The Creator Series, an entrepreneurship program for students interested in producing hardware, will showcase its six teams and their products today at 4:30 pm at Dalhousie University.

The program has taught six student teams from Launch Dal’s Starting Lean and Innovation courses 3D printing technologies, CAD modeling, circuitry design and assembly as well as coding for hardware applications.

With this new knowledge, students with little or no technical expertise were able to create their own physical, functional prototypes to demonstrate how their products work.

“With Launch Dal’s new advocacy towards product-based startups, The Creator Series is paving the way for this new promotion by getting aspiring entrepreneurs to understand that hardware companies are always an option, regardless of their personal background or interests,” said a statement from Launch Dal, the university’s entrepreneurship hub.

The Creator Series’ participants learned the curriculum in 10 workshops – a total of 30 hours – and had access to a range of different tools and technologies to build their creations. These included open source programs and resources, components that are easy to acquire through online and physical retailers, as well as a state-of-the-art 3D printer, the Form 2, which Launch Dal offers to Creator Series students.

Free tickets for the showcase, which will be held in Room 2068 of the Rowe Building, can be found here. 

[Disclosure: Cat Adalay, the leader of the Creator Series, is the daughter of the owners of Entrevestor.]