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Fab lab

Fab lab
A fab lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication.[1][2] A fab lab is generally equipped with an array of flexible computer controlled tools that cover several different length scales and various materials, with the aim to make "almost anything".[3] This includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production. While fab labs have yet to compete with mass production and its associated economies of scale in fabricating widely distributed products, they have already shown the potential to empower individuals to create smart devices for themselves. These devices can be tailored to local or personal needs in ways that are not practical or economical using mass production. History[edit] Popular equipment and projects[edit] Flexible manufacturing equipment within a fab lab can include: FabFi[edit] List of labs[edit] MIT maintains a listing of all official Fab Labs, worldwide. See also[edit] References[edit]

Printed circuit board milling Milled Printed Circuit Board Printed circuit board milling (also: isolation milling) is the process of removing areas of copper from a sheet of printed circuit board material to recreate the pads, signal traces and structures according to patterns from a digital circuit board plan known as a layout file. Similar to the more common and well known chemical PCB etch process, the PCB milling process is subtractive: material is removed to create the electrical isolation and ground planes required. Advantages[edit] PCB milling has advantages for both prototyping and also for some specialist PCB designs. Prototyping can provide a fast-turnaround board production process without the need for wet processing. Some PCBs, requiring extensive drilling or profiling of the board outline are particularly suitable for production by milling. In mass production, milling is unlikely to replace etching although the use of CNC is already standard practice for drilling the boards. Hardware[edit] Tooling[edit]

Innovation ouverte Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Elle peut concerner tous les domaines de la recherche. Dans sa matérialisation économique, elle se traduit souvent par des plates-formes et outils d'échanges de type Give and Get (donner/recevoir) ou des plates-formes mutualisées d'innovation. Dans certains cas, par exemple pour les prix (allant jusqu'à 1 million de US dollars) délivrés par une entreprise qui joue le rôle d'intermédiaire en innovation ouverte comme InnoCentive, il s'agit d'inviter les « esprits créatifs » à trouver les meilleurs chances de résoudre le mieux possible, et le plus vite possible les problèmes les plus graves que l'humanité doit affronter[1] (problèmes de biodiversité, pollution, climat, santé environnementale, alimentation, développement, éducation). Dans ce cas, en échange des bourses scientifiques qui sont offertes aux chercheurs retenus, il leur est demandé de publier leurs résultats sous une licence perpétuelle, libre, gratuite[2],[3]. Remarques :

Open Source Ecology Open Source Ecology: Practical post scarcity The 50 machines that compose the Global Village Construction Set Open Source Ecology (OSE) is a network of farmers, engineers, architects and supporters, whose main goal is the eventual manufacturing of the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS). As described by Open Source Ecology "the GVCS is an open technological platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts History[edit] Marcin Jakubowski Ph.D. founded the group in 2003.[7] In the final year of his doctoral thesis at the University of Wisconsin, he had the feeling that his career field was too closed off from the world's problems, and he wanted to go a different way. Open Source Ecology is also developing in Europe as OSE Europe.[9] Factor e Farm[edit] The Factor e Farm is the main headquarters, where the machines are prototyped and tested. Current progress[edit] Awards and recognition[edit]

www.siamect.com » Process control based on free resources … The solution to all evil… Proview, Arduino and other free software/hardware resources builds interesting concepts for future control systems. The range stretches from simple sequences in small machines to complex factory wide or even global processes. The star in this niche is a system called Proview.se While the name may not be familiar to most people, the system has proved itself in the Swedish steel manufacturing business for more than two decades. It is actively developed and maintained and has a very interesting and active forum. Arduino is a project aiming for easy prototyping of smaller electronic systems. My project is to provide an I/O module based on Arduino but designed to work in industrial environment with noise, dust etc. I will post my progress here…. Martin The tests I have carried out so far is with an Arduino Ethernet card arduino.cc/en/Main/ArduinoBoardEthernet I will try to focus on price reduction later on when I at least have a card that works. What is next? 1. 2. 3. 4.

Internet : Avec CrowdSpirit, l'internaute devient créateur de produits électroniques Le web 2.0 a déjà accouché de nombreux sites où les consommateurs assument un pouvoir de recommandation sur des produits ou des services existants. Et si, demain, c?était les internautes qui se chargeaient d'en concevoir de nouveaux ? L? Le site, encore en version Beta, est lancé depuis septembre 2007. Un système de vote et de discussion permet de sélectionner une idée de départ, de l'affiner et de l'améliorer. En octobre dernier, la communauté a retenu un projet de calendrier numérique mural rassemblant les emplois du temps de toute la famille. Manquant de moyens, la société n? Si un produit les intéresse, les distributeurs s? L? Le patron de CrowdSpirit est conscient de l?

Wiki Type of website that visitors can edit A wiki ( WI-kee) is a form of online hypertext publication that is collaboratively edited and managed by its audience directly through a web browser. A typical wiki contains multiple pages that can either be edited by the public or limited to use within an organization for maintaining its internal knowledge base. Wikis are enabled by wiki software, otherwise known as wiki engines. There are hundreds of thousands of wikis in use, both public and private, including wikis functioning as knowledge management resources, note-taking tools, community websites, and intranets. Ward Cunningham, the developer of the first wiki software, WikiWikiWeb, originally described wiki as "the simplest online database that could possibly work".[3] "Wiki" (pronounced [wiki][note 1]) is a Hawaiian word meaning "quick".[4][5][6] Characteristics Editing Source editing Layout consistency Basic syntax Visual editing Version history Edit summary Linking and creating pages Searching Notes

Downloads This VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Educational License governs your access to and use of the VirtualBox Extension Pack. It does not apply to the VirtualBox base package and/or its source code, which are licensed under version 3 of the GNU General Public License “GPL”). See our FAQ for answers to common questions. VirtualBox Extension Pack Personal Use and Educational License (PUEL) License version 12, 22 July 2024 § 1 Subject of Agreement. § 2 Grant of license. Oracle reserves all rights not expressly granted in this license. § 3 Restrictions and Reservation of Rights. (1) The Product and copies thereof provided to you under this Agreement are copyrighted and licensed, not sold, to you by Oracle. (3) The Product is not designed, licensed or intended for use in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility and Oracle and its licensors disclaim any express or implied warranty of fitness for such uses. § 4 Termination. § 5 Disclaimer of Warranty.

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4DIAC: About Open Living Labs | The First step towards a new Innovation System Meet the moderators At Opensource.com, the stories shared with you are moderated by a core group that consists of: the Opensource.com editorial team, the Opensource.com community moderators, and a select group of Red Hat advisors who are experts in their fields. Editorial Team Jason Hibbets is a project manager in Corporate Marketing at Red Hat where he is the lead administrator, content curator, and community manager for Opensource.com. Jen Wike is the content manager for Opensource.com. Jason Baker is passionate about using technology to make the world more open, from software development to bringing sunlight to local governments. Michael Harrison is the newest member of the Opensource.com team and an unrepentant geek with a love for games, the social web, and open source projects to share with his kids. Community Moderators Remy Decausemaker is Assistant Director of the Rochester Institute of Technology Lab for Technological Literacy and serves as Campaign Architect of FOSS@MAGIC. Marcus D.

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