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The mobile FryskLab will make its debut Op 1 september is Frysklab, het mobiele FabLab (Fabrication Laboratory) van Fryslân, voor het eerst in actie tijdens de Uitmarkt in Leeuwarden. FryskLab is een initiatief van Bibliotheekservice Fryslân en is bedoeld om kinderen en jongeren een leuke en inspirerende manier kennis te laten maken met nieuwe technische…

by Bart Bakker – miniFabLab ‘What is the name of a gentleman from jewish heritage who wrote a book and started a movement to learn young people how to work with modern technology?’   Yes, it was the Dutch tech writer Leonard de Vries.   During WWII, when he hid for the nazi’s, he wrote…

I read a quiz question: ‘What is the name of a gentleman from jewish heritage who wrote a book and started a movement to learn young people how to work with modern technology? Isn’t that nice ?

All (71) videos from the European Makertour for the big MakerFaire in Rome on 3 – 6 Oct. are now on-line. They give an insight in what is happening in the european fablab scene. Fablabs are still the main makerspaces, but that might change over the coming years. The wider Makersphere will be the topic…

Some french fablabs, hackerspaces and open-hardware companies have formed a new network: Interfabs. Last night at OHM2013 they had a meeting, where Bart Bakker was invited to sketch the dutch fablab situation. As the french government has decided to support the idea of fablab, Interfabs hopes to aid that process with offering the knowledge that…

The rainshade doubles as a sunshade as the mud is turning solid. Fabfolk is dropping by. Up to now from Paris, Zuerich, Brussels, MIT, Munich, Antwerp and Toulouse.

A better peek inside the Alkmaar Fablab during set-up. Notice the rainshade.