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FAB ACADEMY2010-2011
FAB LAB LIMA
THE CENTER FOR
BITS AND ATOMSMassachusetts Institute of Technology
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advancedarchitectureof Catalonia
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Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
FAB ACADEMY2010-2011
The Fab Academy provides instruction and supervises investigation of mechanisms, applications,and implications of digital fabrication.
Just as communications and computation went from analog to digital, resulting in PCs and the Internet, the digitalization of fabrication is leading to personal fabricators that will allow anyone to make almost anything, anywhere. The development of digital fabrication is based on creating codes that don’t just describe things, they are things, much as proteins are coded in molecular biology. This research road map is ultimately aiming at a Star Trek-style replicator, but prototype versions of these capabilities are already available in field “fab labs”.
Fab labs began as an outreach project from MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), and spread around the world. The Fab Academy was launched to provide access to advanced instruction for students in these labs exceeding the educational resources locally available to them. It links groups of students and instructors in fab labs, with online video collaboration and lectures by a global faculty. Unlike remote
instruction from a central campus, the digital fabrication tools in a fab lab effectively allow the campus to come to the student, for distributed rather than distance education. The Fab Academy offers Certificates on relevant technical topics, and a Diploma aimed at vocational and technical training for employment and investment (along with assistance to its graduates in those areas).These are accredited by the Fab Academy; it is anticipated that they will by followed by a Bachelor’s degree to be offered under applicable regional accreditation, along with post-graduate study.
Fab Academy Certificates provide familiarity with technical options and capabilities, hands-on experience, and direction for further study. Each requires, and is evaluated by, developing and documenting projects. They are periodically renewed to reflect best practices. The Certificates typically require 1-2 weeks. They are combined in the Diploma, which is roughly comparable to completing MIT’s rapid-prototyping course “How To Make (almost) Anything”. It requires about 1 year, with progress evaluated by skills and projects rather than time or credits.
Welcome to the future!
< Fab Academy Network 2010 Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
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The Fab Academy is the spine of the Fab Education, it is the global university in Digital Fabrication, where the campus is the planet and the classrooms are the local Fab Labs. To be part of the Fab Academy, local labs should have trained and certificated tutors or gurus, which should be previously trained in the Fab Academy at any other Fab Lab. The Fab Academy will provide the human capital for the Fab Labs, who will be able to replicate the experience at their host labs.
The Fab Education not only consists on Fab Academy Diploma program, but has the following possibilities (among many others):- Boot Camps- Local workshops- Specialized training for professionals, teachers and students- Special activities
Fab labs have spread from inner-city Boston to rural India, from South Africa to the North of Norway.
Distributed Campus
Activities in fab labs range from technological empowerment to peer-to-peer project-based technical training to local problem-solving to small-scale high-tech business incubation to grassroots research.
Projects being developed and produced in fab labs include solar and wind-powered turbines, thin-client computers and wireless data networks,analytical instrumentation for agriculture and healthcare, custom housing, and rapid-prototyping of rapid-prototyping machines.
Initially, Fab Academy 2010 - 2011 program will be held at the following Fab Labs among the global network
( ) Amsterdam( ) Barcelona( ) Boston( ) Iceland ( ) Kenya ( ) Lima( ) Norway( ) Pune ( ) South Africa ( ) United States
< Fab Lab Providence 2010 Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
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courses
Fab Academy Diploma is based on the sum of individual certificates, this certificates could be taken individually from the diploma.
(1 week)o digital vs analog+ threshold theorems+ universality+ communications+ computation+ fabricationo survey+ tools+ processes+ researcho network+ Fab Foundation, Fund, Academy+ Fab Chartero safety+ mechanical+ optical+ electrical+ chemical
(2 weeks)o design practiceso hierarchical, parametric, procedural, algorithmicdesigno boundary, function representationso rendering and animationo toolpath generationo file formatso physical modeling
First Term. From October 6th 2010 to June 2011
1. Digital fabrication principles and practices
2. Computer-aided design, manufacturing and modeling
3. Computer-controlled cutting
4. Collaborative technical development and project management
5. Computer-controlled machining
6. Electronics design and production
(2 weeks)o types+ waterjet, EDM, ...o knife+ tools+ materials+ speed, forceo laser+ types+ materials+ speed, power, rate+ maintenance+ safety
(1 week)o version controlo synchronizationo mergingo remote desktopso videoconferencingo scheduling
(1 week)o typeso toolingo materialso speeds, feedso fixturing
(2 weeks)o electricity and electronicso component types and selectiono schematic designo PCB designo PCB fabricationo PCB assemblyo test equipment
< Fab Lab BCN 2010 Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
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courses7. Embedded programming
8. 3D molding and casting
9. Interface and application programming
10. 3D scanning and printing
11. Sensors, actuators, and displays
12. Embedded networking and communications
(2 weeks)o processor typeso microcontroller architectureo in-circuit programmingo embedded programming languageso development tools and environmentso debugging
(2 weeks)o typeso soft toolingo mold design and manufactureo casting materialso composites
(2 weeks)o interface protocolso application languageso graphicso user interfaces
(1 week)o typeso formatso scanningo printingo materials
(2 weeks)o sensorso actuatorso displays
(2 weeks)o networking fundamentalso network protocolso physical layers
13. Machine design
14. Digital fabrication applications and implications
15. Digital fabrication project development
16. Invention, intellectual property and business models
(3 weeks)o motors and actuatorso motion controlo machine controlo rapid-prototyping of rapid-prototyping machines
(1 week)o furnitureo housingo transporationo healthcareo environmento energyo playo arto development
(2 weeks)o conceptiono proposalo reviewo prototypingo debugging, developmento presentationo documentation
(1 week)o copyrighto patentso free and open-source modelso revenue modelso case histories
< Fab Lab Providence 2010 Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
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The Fab Academy faculty is coordinated by MIT CBA's Director Prof. Neil Gershenfeld, and currently includes:
Fab Academy ProductionSherry Lassiter, Center for Bits and Atoms Program [email protected]
Fab Academy ProductionVicente Guallart, Director IaaC
Fab Academy CoordinationTomas Diez, Fab Lab Bcn Project [email protected]
Fab Academy instructorVictor Freundt, Fab Lab Lima Director
Fab Academy instructorBenito Juarez, Fab Lab Lima Director
Fab Lab Lima
faculty
< Fab Lab House, BCN 2010 Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
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local Fab Labs contact
Amsterdam
Barcelona
Iceland
India
Kenya
Lima
Norway
Providence
South Africa
Alex Schaub [email protected]
Tomas Diez [email protected]
Frosti Gislason [email protected]
COEP (in Pune) Professor Ahuja [email protected] Ashram (Pabal, near Pune) YogeshKulkarni (Director)[email protected]
Kamau Gachigi [email protected]
Victor [email protected]
Haakon Karlsen [email protected]
Shawn Wallace [email protected]
Bongani Mdluli [email protected]
< Fab Lab Providence 2010 Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
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Tuition fees are variable according to local fab labs.Global Fab Academy fees are:
Fab Academy Diploma 5.000 (Eur or USD, depending on location)
Complete scholarships (2 places):
To apply for a complete scholarship please send to [email protected] a letter of intent (no more than 250words), explaining the conditions and reasons to be the beneficiary of this program.
Fab Lab Lima scholarship
3.500 USD for All selected (includes a flexible payment program)
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Tuition feeandScholarships
Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
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The last Fab Academy graduation ceremony took place at Fab6 World Conference in Amsterdam - The Netherlands in August 2010. This Fab Academy version is starting on October 2010.Fab7 Conference and Symposium will be held by Fab Lab Lima in Peru next August 2011. Following South Africa, Chicago, India and Amsterdam, the 7th Fab Conference will gather together the international Fab Lab community for first time in latin America. Different workshops, conferences and activities will be planned by the Fab7 team, with the support of Fab Lab Barcelona and Fab Foundation Spain.
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graduation ceremony
Fab Lab Network: http://fab.cba.mit.edu - Fab Academy: www.fabacademy.org - Fab Lab Lima: www.fablablima.com
The seventh international Fab Lab conference LIMA 2011
FAB LAB LIMATHE CENTER FOR
BITS AND ATOMSMassachusetts Institute of Technology
IaacInstitute for
advancedarchitectureof Catalonia
Facultad de ArquitecturaUrbanismo y Artes FAUA-UNI
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