Fab Lab Paramaribo - introduction

Fab Lab Paramaribo - introduction

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  1 SEMINAR ON MECHANISMSTO SUPPORT INNOVATION FOR SMES IN SURINAME & WORKSHOP: DESIGN AS A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION 11 AND 12 APRIL, 2013, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME FAB LAB PARAMARIBO – INTRODUCTION PIETER VAN DER HIJDEN (FABLAB@VICEPRESIDENT.GOV.SR) 2013 – Fab Lab Paramaribo & Pieter van der Hijden - This work is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
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  AGENDA  Context  3rdIndustrial revolution  How to make (almost) anything  What is a Fab Lab?  Tools!  Services!  Users!  Added values!  Fab Lab Paramaribo  In three words 2
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  CONTEXT: 3RD INDUSTRIALREVOLUTION 3The Economist, 21 April 2012
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  CONTEXT: HOW TOMAKE (ALMOST) ANYTHING  MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology  Center for Bits and Atoms  Prof. Neil Gershenfeld  Course: How to make (almost) anything  Outreach activity  Set-up a simple and cheap digital fabrication lab (50k USD): Fab Lab  Autonomous initiatives  Now: 252 Fab Labs world wide  All over the world  Since 11 Feb. 2013 in Paramaribo 4
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  Workspace with digital production tools to make (almost) anything  2d- & 3d-design  2d- & 3d-scanning  2d-vinyl cutter  2d-laser cutter /engraver  3d-printing  3d-milling  Electronics  Teleconferencing 5
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  2d- & 3d-scanning 6  From physical object to virtual model
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  2d-laser cutter /engraver Materials  Wood  Acrylic  Fabric  Cloth  Leather  Matte board  Paper  Rubber  Fiber glass  Plastic  Cork  Etc. 7
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  3d-printing 8 3D Print System with ZPrint 850 Laptop with ZPrint/ZEdit 7.15 software, to adapt the model and to control the printer Hardware: 3D printer ZPrinter 850, the real printer Hardware: Powder Recycling Station (PRS), device to remove any excess powder Hardware: Workbench ZBench, workbench for postprocessing of the products, e.g. hardening
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  3d-printing 9 3d printer 3DTouch™ Education Pack
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  3d-printing  Printing houses from sand and water, Enrico Dini  Airplane wing from carbon fiber  Food printing  Organic materials (skin!) 10
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  3d-milling, cutting, carving, drilling or machining Materials  Wood  Plastic  Foam  Aluminium  Etc. 11
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  Electronics  Arduino is an open- source electronics prototyping platform  Raspberry Pi – credit card size computer that plugs into tv & keyboard 12
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? TOOLS!  Teleconferencing 13
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? SERVICES!  Access to the tools  Training, courses, workshops  Advise on commercial follow-up  Participation in international projects  Assisting new Fab Labs  Consulting work  Receiving visitors 14
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? USERS! 15 University Colleges Museum Crafters Cultural centre Chamber of commerce Min. of labour & techn. Min. of trade and industry Internet provider General public Employers ass. Research institutes Embassy Bank Big company NGO Supra nationals Techn. schools Adult education Women movement Training centre Consulta ncies Govern- ment Labour union Ministry of education Other Fab Labs Drawing by A. Fienieg - 1992 Individual s Tinkerers Research ers Inventors Passers- by School classes Communit y groups Youth groups SMEs NGOs Fab Lab communit y
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  WHAT IS AFAB LAB? ADDED VALUES!  Tools  Designing and producing complex products (requiring various tools and materials)  Services  Empowering  Learning organization  New (personalised) products and services  New jobs and/or enterprises  International visibility and collaboration  National and Caricom economy  More internationally oriented  More enterprising  More innovative  Users  Collaborating, Co-designing, Co-producing  Crosscultural  Multidisciplinary  International 16 Meejin Yoon: Defensive dressing Kelly Dobson: Screambody
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  FAB LAB PARAMARIBO Initiated by the Vicepresident of the Republic of Suriname  Implementation of policy on innovation and technology  Budget 2013  Development plan 2012-2016  Constitution 1987  Soft launch 11 February 2013  Member of the international Fab Lab community 17
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  FAB LAB PARAMARIBO 18 FabLab Paramaribo – Actual status Tools Set of tools almost completed Services • Access to the tools plus basic training • Developing full package • 2014 • Fab Academy • Maker Faire Caribbean? • Outreach activities Users Students first, other categories ASAP Fab Lab Paramaribo is located on Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116- 118, Paramaribo
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  IN THREE WORDS FabLab in three words: http://bit.ly/bUoiNQ 19
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  THANK YOU FORYOUR ATTENTION!  Fab Lab Paramaribo Project Team:  John Watkin (Kab VP, project manager)  Pieter van der Hijden (Sofos Consultancy, consultant)  Anand Kalpoe (AdeKUS/FTeW)  Djoemarlan Kasanmoesdiran (Kab VP)  Reina Raveles (Kab Pres)  Website: http://fablab.vicepresident.gov.sr  Email: fablab@vicepresident.gov.sr  Address: Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116- 118, Paramaribo, Suriname 20
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  REFERENCES  Business modelgeneration; a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers; Alexander Osterwalder et al.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ, USA, 2010.  CBA - The Center for Bits and Atoms; web site; http://cba.mit.edu/  Design Thinking for Educators; Design Team Riverdale Country School and IDEO; 2011.  Fab Central; website; http://fab.cba.mit.edu/  Fab Lab Locations; FabWiki; website; http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs  Fab; the coming revolution on your desktop; from personal computers to personal fabrication; Neil Gershenfeld; Basic Books, New York, USA, 2005.  FabLab Business Models; presentation to the first Artilect FabLab Conférence; Peter Troxler; Toulouse, 20-23 October 2011.  FabYearBook 2011; another year of growth; Ton Zijlstra (ed.); 2011.  International Fab Lab Association; web site; http://www.fablabinternational.org  Open design now; why design cannot remain exclusive; Bas van Abel et al.; Bis Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010.  Special report: Manufacturing and Innovation; The Economist; print edition 21 April 2012.  The butterfly paper no.1; Sophie Koers; Butterfly Works; 2008. 21