FabLab Empowerment of Creativity Siert Wijnia
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May 13, 2015
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FabLabEmpowerment of Creativity
Siert Wijnia
Past
Present
Future
Digital Revolutions
communication
computation
fabrication
Personal Fabrication Revolution
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld,director of CBA
Personal fabricationExamples
FabLabs Netherlands
• Amsterdam (Waag)
• Den Haag (Deb Design)
• Utrecht (ProtoSpace)
• Texel
• many more
FabLabs worldwide
fabrication andinstrumentation divide
India Costa Rica South Afrika
Norway
Utrecht, NL
Machines in a FabLab
Laser cutter
Vinyl cutter
Milling machine
Milling machine
Video conferencingsystem
Microcontrollers
Machines creating machines
DIY 3D printer
Think global, act local
Share
Ideas
Knowledge
Train your peers
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
Bottom-up
Empowerment EmpowermentEmpowerment
Education
Problem solving
Job creation
Invention
Education
FabLabEmpowers
yourCreativity
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