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US Fab Lab wetvoorstel ingediend
Het wetvoorstel over een nationaal Fab Lab Netwerk in de VS is nu ingediend, lezen we op http://www.3dprinter.net/national-fab-lab-network-act-of-2013-bill-introduced.
Lees meerFabLab Toulouse Conference
Drie Nederlandse sprekers stonden afgelopen maand op de FabLab Toulouse Conference. Hieronder zie je de bijdragen van Peter Troxler, Alex Schaub, en Bart Bakker. Peter Troxler: Open Source in Distributed Manufacturing Open Source in Distributed Manufacturing from Peter Troxler Alex Schaub: FabLab Amsterdam – Five Years of Innovation Bart Bakker: Powers of 1?
Lees meerFABFUSE 2012 – First event on Grassroots FabLabs – Amersfoort (NL) 8-11 aug
Most fablabs have been initiated following the MIT topdown method. In Neil Gershenfelds metaphor of ‘$100k, 10k and 1k fablabs” they are of the $100k type. Recently however, there have been several initiatives for a ‘grassroots’ fablab: a bunch of enthousiatic people that want to start a lab with modest finance. Fablab Amerfoort was the…
Lees meerFirst Fablab in Southeast Asia opens in Yogyakarta
Downloadable Design platform, business cases for FabLabs and local production facilities
For the past year Droog Design and Media Guild have been working on the Downloadable Design project. The aim of the project is to create a platform where design goods take the form of a digital blueprint that the consumer takes to the local manufacturer for customizable on-demand production. Through a world wide platform for…
Lees meerFab6 Conference in the Netherlands Starting
After months of preparation volunteers, the Waag Society production team and MIT are ready to welcome you to The yearly global conference about digital fabrication and FabLab community meet-up, August 16th-20th The ‘Stichting FabLab Nederland’, the Dutch FabLab Foundation thanks all those involved in making this event happen! Dank jullie wel! Program All relevant information…
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Begin mei gaat op uitnodiging van het Surinaamse Ministerie van Arbeid, Technologische Ontwikkeling en Milieu (ATM) een delegatie naar Parimaribo, Suriname om daar te praten over de oprichting van een FabLab in Suriname. Een FabLab in Suriname zou een welkome versterking kunnen betekenen van de technologische en creatieve expertise en educatie in het land. Tot…
Lees meerFabLab at SHiFT Conference, Lisbon
This week the SHiFT Conference will take place in Lisbon. The third edition of this conference, looking at the societal impact of technology, has DIY – Do It Yourself as a theme. That is of course a fitting place to discuss FabLab as well! FabLab Netherlands will be well represented at the conference. Protospace‘s Siert…
Lees meerFabLab Barcamp in Bremen, Germany
Last Saturday Karsten Joost and Axel Grischow organized the first meet-up in Germany of people interested in FabLab. There was room for 40 people in the venue, and that number quickly filled up. In fact there was a waiting list for people who would have liked to attend as well. People came from different cities,…
Lees meerThe First FabYearBook Is Here / Come Get It
Yesterday saw the first FabTable (a 6-weekly informal and open get-together of the Dutch FabLab network) of 2010. We kicked off the new year at the CabFabLab in The Hague, with Xander and Gertjan being great hosts again. During the FabTable we printed and released the first ever FabYearBook! With contributions from different labs, lots…
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