The Fab Academy provides instruction and supervises investigation of mechanisms, applications, and implications of digital fabrication. The academy is a new distributed education platform built on the infrastructure of the international Fab Lab network and taught by MIT professor Neil Gershenfeld and a global roster of visiting faculty and local instructors.
A Better World by Design is a three-day internationally acclaimed conference in Providence, RI that connects students, professionals, and individuals from a variety of disciplines in order to build a global community of socially conscious and passionate innovators. Presenters share engaging stories, workshops teach creative skills, and discussions reframe perspectives. A Better World by Design is an immersive experience, one that deepens our understanding of the power of design, technology, and enterprise to reshape our communities and sustain our environment.
What is Hackers? Only the best movie ever made, with or without hackers. If you’ve never seen it, it was a Hollywood hacksploitation movie released in ’95, featuring cool teen gray-hats battling frowny squares. Oh yeah. Despite its inauspicious premise, the film actually touched on numerous positive notes about the hacker community, thanks in part […]
