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Transcript of How to build a FabLab @ OuiShare Fest 2013
How to build a FabLabMassimo Menichinelli
openp2pdesign.orgDesign for Open Systems, Processes, Projects, Places.
Digital Fabrication and FabLabs
Bits + Atoms: two different directions
From atoms to bits From bits to atoms
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Source: http://cba.mit.edu/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld
Fab Lab: from MIT + Neil Gershenfeld
Source: http://www.google.com/patents?id=rRpqAAAAEBAJ&printsec=drawing&zoom=4#v=onepage&q&f=false
01. Computer attached to machines
Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/LEGO
03. Materials with embedded code
Source: http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosoma
04. Materials with embedded program
Source: http://www.fastcompany.com/biomimicry/training-bacteria-to-grow-consumer-goods
Even IDEO is working on this
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/protospace/5512892072/
Democratizing Digital Fabrication
Source: http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs
FabLab: a global community / network
* A space about bits and atoms* Part of a network* A local and global community* A set of tools* A set of knowledge* A set of processes* A service* Not a franchising* A business* A concept currently under development
Source: http://www.openp2pdesign.org/2013/spaces/what-is-a-fablab/
A Fab Lab is ...
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/7243041170/in/photostream
The experience of digital craftsman
Source: http://fablab.waag.org/project/3d-bass-guitar
Not only prototypes, also complete products
“We fnd this previously unmeasured type of household sector innovation to be quite large: 6.2% of UK consumers - 2.9 million individuals - have engaged in consumer product innovation during the prior 3 years. In aggregate, consumers’ annual product development expenditures are 2.3 times larger than the annual consumer product R&D expenditures of all frms in the UK combined. “
Eric A. Von Hippel, Jeroen De Jong, Steven FlowersComparing Business and Household Sector Innovation in Consumer Products: Findings from a Representative Study in the UK
Source: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1683503
Users innovate – a lot!
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimo_menichinelli/7325704122/in/photostream
Open Source from the practice
Examples of FabLabs
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/37873897@N06/4973326149/
Fab Lab Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Source: http://web.me.com/bartbakker/saguaro/Mini_FabLab.html
Mini Fab Lab (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_fab_lab
Mobile Fab Lab
Sourc: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimo_menichinelli/6766260627/in/set-72157629041599151/
FabLab Barcelona (Spain)
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/massimo_menichinelli/6675540071/in/set-72157628815390223
A (big) FabLab for architecture
Source: http://www.iaacblog.com/blog/2011/iaac-at-fab-7-in-lima-peru/
Barcelona FabCity
FabLabs development I've worked in
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/8112009542/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/8112001335/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)
Source:: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/8005660900/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)
Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaltofablab/7241749322/in/photostream
Aalto FabLab (Helsinki, Finland)
Source: http://www.fablabreggioemilia.org/. Picture: Alessandro Rizzi
FabLab Reggio Emilia (Italy)
MuSe Fablab (Trento, Italy)
Picture: Alessandro Gadotti
MuSe (Trento, Italy)
MuSe Fablab (Trento, Italy)
Best practices for starting a FabLab
Add yourself here:Soruce: http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs
Send your details here:Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/labs/
A FabLab should:
* provide public access to the fablab* subscribe the fab charter* share the same set of tools and processes* partecipate in the global network fo fablabs
Source: http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/ConditionsForFabLabLabel
Conditions for being a Fab Lab
* What is a fablab? Fab labs are a global network of local labs, enabling invention by providing access for individuals to tools for digital fabrication.
• * What's in a fablab? Fab labs share an evolving inventory of core capabilities to make (almost) anything, allowing people and projects to be shared
• * What does the fab lab network provide? Operational, educational, technical, fnancial, and logistical assistance beyond what's available within one lab.
* Who can use a fab lab? Fab labs are available as a community resource, ofering open access for individuals as well as scheduled access for programs.
* What are a fab lab user's responsibilities?
* safety: knowing how to work without hurting people or machines• * operations: assisting with maintaining the lab
* knowledge: contributing to documentation and instruction
* Who owns fab lab inventions? Designs and processes developed in fab labs can be protected and sold however an inventor chooses, but should remain available for individuals to use and learn from.
* How can businesses use a fab lab? Commercial activities can be prototyped and incubated in a fab lab, but they must not conflict with other uses, they should grow beyond rather than within the lab, and they are expected to beneft the inventors, labs, and networks that contribute to their success
August 14, 2012
Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/
Fab Charter
Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/logos/index.html
Fab Lab logo: no trademark
* Start from the local conditions* Think about the community and get it involved* Develop the service, the business model and then
the business plan* Beware of the hidden costs!* Plan enough time for the development of the lab* Balance the team and the resources* Choose carefully the tools* It’s not over yet when you buy the machines* Be part of the network and learn from others* Test the machines and the processes before
opening
Source: http://www.openp2pdesign.org/2013/spaces/10-things-to-do-when-starting-a-fablab/
10 things to do...
(Very) small lab* 25 m2
* 50.000 €* 1 person
Medium lab* 75 m2
* 100.000 €* 2 people
Big lab* > 120 m2
* 200.000 €* 3 people
Scales...
Source: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html
The official list of tools
Laser cutter(Small) CNC
Milling machine
3D printing
(Big) CNCMilling machine
Digital sewing /
embroidery
Vinyl cutter 3D Scanner
Electronics(custom PCBs,
Arduino)
Most common technologies in a FabLab
Laser cutter(Small) CNC
Milling machine
3D printing
(Big) CNCMilling machine
Digital sewing /
embroidery
Vinyl cutter 3D Scanner
Electronics(custom PCBs,
Arduino)
Basic technologies in a FabLab
Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
A service design toolkit
Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Personas: user-centered design
Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Personas: user-centered design
Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Activity Network: structure
Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Activity Network: structure
Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
Business Model Canvas: sketch
Source: https://github.com/OpenP2PDesignOrg/ServiceDesignToolkit
System Map: flows
