College Fab Lab Proto Space

An Introduction to ProtoSpace,

FabLab Utrecht17 december 2008

Digital Revolutions

communication

computation

fabrication

Basis of the revolutionsTreshold

Error reduction

Past

Present

Future

Origin of FabLab

• Class “How to make (almost) anything”

Prof. Neil Gershenfeld,director of CBA

Personal fabricationExamples

Book by Gershenfeld

First FabLab: Boston

FabLabs worldwide

fabrication andinstrumentation divide

India

Costa Rica South Afrika

Norway

FabLabs NetherlandsUtrecht Amsterdam

Den HaagTexel io

Groningen ioDordrecht io

Enschede ioTilburg/Eindhoven io

Rotterdam io

Think global, act local

FabCharter

• Mission

• Access

• Education

• Responsibility

• safety

• cleaning up

• operations

Machines in a FabLab

Laser cutter

Vinyl cutter

Milling machine

Milling machine

Video conferencingsystem

Microcontrollers

Machines creating machines

DIY 3D printer (RepRap)

Share

Ideas

Knowledge

Train your peers

Designs

Just in time education

Innovation

Open Closed

RepRap Drymate

Bottom-up

Empowerment EmpowermentEmpowerment

Education

Problem solving

Job creation

Invention

Education

FabLabEmpowers

yourCreativity

FabAcademy

MAS 863How To Make (almost) Anything

Mondays 1:00-4:00 E15-135

Application

People

Schedule: • 9/8: introduction • 9/15: vinylcutter, lasercutter • 9/22: no class (MIT student holiday)

section: CAD, CAM • 9/29: PCB fabrication, board stuffing • 10/6: microcontroller programming • 10/13: no class (Columbus Day)

section: PCB design • 10/20: 3D scanning and printing • 10/27: input devices • 11/3: waterjet cutter, NC mill, router • 11/10: no class (MIT holiday)

section: modeling • 11/17: output devices • 11/24: molding • 12/1: networking and communications • 12/8: final project preparation • 12/15: final project presentations

How To Make (Almost) Anything

ProtoSpace

Movie

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xotvoou1RJs