Presentation of FabLab during the CIC2008 workshop at University Twente

1. FabLab
Empowerment of Creativity
Siert Wijnia

2. Past

3. Present

4. Future

5. Digital Revolutions
communication
computation
fabrication

6. Personal Fabrication
Revolution
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld,
director of CBA

7. Personal fabrication
Examples

8. FabLabs Netherlands
• Amsterdam (Waag)
• Den Haag (Deb Design)
• Utrecht (ProtoSpace)
• Texel
• many more

9. FabLabs worldwide
Utrecht, NL
Norway
fabrication and
instrumentation divide
India Costa Rica South Afrika

10. Machines in a FabLab
Milling machine
Laser cutter
Video conferencing
Vinyl cutter system
Milling machine

11. Microcontrollers

12. Machines creating
machines
DIY 3D printer

13. Think global, act local

14. Share
Ideas
Knowledge
Train your peers

15. FabAcademy
How To Make (Almost) Anything
MAS 863
How 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

16. Bottom-up
Invention
Job creation
Problem solving
Education Education
Empowerment Empowerment Empowerment

17. FabLab
Empowers
your
Creativity