Building my horizons at the Pop Up Makerspace Event

While walking down the hallway of the second floor of the vertical building, my friends and I were confused of where the Pop Up Makerspace was taking place. As we entered the room after going through a long and meandrous maze, we found ourselves in a small classroom of three other students and two older men. Two of the students were on computers learning how to use a program to create 3d visuals so that they could later print it at the 3D printing machine. Because we didn’t have a computer, we decided to head to the back of the room where there were several gadgets and instruments that we could use or play with. At first glance, we played with the tiny little 3D printed objects such as a tiny T.A.R.D.U.S, the phone booth from Doctor Who, a sofa chair, several phone cases, a puzzle cylinder, a few fidget cubes and spinners, and some other cool printed replicas of icons or logos. After a while, one of the adult men came up to us and started to talk to us about the simple google carboard virtual reality box. He told us that we could use our phones to look at beautiful scenery and pictures in the world and experience it as if we were there. We started to look at places such as the Great Wall of China, the Taj Mahal, a beautiful sky lit up by the northern lights, and the breathtaking view of the blue ocean. While attending this Pop Up Makerspace event, my creative and inner passion for innovation and engineering was rekindled. Baruch College is known for its wonderful business programs, but Baruch College is not known for its wonderful resources and opportunities for students to broaden their horizons and interests. Attending this event really made me enjoy the community that Baruch College offers to its students. 

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