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The FAB Lab: Equipment
One thing we’ve been lacking is a good resource on the FAB LAB… a quick guide to what we have to offer and what it does. Well, now our FAB LAB intern Becky has taken care of all that. Peruse the post...
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Learning Language while Learning to Cook
My primary academic and career interest is foreign language instruction. As both a language teacher and student, I’m often thinking about fun and enriching ways to learn language. Too often, students...
View ArticleTalking Plants
Weekly meetings for those of us employed at the CE yield productivity, motivation to get projects up and running, as well as a few… odd ideas every once in a while. We’ve discussed temporary tattoos...
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The Landfill Harmonic Recycled Orchestra
The Cateura Dump is a landfill in Bañado Sur, Paraguay, along the Paraguay River, and here more than 1,500 tons of solid waste is dumped each day. Not only that, but mismanagement of the waste has...
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Park District: Speak Up for Your City
If you’ve spent any time walking around Downtown East Lansing, you’ll have noticed the series of unsightly buildings located along Grand River Avenue at Abbot Road that have been vacant for longer than...
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Beanie Baby Blast
Remember this? Or this? How about these? What would you think if I told you that these beloved, plush Beanie Babies turned 20 years old this year? It’s...
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Streaming Services Altering the Media Industry
Internet streaming services are changing the way we monetize movies and especially TV shows. How often do we watch television at the time it airs now? Now that services like Netflix or Hulu Plus air...
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Smartwatches
A smartwatch, or smart watch (usage varies), is a wristwatch that functions like a wearable computer. Some models can run apps, function as a compass and GPS, take pictures, play media such as radio,...
View ArticleReinventing the Toilet
In 2011, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation issued a challenge to reinvent the toilet. If you haven’t spent much time thinking about toilets lately, you may be wondering why the toilet would even...
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Detroit Resurgent Happening Now!
Have you ever wondered about the fate of Michigan and its big cities in these difficult economic times? Have you ever seen pictures of Detroit like the one below, and wondered how in the world we could...
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Project FLARE to Change the Way Gamers Interact with Content
Project FLARE is a new Cloud Gaming concept being designed by Square Enix and some collaborators to change the function of gaming. By using the cloud as a virtual supercomputer, Project FLARE seeks to...
View ArticleAbout Bike Accidents
With an increase in biking and bike lanes, American cyclists and car drivers are at a cultural crossroads. A quick Google search of “biking + accident” will show that in most cases, the driver is...
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Silver Bells in the City
It is finally that time of year again, when everyone snuggles up in comfortable blankets and sits by the fire with hot cocoa in one hand and a frosted sugar cookie in the other. If you are looking for...
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Little Printers for Little Papers
It’s modern, and it’s vintage. It’s useful, but no one really needs it. It’s the Little Printer by Berg, a design consultancy in London, who debuted their Little Printer in 2011 as a way of delivering...
View ArticleWeek 15 at the CE!
Hey, guys! Do you have any final projects coming up for your classes? The CE is staying open extra long for a few days at the end of our last week of classes. Not only are we opening the space for your...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Secret Santa
Did you get left out of your friends’ gift exchange this year? Don’t worry, reddit has got your back. The self proclaimed “front page of the internet” runs an annual gift exchange through the website...
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Electric Clothes
Here’s a thought: have you ever had your phone die on you while you are out because you haven’t had time to charge it? Are you getting tired of having to bundle up in this cold weather to prevent...
View ArticleGoing with the Flow
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, a Hungarian American psychology professor known mostly for his studies of happiness and creativity, first proposed the idea of flow in the 1980s. Flow, according to the...
View ArticleRelieve Your Stress: Finals Week Events!
For many of us Spartans, this will be our last week on campus until January. For some of us, this will be our last week on campus (as a student) for GOOD. Kind of scary, isn’t it? If you are one of...
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Meet Sarah Fagerman
Well, hello there! My name is Sarah, and I am one of the latest noobz to join forces with the Creativity Exploratory. I’m super excited to be here! I am a junior studying Studio Art and the Arts &...
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