electronics + fabrication tools + OSS makes a "Fab Lab"

"Fab Lab" is an abbreviation for Fabrication Laboratory. It is a group
of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools,
wrapped in open source software and programs ...
        http://fab.cba.mit.edu/

This is how you make your own GIK's [ Great Invention Kit ]
        http://fab.cba.mit.edu/labs/setc/proc/GIK/

Tools and Processes http://fab.cba.mit.edu/tools/

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When Makeda Stephenson compared flight simulator games sold in computer
stores and didn't find anything she liked, ...

The 13-year-old used a set of computer-controlled manufacturing tools at
a community center ...

In a room filled with computers and tabletop-sized manufacturing
equipment, Stephenson created a pilot's control yoke with motion sensors
she fashioned from a melange of old electronic toys and parts.

        http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/11/08/fab.labs.ap/index.html
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