingy room with little natural light in Cambridge. A little over a year ago, a group of MIT students were having trouble getting their hands on a...
MIT Students Develop Easy-to-Use 3D Printer for Schools
A 3D printer developed in the basement of an MIT fraternity house has evolved into a startup, Cambridge-based New Valence Robotics, spearheaded by 21-year-old MIT grad student AJ Perez.