mechlabs

We are...

Collaborative

Knowledge and experience are now in netwoks of people and communities, not locked in a book or an expert’s head. By working with your peers and our technical mentors, together we accelerate your learning journey and prepare you for the real world working environment. Little is done alone, but much is done together.

Hands-On

Our project-based program is built around building cool stuff. There are no lectures. Jumping in and getting your hands dirty is the best way to gain experience, and motivate you to go deeper where you want to learn more.

Experimental

Innovation happens from experimentation. Our experiments in education led us here, and we will continue to experiment to advance mechatronics education, never resting on our laurels. With the ever-increasing pace of technology, we continue to try new things.”

Manifesto

Rebel with~~out~~ a cause

We love to learn but hate to be taught. None of us were good students in a traditional sense. We were bored, distracted, or just hated to be told how to think. Sure some of us hacked our schooling, looking on the outside like everyone else, while secretly gaming the system. What unites us is that we were voracious in our appetite to build and learn what inspired us… and we felt like school failed us in that pursuit.

Failure to Launch

Put everyone in a room, force them to learn at the same pace, and be sure to be comprehensive and orderly. This creates standardization – great for testing, not so good for developing human potential. Why do we think this is the most efficient way to educate? It is certainly easier to measure outcomes and easier for teachers. It is bad for motivation and autonomy, and it takes an exceptional teacher to inspire in this format.

Is it a wonder that the best schools perform better when they only accept the best students? It is a system built to reward those that reinforce the system, not those failed by it. What would an education be like that taught students to learn how to learn?

Educational Futurism

We believe in a system that gives equal opportunity to disadvantaged and exceptional alike. With all the knowledge of human history instantly available, education becomes about cutting through the noise and applying concepts in practice. Experience in applying solutions and problem solving is weighted above how much one can fit in their heads and recall. The rate of technological advancement will surpass the ability for human comprehension. Instead we will be free to focus on learning only what we want to learn. We will be driven to learn foundational knowledge by necessity, and be given the autonomy to decide that.

Our Flying Car Factory

We are pursuing what inspires us, mechatronics. A broad category incorporating, mechanical , electrical, and software engineering. Our core philosophy is that in the act of building something, the process guides the learning path. We aim to change the way engineering is taught, resulting in more capable engineers able to demonstrate experience, and actually build useful technology into the future.