Maker Faire Downtown Columbia 2025

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab

Home: Maryland, United States of America

Custom Button Making along the path. Draw, color and create your own custom button to wear with pride! Smashteroids: an Interactive Xr game utilize the Quest headsets where you attempt to protect the Earth from asteroids by crashing the D.A.R.T spacecraft into their path. Glowforge Laser fabrication: see a small form CO2 in action as it rapidly fabricates parts from cast acrylic. Additive Manufacturing through Prusa Printers 3D "holographic" Display technologies

https://jhuapl.edu
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The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHUAPL) is a not-profit research and development center that solves complex research, engineering, and analytical problems for national security and space exploration. As a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), JHUAPL serves as a trusted partner to the U.S. government, delivering innovative solutions across areas such as cybersecurity, missile defense, artificial intelligence, and space science. With a mission-driven culture and deep technical expertise, APL bridges the gap between scientific discovery and real-world application.

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