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An Introduction to ProtoSpace, FabLab Utrecht 17 december 2008

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An Introduction to ProtoSpace,

FabLab Utrecht17 december 2008

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Digital Revolutions

communication

computation

fabrication

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Basis of the revolutionsTreshold

Error reduction

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Past

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Present

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Future

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Origin of FabLab

• Class “How to make (almost) anything”

Prof. Neil Gershenfeld,director of CBA

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Personal fabricationExamples

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Book by Gershenfeld

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First FabLab: Boston

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FabLabs worldwide

fabrication andinstrumentation divide

India

Costa Rica South Afrika

Norway

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FabLabs NetherlandsUtrecht Amsterdam

Den HaagTexel io

Groningen ioDordrecht io

Enschede ioTilburg/Eindhoven io

Rotterdam io

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Think global, act local

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FabCharter

• Mission

• Access

• Education

• Responsibility

• safety

• cleaning up

• operations

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Machines in a FabLab

Laser cutter

Vinyl cutter

Milling machine

Milling machine

Video conferencingsystem

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Microcontrollers

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Machines creating machines

DIY 3D printer (RepRap)

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Share

Ideas

Knowledge

Train your peers

Designs

Just in time education

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Innovation

Open Closed

RepRap Drymate

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Bottom-up

Empowerment EmpowermentEmpowerment

Education

Problem solving

Job creation

Invention

Education

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FabLabEmpowers

yourCreativity

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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

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ProtoSpace