Hobby Shop
Making music in the Hobby Shop
April 18, 2013
The Shop boasts a long tradition of musical creation and innovation
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Clubs and activities, Faculty, Staff, Student life, Students, Independent Activities Period
Video: A look inside the MIT Hobby Shop
April 17, 2013
Also labeled: Campus services, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Staff, Student life, Students, Undergraduate, Video
Building hands-on instructors
November 18, 2011
Hobby Shop makes MIT’s manus tangible for visiting Singapore professors.
From Anchorage, Alaska, to 77 Massachusetts Avenue
October 26, 2011
Exposure to engineering as a teen steers freshman Sara Falcone to MIT
Design Notes
December 21, 2010
Fall 2010 edition of the MIT Hobby Shop newsletter
Junior wins inaugural campus furniture-design competition
May 7, 2010
Winning bench will be installed at the student center
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Community, Special events and guest speakers, Students
New design competition gives students a chance to leave their mark on MIT
January 27, 2010
The School of Architecture + Planning, along with the MIT Hobby Shop and Campus Activities Complex, launch MADFAB (MIT's Annual Design and Fabrication Competition).
Also labeled: Architecture, Campus services, Community, Contests and academic competitions, Students
Graduate student’s business storms the cinema lighting industry
January 12, 2010
Nuclear Science and Engineering graduate student Michael Short is quickly becoming a leader in the cinema lighting industry with his business, the LEDStorm On-Camera Light, which he designed and built in the MIT Hobby Shop.
Also labeled: Entrepreneurship, Nuclear science and engineering, Business, Student life, Students, Sustainability
Hobby Shop - Cool Tools on Dean Colombo's Beat
December 3, 2009
In Dean Chris Colombo's first Slice of MIT blog post, he describes his delight at finding that the Hobby Shop is within the Division of Student Life. Learn about some great inventions, cool tools and a new romance.
Hobby Shop project garners Popular Mechanics magazine award
October 7, 2009
Greg Schroll '08 named "Most Brilliant Innovator" for his spherical robot.









