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Following the Mythbuster star's visit to the university last summer, Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) is putting the finishing touches on its Jamie Hyneman Center.
During a lecture he held on his visit there last year, Hyneman underscored the importance of collaboration in various fields of study, emphasising that science was like a game of experimentation. The institution apparently agreed with his ideas -- and the new centre, which will officially open in the autumn, is their response.
According to the project's manager, Terhi Virkki-Hatakka, the school hopes the 300 square-metre facility will draw students from across different fields from the university and the nearby polytechnic.
Students are free to use the facilities as they please. The center features working spaces and labs for exploring novel uses and applications of materials like electronics, wood, plastics and metal. Creators behind the project say that ideas often hatch in informal circumstances, so the institution wants to give student innovators the power to harness those ideas as they sprout.
[...] The Jamie Hyneman Center will be unveiled on September 29.
https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/university_seeks_innovators_not_test-takers/10223079
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 26 2018, @10:47AM
In high school (class of '71) my honor student (AP) peers were surprised that I took metal shop, and a few of them questioned my decision. But I would not say that it was enough to warrant the term "stigma". As well as being fun and useful, the shop class also turned out to be an easy A and I learned a great deal from the instructor. I also got to rub elbows with a good bunch of kids who were not college bound. Last time I checked, my old school doesn't offer classes like this anymore, a sad state of affairs.
In a way I've made a career of this -- I own a tiny engineering company that provides specialized software tools. It seems like part of my success is being willing (and able) to talk with people across traditional blue collar & white collar jobs. Often the solution to a problem comes from someone at a low level that isn't being heard by management.