Physics and Media Laboratory

The work of the Physics and Media Group is supported by a broad range of resources for fabriation and characterization. For rapid prototyping there is a CompuMachine NC mill with a network interface, a Stratasys 3D printer, an injection molder, and an LPKF board mill for making PC boards. Electronics design is aided by analog and digital workspaces, including RF instrumentation covering the entire usable electromagnetic spectrum from DC to light. Materials analysis and processing is done with an Instron press, a 2T electromagnet, and high-temperature and low-temperature furnaces. Most every kind of computer is available, from the smallest microcontroller to the largest supercomputer. These tools, along with production runs of prototype systems developed with them, are made available to the members of the Media Lab community and sponsors; they can find internal information available here.