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