| Title | Finland's Lappeenranta University of Technology to Open Jamie Hyneman Center in the Fall | |
| Date | Saturday May 26 2018, @08:24AM | |
| Author | janrinok | |
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| from the new-places-to-bust-myths dept. | ||
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
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