We learned how to make a 3D printed macro lens for our smartphone at the 3D Printing Workshop with Saad Chinoy at the Potato Productions Makerspace @Beacon.
How can you make an embroidered item if you don’t know how to embroider? We discovered it’s very possible with the help of AI.
These community workshop spaces offer both low- and high-tech tools, enabling people to come together to collaborate on creating and learning sustainably.
SpudnikLab received a Catalyst award from the IMDA for expanding digital literacy with D.Lit, ran a D.Lit session at social impact hub The Foundry, and participated in World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly this July 2026.
How to equip a makerspace without blowing your budget, while offering flexibility to meet a range of needs? A behind-the-scenes look at how the Potato Productions Makerspace was outfitted for its soft launch on 8th November 2025, told from the perspective of the land The Beacon community space lies on.
The new Potato Productions Makerspace at Beacon Community Space in Taman Jurong is the fruit of a collaboration between Tasek Academy and Social Services, Bernina International and Potato Productions.
In July 2025, SpudnikLab brought their Science Kit prototype to SMP Negeri 3, a middle school in Denpasar, Bali. What unfolded was a glimpse into how accessible, low-cost scientific tools can transform not just what students learn, but how they see the world around them.
Scientific literacy enhances agricultural systems in rhythm with nature for these Balinese orange and coffee farmers in Kintamani, through the low-cost tools of a soil sensor and inexpensive microscope in SpudnikLab's Science Kit prototype.
SpudnikLab's new D.Lit Low Vision Toolkit equips those with vision difficulties navigate smartphones with greater ease.
