a brief overview nextfab:. new terminology hackerspace – clubhouse for technology enthusiast group...
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A brief overview
NextFab:
New Terminology
• Hackerspace– Clubhouse for technology enthusiast group– See http://hackerspaces.org
• FabLab (Fabrication Laboratory)– Community-accessible technical facility for
making physical object; Typically non-profit– Developed by MIT CBA, Gershenfeld– See http://www.fabfoundation.org/fab-labs
/
• Makerspace– Service business offering access to facilities
for making physical objects– See http://nexfab.com
NextFab Mission StatementTo promote innovation, personal fulfillment, and economic development through broad-based• awareness of, • access to, • competence with, and• commerce enabled by,advanced digital design and manufacturing technologies and services.
Reimagining Manufacturing for the 21st Century
Leverage creativity
Offset cost of labor differential
South Philadelphia HubConference
Room Class Room Staff Offices Photo Studio Incubators (5)Large Format
Printing
Lasers & Additive ProcessesElectronics
Textiles
Co-working
Workstations
CafeManual
MachiningCNC
Machining
LoadingWaterjet
WeldingGrinding &
Plasma
Stockroom
Wetlab
PaintboothCNC Routing
Woodshop
2025 Washington Ave, 21000SF - see: http://nextfab.com/facility
Digital Design & MFG Technologies• Design / Reverse Eng.
– SolidWorks (MCAD, CFD, FEA)
– Rhinoceros (Surface / ID)
– Adobe Suite– Altium, Eagle (ECAD)– NextEngine HD Scanner
• Subtractive– Flow Corp. Mach4c 3020– Haas TL2 CNC Lathe– Haas VF3SSYT VMC– ShopBot PRSAlpha CNC
Routers (4’x4’, 5’x12’)– Roland MDX540 mill– Trotec Speedy 500 IR Laser– Trotec Flexx 300 UV/IR Laser• Additive (3D Printing)
• Dimension SST 1200es FDM• Z-Corp Spectrum Z510• 3D Systems ProJet 3500 HD+• RepRap, Fab@Home, DeezMaker Bukito (12)
Metal Shop
Wood Shop
Electronics, 3D Printing, Laser Cutting, Large Format Printing
Services Ladder
Awareness
Access
Competence
Commerce
Tours, open-houses, public eventsYouth and family programs
HW/SW tools & materialsTechnical experts & Community
Training & CertificationApprenticeship
Venture incubationProduct development
General Public
Makers / Inventors Small business
StudentsWorkforce
EntrepreneursCorporate Tech Teams
New productsNew companies
Jobs & Commerce
Awareness: Events & Outreach
• Franklin Institute Science Festival– 500 members of public
• Yards Tap Handle Challenge– 20 designs submitted– 350 attendees
• Department of Making + Doing– dmdphilly.org– STEAM education, Design + Making– Families + Youth
Awareness: Events• ABC Shark Tank TV Show
– NE Regional Talent Search– 700 entrepreneurs camped
• Thunderstorms!
– 2 minute pitches– WallRx - $150k for Int’l license
• Chester Co. Medical Examiner
Awareness: Outreach
Access: Membership
Access: Membership
• Membership: ~600• Who are members?
– Inventors, hobbyists, “makers”– Students– Small business owners– Tech entrepreneurs– Tech staff of large orgs– Artists and arts orgs
23% female / 77% male14-60+ years old
Small Business4% Arts Organization
2%
Individuals55%
Students 39%
Membership by Category
Age distribution by Sex
10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s
FemaleMale
Age group
# Re
porti
ng
Competence: Education
• ~ 1500 class seats / year• ~ 5000 seats since 2010• > 12000 hours since 2010• > 50 classes and courses • Beginner through professional
certification• Technical topics:
– Software & Hardware Tools– Techniques
• Broad topics:– Industrial Design– IP law for entrepreneurs– Business issues for entrepreneurs
Commerce: Product Development Services
Custom commercial luminaire by NextFab:• Parametric design• 3D printed shade• Fabricated metal• UL approval5 units delivered and in service
Medical instrument prototype by NextFab• Redesigned DSP, power, and
optoelectronics systems• Sealed, sterilizable packaging• 3D printed enclosure• Clinical trial-ready12 units delivered and in trials
See: http://nextfabstudio.com/contract-services andhttp://nextfabstudio.com/our-work
Commerce: Manufacturing • FabNet Regional Network
– Product development– Engineering– Manufacturing
Commerce: Incubation• Infinite Invention
– > $2M grant, angel funding ($25k NextFab)– 5 employees on-site– Plug+Play residential PV interface
• Love Park Robotics – NSF SBIR Phase II Grant Recipient– 2 employees on-site– AI+machine vision for autonomous vehicles
• BioMeme (GRADUATED, 6/1/2014)– > $2M venture capital ($25k NextFab)– 13 employees – staying in PHL!– Portable DNA diagnostics
• Ephemeron Labs – 1 employee on-site– Electron microscope control systems
• BioBots– 3 employees on-site– 3D printers and materials for biological tissue
printing
Commerce: Access to Capital• BFTP: Technology
Commercialization Fund– $5000 1:1 matching grants– Tangible technology– Proof of concept -> commercialization– Six NextFab clients awarded funds
• NextFab Ventures– $25k stakes in incubated companies– Developing larger fund in partnership
NextFab2025 Washington Ave.Philadelphia, PA 19146
(215) 921 3649