Difference between revisions of "Virtual designs into physical objects/Fab Labs"
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Commercial versions are now starting to spring too, see http://www.techshop.ws. | Commercial versions are now starting to spring too, see http://www.techshop.ws. | ||
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* [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393124/index.htm CNN article] | * [http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393124/index.htm CNN article] | ||
* [http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465027458 ''FAB The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop] {{en}} from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication'' the book by {{wp|Neil_Gershenfeld|'''Neil Gershenfeld'''}}, head of the [http://cba.mit.edu Center for Bits and Atoms] at {{wp|Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology|MIT}} | * [http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465027458 ''FAB The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop] {{en}} from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication'' the book by {{wp|Neil_Gershenfeld|'''Neil Gershenfeld'''}}, head of the [http://cba.mit.edu Center for Bits and Atoms] at {{wp|Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology|MIT}} | ||
| − | * [http://www.replab.org RepLab - open, replicable FabLabs] | + | |
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| + | * [http://www.replab.org RepLab - open, replicable FabLabs] - very nascent but with great potential. Conventional FabLabs use expensive commercial equipment - RepLab wants to reduce the cost by an order of magnitude and at the same time significantly increase functionality. On top of that it would follow [[RepRap]] principles so that the equipment in a RepLab would be able to create another RepLab. '''Basically multi-material, multi-process RepRap.''' | ||
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| + | * [http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/?p=1254 Introductory article from OpenFarmTech] | ||
Revision as of 23:11, 30 December 2009
Fab Labs (fabrication laboratories) are small scale workshops with modern computer controlled equipment such as...
- Laser cutters
, plasma cutters and water jet cutters - to cut sheet materials such as plastic and metal - CNC machines - computer controlled mills, lathes etc
- Rapid prototyping machines - 3D layered construction
- Printed circuit board milling machines
...giving the ability within one room to create just about anything from engines to electronic devices. The concept was developed at the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT.
Around 34 fab labs have been set up around the world so far to give ordinary people in deprived areas access to this type of machinery to help people create machines and devices for themselves and their community.
Mobile FabLab:
Commercial versions are now starting to spring too, see http://www.techshop.ws.
Links
- MIT Fab lab website
- Wired article
- CNN article
- FAB The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop – from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication the book by Neil Gershenfeld , head of the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT
RepLab - open, replicable FabLabs
- RepLab - open, replicable FabLabs - very nascent but with great potential. Conventional FabLabs use expensive commercial equipment - RepLab wants to reduce the cost by an order of magnitude and at the same time significantly increase functionality. On top of that it would follow RepRap principles so that the equipment in a RepLab would be able to create another RepLab. Basically multi-material, multi-process RepRap.
