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An Introduction to ProtoSpace,
FabLab Utrecht17 december 2008
Digital Revolutions
communication
computation
fabrication
Basis of the revolutionsTreshold
Error reduction
Past
Present
Future
Origin of FabLab
• Class “How to make (almost) anything”
Prof. Neil Gershenfeld,director of CBA
Personal fabricationExamples
Book by Gershenfeld
First FabLab: Boston
FabLabs worldwide
fabrication andinstrumentation divide
India
Costa Rica South Afrika
Norway
FabLabs NetherlandsUtrecht Amsterdam
Den HaagTexel io
Groningen ioDordrecht io
Enschede ioTilburg/Eindhoven io
Rotterdam io
Think global, act local
FabCharter
• Mission
• Access
• Education
• Responsibility
• safety
• cleaning up
• operations
Machines in a FabLab
Laser cutter
Vinyl cutter
Milling machine
Milling machine
Video conferencingsystem
Microcontrollers
Machines creating machines
DIY 3D printer (RepRap)
Share
Ideas
Knowledge
Train your peers
Designs
Just in time education
Innovation
Open Closed
RepRap Drymate
Bottom-up
Empowerment EmpowermentEmpowerment
Education
Problem solving
Job creation
Invention
Education
FabLabEmpowers
yourCreativity
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
ProtoSpace
Movie
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xotvoou1RJs