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SocialFab 2013

Digital Revolution 3.0

Emergence of Social Fabrication

BHN Seminar

2013.7.12

Izumi Aizu<[email protected]>

Institute for InfoSociomonicsInstitute for HyperNetwork Society

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Digital Revolution

1.0 Personal Computer

2.0 Internet/Mobile

3.0 Social Fabrication

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What is “Social Fabrication”?

Personalized Fabrications connected over the Net

Sharing of data/process/artifacts

Made possible by: FabLabs

Makers Movements

Education

Social Framework

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Three Books showing the future

Fab FabLife MAKERSNiel Gershenfeld Hiroya Tanaka Chris Anderson

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How does Future Kitchen look like?

Universal Cooking Machine? Self-build, not impossible. Sharing digital recipes Oven, food processor, pan together

with refrigerator

?

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Development of Information Society

3rd Industrial Revolution x 1st Information Revolution

Prof. Shumpei Kumon

3rd Industrial Revolution

First Info Revolution

Present

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Digital Fabrication is Social Fabrication by nature

Digitization of Fabrication ＝

Informatization of Industry（“Makers ”） ↓

2nd phase of Information Society: socialization

Digitization enables Social Fabrication (Sharing the process and product together)

Whole value chains transformed Fabnomics?

テキスト

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Rise of FabLab

Prof. Niel Gershenfeld, (Director of

Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT)

Some 150 Labs around the globe

A new social movment

“Fab9” Conf in Japan, Aug 2013

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President Obama promoting Fab/Makers

2013 SOTU Speech: 15 Innovation Centers nationwide

1,000 3D Printers in Primary schools

STEM（Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Education program

Makers Movement

French PM Ayrault visited FacLab @University of

Cergy-Pontoise Gennevilliers. Paris

Jean-Marc Ayrault,

Prime Minister of France,

w/ 4 ministers 2013.2.28

PM Ayrault and 4 Minister and the Governor

visited FacLab near Paris, Feb 28, 2013 to

“catch up” the Netherland

This Thursday, February 28, 2013, the FacLab (at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, Gennevilliers ) received the visit of Jean-Marc Ayrault, Prime Minister, accompanied by Flower Pellerin (Minister Delegate to the Minister of Recovery productive, responsible Small and Medium Business, Innovation and the Digital Economy), Geneviève Fioraso (Minister for Higher Education and Research), Nicole Bricq(Minister of Trade) and Victorin Lurel (Minister of Overseas ), not forgetting Mr. Pierre-André Peyvel, prefect of Hauts de Seine, in full uniform.

François Germinet, President of the University, has guided all these people (and many other accompanying with a bunch of journalists) to our magical den to pass the baton to Emmanuelle Roux, Laurent and Olivier Ricard Gendrin.

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What is a “FabLab”?

A fab lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication

A fab lab is generally equipped with an array of flexible computer controlled tools that cover several different length scales and various materials, with the aim to make "almost anything"

This includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production

While fab labs have yet to compete with mass production and its associated economies of scale in fabricating widely distributed products, they have already shown the potential to empower individuals to create smart devices for themselves.

These devices can be tailored to local or personal needs in ways that are not practical or economical using mass production

wikipedia

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Manufacturing process

in Industrial Society

Planning Design Mfg Sales UserUserUserMfg UserDesign Mfg UserPlanning Design Mfg Distribution

User

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Manufacturing process

in Information Society

FabLab vision:We can make (almost) anything we want

Planning Mfg User Planning

Mfg User

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FabLabs expanding globally

234 FabLabs in Feb 2013; was 145 in Nov 2012

One opened inside Paris in March 2013

Many in developing world: India, Nepal, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa etc.

http://fablabamersfoort.nl/nl/fablabs-globally

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FabLabs are Growing 20% /month- similar to Internet traffic in 1990s

If this continues,16,000 in 2015

1,000,000 in 2017

FabLabs in Asia (2012)India Ahmedabad National Innovation Foundation

India Delhi Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology

India Kanpur Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

India Pune COEP FAB LAB College of Engineering

Japan Kamakura FabLab Kamakura, Kanagawa

Japan Tsukuba FPGA Cafe/ FabLab Tsukuba

South Korea Seoul TIDE Fab Lab Seoul

Indonesia Yogyakarta HONF House of Natural Fiber

Russia Moscow MHTCh FabLab

Russia St Petersburg

Taiwan Taipei Fablab Taipei

Taiwan Taipei Fablab Taiwan

Turkey Istanbul Cibali, Istanbul

Turkey Istanbul Camlica, Uskudar

Vietnam Hué Maison des savoirs

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Global Collaboration beyond borders

Networked globally, FabLabs collaborate each otherSharing info via FabWiki, 24-h synchronization via Video Conf. system

FabLab operations are diverse: run by University, Research and Educational organizations, Community Center, Cultural institutions, or individuals

Photo by FabLab Kamakura

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Some FabLab equipment 3D Printer, Laser Cutting Machine,

CNC Milling Machine, etc.

3D Printer Laser Cutting Machine

CNC Milling Machine

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New Tools are coming up

3D Pen, using KickStarter 3D Knitting Machine

3D Cutter?Lunch Box Builder

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Fabulous Products


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Potential of FabLab

Build new type of Information Society

Develop next generation of leaders

Innovate not only manufacturing, but the whole society together

Creating “Sharables”/linkages instead

of products

Combined with ICT, traditional craftsmanship will leap

Deeply rooted with community

Global reach and collaboration

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Fields covered by FabLab

Appropriate Technology

Art

Empower small factories

New type of R&D

Business and Commerce

Empower local community

Education

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Some Issues and Challenges

Sustainable Development Human Resources Business base/model

Education Legal Issues

Open Source vs IPR Product Liability Licensing Schemes

Standardization Global standard

Global Policy Framework Governance