Top ten tech stories: from exploding hoverboards to protein-enhanced beer

By Lilly Mashayek
May 9, 2016
From exploding hoverboards to protein-enhanced beer, this year had its fair share of intriguing and notable tech stories in the news. Along with an increasing emphasis on entrepreneurial opportunities, students and staff at the University made their mark in the tech world. Here’s a look at this year’...
Students build 3-D printer

By Lauren Scafidi
March 30, 2016
A crowd watched as six University students in a Digital Making class built a 3-D printer for the first time in the Business Instructional Facility’s atrium.Vishal Sachdev, director of MakerLab and professor of the Digital Making class, said the students are already working with 3-D printers every da...
ARC to host 4-H youth robotics competition

May 1, 2014
Robots will take over the ARC this Saturday during the sixth annual Illinois State 4-H BoxBot Robotics Competition. Approximately 300 students within 45 teams from across the state will exhibit their robots and compete against each other. In addition to the student competitors, University students from...