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'''Fab Labs''' at MIT, at http://cba.mit.edu/projects/fablab | '''Fab Labs''' at MIT, at http://cba.mit.edu/projects/fablab | ||
'''A research institute involved in the attempt to develop Personal Fabricators.''' | '''A research institute involved in the attempt to develop [[Personal Fabricators]].''' | ||
=Description= | |||
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His most recent book, '''FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop—From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication''', explores the ability to design and produce your own products, in your own home, with a machine that combines consumer electronics with industrial tools. Such machines, Personal fabricators, offer the promise of making almost anything-including new personal fabricators and as a result revolutionize the world just as personal computers did a generation ago." | His most recent book, '''FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop—From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication''', explores the ability to design and produce your own products, in your own home, with a machine that combines consumer electronics with industrial tools. Such machines, Personal fabricators, offer the promise of making almost anything-including new personal fabricators and as a result revolutionize the world just as personal computers did a generation ago." | ||
(http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail460.html) | (http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail460.html) | ||
=Directory= | |||
A few of the labs' websites: | |||
* http://fab.cba.mit.edu/ - Fab Central | |||
* http://www.fablab.no/ - Lyngen, Norway | |||
* http://www.fablab.co.ke/ - Kenya | |||
* http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/tec/ - Costa Rica | |||
* http://www.fablab.nl/ - Netherlands | |||
* http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/vigyan/ - India | |||
* http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/setc/ - Boston | |||
* http://www.iaac.net/web/en/FabLabInfo.php - Barcelona | |||
* http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/tti/ - Ghana | |||
* http://www.fablab.co.za/home.php?link=2 - Pretoria, South Africa | |||
* http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/soshanguve/ - Soshanguve, South Africa | |||
* http://turlif.org/jff/ - Japan | |||
* http://mobilefablab.blogspot.com/ - Mobile Fab Lab (a Nascar trailer outfitted with all the basic devices of a Fab Lab) | |||
=More Information= | |||
#Read the [[Digital Fabrication Primer]] | |||
#Watch the [[Videos on Personal Fabrication]] | |||
Revision as of 11:36, 1 November 2007
Fab Labs at MIT, at http://cba.mit.edu/projects/fablab
A research institute involved in the attempt to develop Personal Fabricators.
Description
"What if you could design and produce your own products, in your own home, with a machine that can be used to make almost anything? Imagine if you didn't have to wait for a company to sell the product you wanted but could use your own personal fabricator to create it instead. Neil Gershenfeld, Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, believes that personal fabricators will allow us to do just that and revolutionize our world.
His most recent book, FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop—From Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication, explores the ability to design and produce your own products, in your own home, with a machine that combines consumer electronics with industrial tools. Such machines, Personal fabricators, offer the promise of making almost anything-including new personal fabricators and as a result revolutionize the world just as personal computers did a generation ago." (http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail460.html)
Directory
A few of the labs' websites:
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/ - Fab Central
- http://www.fablab.no/ - Lyngen, Norway
- http://www.fablab.co.ke/ - Kenya
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/tec/ - Costa Rica
- http://www.fablab.nl/ - Netherlands
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/vigyan/ - India
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/setc/ - Boston
- http://www.iaac.net/web/en/FabLabInfo.php - Barcelona
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/tti/ - Ghana
- http://www.fablab.co.za/home.php?link=2 - Pretoria, South Africa
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/soshanguve/ - Soshanguve, South Africa
- http://turlif.org/jff/ - Japan
- http://mobilefablab.blogspot.com/ - Mobile Fab Lab (a Nascar trailer outfitted with all the basic devices of a Fab Lab)
More Information
- Read the Digital Fabrication Primer
- Watch the Videos on Personal Fabrication