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Throwing Mud with Root3 Labs!
Throwing Mud with Root3 Labs!

Root3 Labs takes the ClayGround Studio! For this year’s company event , the team took a beginners pottery wheel class to learn how to throw some mud around!

UMD Quest Visit
UMD Quest Visit

University of Maryland College Park QUEST Honors Program Visits Root3 Labs !

May 2021-National Inventors Month
May 2021-National Inventors Month

Happy National Inventors Month from Root3 Labs! Check out some of our past prototypes and inventions we had the pleasure of designing.

Laser Cutter Tutorial
Laser Cutter Tutorial

Conrad demonstrates some of the raster and vector cutting techniques used throughout our prototyping process using various fabrication tools.

Nitinol Cookout
Nitinol Cookout

Conrad reviews shape-memory alloy properties and shares a Root3 Labs hack on how to heat-set Nitinol parts at a low cost.

Pumpkin Power! How to build a Self-Powered Illuminated Pumpkin
Pumpkin Power! How to build a Self-Powered Illuminated Pumpkin

By Dionna Moore Want to leverage your pumpkin’s untapped potential? Root3 Labs has created an easy guide to help you build your own self-powered illuminated pumpkin. Need: A pumpkin that can illuminate itself without a candle or an external power source....

Shapeoko CNC Router Tutorial
Shapeoko CNC Router Tutorial

Todd gives an overview of the workflow to get from a design to a finished part using our CNC Router.