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FabLab Community Building
As part of a guest lecture on supporting knowledge work in complex environments and creating circumstances for community building, I worked with a group of students ‘concept and product design’ in the last month. We used FabLab as a case. I asked the students to come up with both on- and off-line elements to help…
Lees meerFabLab Platform Brainstorm
Today eight of us spent half a day under the guidance of Frank Houben, to brainstorm about an on-line FabLab platform for sharing experiences, knowledge and projects between FabLabs, FabLab users and the general public. Nine people brainstorming at the Amsterdam FabLab We focused on the goals and stakeholders involved, as well as what seem…
Lees meerGetting to Know FabLab Machines
After the workshop last week Friday on experimenting with Lego Mindstorms and Arduino open source hardware, I returned to the ProtoSpace FabLab in Utrecht today. This time around it was all about learning to work with the machines the FabLab is equipped with: a laser cutter, a vinyl cutter, a milling machine and a full…
Lees meerArduino, Mindstorms and Phidgets at ProtoSpace
One of the more interesting developments in web technology at the moment is the move to so called transient technology: taking applications out of your laptop screen and making them part of pieces of hardware in your physical surroundings. We are moving towards an ‘internet of things’ where everyday objects are connected to the internet…
Lees meerWanted: Lab Trainee
FabLab Amsterdam zoekt een trainee: From november 1, 2008, we are looking for a trainee for the fablab in Amsterdam for a period of 3 months. Are you a creative mind studying in the design field and always wanted to know more about digital fabrication? At Waag Societys Fablab, you can get your hands on…
Lees meerDutch 'How to make (almost) anything' Excellence
We have 2 Dutch participants joining the How to make (almost) Anything! course at MIT’s FabLab with Neil Gershenfield. Follow Alex Schaub’s results here. And follow Nadya Peek’s results here. Alex is labmanager at FabLab Amsterdam; he’s following the course remotely via videoconferencing, a pilotrun of the FabAcademy. Nadya Peek is a former Mediamatic employee…
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