Making is central to MIT’s identity. It is the embodiment of MIT’s motto, “mens et manus” — “mind and hand.” For many students, making is more than designing, engineering, arts, and crafts; it is an act of community. But as campus closed in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in March, makerspaces were shuttered across campus and many students had to abandon their projects. With most of these spaces remaining closed to students over the summer, a remote making resource site for students was recently launched to enable safe making from…
