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Community & Infrastructure In order to ensure that MIT is positioned for long-lasting impact and leadership, the Innovation Initiative is cultivating enhanced communities and infrastructure to support current and future education, practice, and research. Project Manus is expanding MIT’s network of makerspaces into a comprehensive maker system to meet the needs of a new generation and set the gold standard in academic maker systems worldwide. MIT has long been a leading example of how to integrate making into education—a process in which theory and knowledge are transformed into practical experience and real-world problem-solving skills. Maintaining this leadership requires adaptation of new technology, tools, training, and means of improving access for students. Project Manus’ goal is to maximize the impact of making upon academic and extracurricular life, to foster student communities around maker-based learning, and to provide a maker ecosystem wherein student ideas become world- changing technologies. Mobius A system designed to help the MIT community navigate the vast array of resources used to make or measure available on campus. Mobius also enables facility and equipment managers to manage their spaces, equipment, and user training. MIT community members have access to this system via the Mobius iOS or Android app. MakerLodge A program to train every incoming freshman in the use of maker tools. Once a student has completed their introductory training and successfully built their project, they will be eligible to join one of 10 makerspaces on campus. In addition, they will be matched with communities of other students who have shared interests.