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

From: Tofu45 <rpelz34@acsalaska.net>
Date: Tue Nov 08 2005 - 19:53:00 AKST

On Tuesday 08 November 2005 06:17 pm, Stanley Long wrote:
> "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/
>
> ==============================
> 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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Excellent sources. Creative things going on. Thanks Stanley.
  Bob
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