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Fab Academy Students Challenged to Make Something BIG

Fab Academy Students Challenged to Make Something BIG

The Fab Academy program is a distributed educational model providing advanced digital fabrication instruction for students through a unique, hands-on curriculum and access to technological tools and resources. In this series, Erin, aka RobotGrrl is going to be sharing her experiences with the program as she progresses through the courses. The assignment this week at […]

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3D Printed Shoes and the Coolest Hello World Boards You’ve Ever Seen at Fab Academy

The Fab Academy program is a distributed educational model providing advanced digital fabrication instruction for students through a unique, hands-on curriculum and access to technological tools and resources. In this series, Erin, aka RobotGrrl shares her experiences with the program as she progresses through the courses. In this adventure we worked on electronics production, design, and 3d […]

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Fab Lab DC’s Phyllis Klein Takes Her “Remember2” Wearable to the White House

Fab Lab DC’s Phyllis Klein Takes Her “Remember2” Wearable to the White House

The co-founder of Fab Lab DC wore her final project, a programmable, origami-inspired bracelet that sparkles at intervals to remind the wearer to do something, such as get up and move, take a break, exercise, or re-focus.

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Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2013

Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2013

The Fab Academy Providence is accepting applications for their 2013 program. This is a six-month long digital fabrication program that’s directed by Neil Gershenfeld and is based on his MIT rapid prototyping course, How to Make (Almost) Anything. Deadline for applications is November 30, 2012.

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Fab Academy and “How To Make Something That Makes (Almost) Anything” Are a Wrap

Fab Academy and “How To Make Something That Makes (Almost) Anything” Are a Wrap

The third year of the Fab Academy wrapped up last week, with the 70 odd students giving their final project presentations at 13 Fab Labs scattered around the world. The Fab Academy is a distributed education platform built on top of the Fab Lab network; at the core is a curriculum of weekly projects and […]

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Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2012

Providence, RI Fab Academy Now Accepting Applications for 2012

The Providence, RI branch of the Fab Academy is now accepting applications for the 2012 session taking place from January 2 2010 – June 30, 2012. The deadline for applications is December 10th. However, applications will be processed as they are submitted and class size is limited.

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