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FabTable August 25th: FabLab Arnhem
(English version below) Woensdag 25 augustus is er weer een FabTafel. Na een week vol Fab6, treffen we elkaar in het gloednieuwe FabLab Arnhem! Je bent vanaf 15:00 van harte welkom. De vorige FabTafel bezochten we ook al een nieuw FabLab, dat in Leuven, om Marc Lambaerts eindelijk eens een tegenbezoek te kunnen brengen na…
Lees meerThe FabLab Truck Is Rolling Again: Hamburg
If you think a FabLab is cool, then you probably think a mobile FabLab is doubly cool. It not only does what a FabLab does, but you can invite it to come to you. That’s exactly what the people behind the Hamburg FabLab initiative have done. To demonstrate to interested people what a FabLab can…
Lees meerFifth FabLab in the Netherlands formally opened: FabLab Arnhem
Today the FabLab Arnhem officially opened. FabLab Arnhem is housed at the HAN, university for applied sciences in Arnhem. With great enthusiasm a large group of people at the HAN worked to make it happen, and today that effort came to fruition. In the presence of Glorianna Davenport, of MIT’s Medialab, the birthplace of the…
Lees meerFabTafel in Amsterdam 2 juni / FabTable in Amsterdam June 2nd
(English version below) Woensdag 2 juni is er weer een FabTafel. We zijn te gast bij FabLab De Waag in Amsterdam. Tijd dus om weer eens met elkaar bij te praten, en ervaringen uit te wisselen. Je bent vanaf 15:00 van harte welkom in het gebouw Pakhuis de Zwijger. Naast elkaar bijpraten over de laatste…
Lees meerFabLab Documentary
As described earlier there was a large FabLab presence at the SHiFT conference in Lisbon last week. Part of that was a documentary about FabLab. This 14 minute film was made by Elmine Wijnia, based on 2 days of filming in 2 FabLabs, and doing interviews with both visitors and staff of the labs. The…
Lees meerSHiFT 2010: Maker Households
Last week the SHiFT conference took place in Portugal. FabLab and personal production were a large part of the program, as you can read in a previous posting. My talk ‘Maker Households’ was the closing key-note of the SHiFT conference last Saturday. This posting gives you the slides (with text) and the video of my…
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 meerFabTable April 21st At FabLab De Waag in Amsterdam
English version below Woensdag 21 april is er weer een FabTafel. We zijn te gast bij FabLab De Waag in Amsterdam. Tijd dus om weer eens met elkaar bij te praten, en ervaringen uit te wisselen. Je bent vanaf 15:00 van harte welkom in Pakhuis de Zwijger. Op het programma staat de Nederlandse premiere van…
Lees meerFabTable In The New FabLab Groningen
Yesterday saw a great turnout at the FabTable (held every 6 weeks). Our hosts were Thuur, Bart and Peter at the brand new FabLab Groningen. They opened their doors March 1st (official opening on the 31st). With delegations from The Hague, Utrecht, Amsterdam, Enschede, Leuven (Belgium) and even Iceland, it was a great afternoon that…
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,…
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