Makerspace

Fab Lab Newton

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Last Updated: February 2026

About Fab Lab Newton

The Fab Lab Newton Makerspace in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Brazil, is a dedicated innovation centre for students, engineers, and creative professionals. it combines professional-grade fabrication equipment — including 3D printers, laser cutters, and microcontroller development kits — with a supportive community of makers and mentors. The lab actively supports the STEM ecosystem in Minas Gerais by hosting workshops on topics ranging from robotics and AI to sustainable design and product development. Entrepreneurs benefit from rapid prototyping capabilities that compress the distance between idea and market-ready product. Fab Lab Newton stands as proof that when tools, knowledge, and community come together, extraordinary things are built.

Description

This lab is an academic Fab Lab, inside of Centro Universitário Newton Paiva. We articulate and make available all equipments and infrastructure for the internal and external community create projects that solves real urban problems. Because of this FabLab, all students, partners and external community can create many more projects in a faster and more collaborative way. We also has a discipline that all our 15k students enrol which is called "Applied Projects” and now we are promoting the use of the FabLab for all those students to create any kind of prototype they want. Besides the disciplines we are constantly providing workshops and courses for the internal and external community to participate. Mon-Fri is open from 8h00 to 22h00. On Wednesdays it is open for the general public.

Who Can Benefit

Students & Researchers

University and school students who want access to fabrication tools, prototyping equipment, and expert mentorship.

Entrepreneurs & Startups

Early-stage founders who need a collaborative space to build, test, and iterate on their hardware or software ideas.

Educators & Trainers

Teachers and trainers who want to run practical STEM workshops, coding bootcamps, or design sprints for their cohorts.

Independent Makers

Hobbyists, artists, and independent inventors who need access to tools and a community of like-minded creators.

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