The Underground Open House

On December 2nd, the Foothill College / Krause Center for Innovation (KCI) Underground MakerSpace held two separate Open House events, one for the public and one for Foothill Staff and Community. Between the two events, we had over 100 people in the MakerSpace and a ribbon cutting ceremony. Visitors were able to build boxes cut, using our Cricut Maker, LED Flashlights, or LED Holiday Cards. Additionally, we had our three Dremel 3D Printers running, along with our new Laser Cutter, which created plastic cut and etched keychains commemorating the event.

We are now open for all Foothill College students and selected community members through December 21. We will be closed through the Winter Holidays from December 22 through January 2, 2018. We will reopen to students and the community on January 3, 2018. If you are a community member and wish to become a member of the KCI Underground MakerSpace, please fill out this form.

Tomorrow evening (December 6, 2018) we will be hosting the SVCUE CS for All Playdate in the KCI Underground MakerSpace. Check out this link for more information.

If you would like to take a quick look at the Open House events, the video to the right will give you a peek at all of the different things going on.

As always, if you have any questions or comments for us, please leave comments on this blog, or tweet at us @KCIunderground. twitter.com/kciunderground

We hope that everyone has a fantastic holiday season.

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