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ICTP SciFabLab: lessons learned in science education E. Canessa, C. Fonda (ICTP ) . ! http://scifablab.ictp.it " scifablab@ictp.it Scientific Fabrication Laboratory since August 12, 2014 What is a FabLab? A fab lab ( fabrication

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! http://scifablab.ictp.it " scifablab@ictp.it

ICTP SciFabLab: lessons learned in science education

  • E. Canessa, C. Fonda (ICTP ) .
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Scientific Fabrication Laboratory

since August 12, 2014

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What is a FabLab?

A fab lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication facilities. A FabLab 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".

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FabLab: an academic idea

  • The concept of a FabLab was first

imagined at the Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) at the Media Lab in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in 2001.

  • The paradigm was established in 2005

with The famous book by Neil Gershenfeld "Fab: the coming revolution on your desktop—from personal computers to personal fabrication".

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MIT MEDIA LAB

CENTER FOR BITS AND ATOMS

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FAB: THE COMING REVOLUTION ON YOUR DESKTOP

  • FROM

PERSONAL COMPUTERS TO PERSONAL FABRICATION

Neil Gershenfeld, 2005

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FAB, PAG. 14:

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FAB, PAG. 23:

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A Fab Lab is a technical prototyping platform for innovation and invention, providing stimulus for local entrepreneurship. A Fab Lab is also a platform for learning and innovation: a place to play, to create, to learn, to mentor, to invent. To be a Fab Lab means connecting to a global community of learners, educators, technologists, researchers, makers and innovators- -a knowledge sharing network that spans 30 countries and 24 time zones. Because all Fab Labs share common tools and processes, the program is building a global network, a distributed laboratory for research and invention.

A Fab Lab is comprised of off-the-shelf, industrial-grade fabrication and electronics tools, wrapped in open source software and programs written by researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits & Atoms. Currently Fab Labs include a laser cutter that makes 2D and 3D structures, a sign cutter that plots in copper to make antennas and flex circuits, a high-resolution NC milling machine that makes circuit boards and precision parts, a large wood router for building furniture and housing, and a suite of electronic components and programming tools for low-cost, high- speed microcontrollers for on-site rapid circuit prototyping. Originally designed for communities as prototyping platforms for local entrepreneurship, Fab Labs are increasingly being adopted by schools as platforms for project-based, hands-on STEM education. Users learn by designing and creating objects of personal interest or import. Empowered by the experience of making something themselves, they both learn and mentor each other, gaining deep knowledge about the machines, the materials, the design process, and the engineering that goes into invention and innovation. In educational settings, rather than relying on a fixed curriculum, learning happens in an authentic, engaging, personal context, one in which students go through a cycle of imagination, design, prototyping, reflection, and iteration as they find solutions to challenges or bring their ideas to life.

Source: http://www.fabfoundation.org/fab-labs/what-is-a-fab-lab/

FABLAB (DEFINITION)

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FabLab = (dF x p)

Three key components (plus one!)

  • digital fabrication

technologies

  • rapid prototyping
  • sharing of skills and

experiences through Internet

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PEOPLE, TOOLS & MACHINES

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  • At the very center of a FabLab

are we, the people, the ones who make, the makers…

  • …out of curiosity, passion,

sometimes also for work, but mainly because they like to make something with their

  • wn hands...

PEOPLE (MAKERS)

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  • A computer-controlled lasercutter, for

press-fit assembly of 3D structures from 2D parts

  • A larger (120x240cm) numerically-

controlled milling machine, for making furniture- (and house-) sized parts

  • A signcutter, to produce printing

masks, flexible circuits, and antennas

  • A precision (micron resolution) milling

machine to make three-dimensional molds and surface-mount circuit boards

  • Programming tools for low-cost high-

speed embedded processors

http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/faq/

(DIGITAL) TOOLS

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  • Prototyping: make often,

make quickly, do iterate

  • Digital technologies: digital

files with open standards are easy to share on the Internet

  • Sharing: to allow derivative

works, natural evolution of idea, and "cascade effect"

  • Collaboration: a shared

working environment facilitates the exchange of experiences and knowledge

ACTIVITIES

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  • Fab Labs have to share a common

set of tools and processes. A prototyping facility is not the equivalent of a Fab Lab. A 3D printer is not a Fab Lab.

  • The idea is that all the labs can share

knowledge, designs, and collaborate across international borders.

  • If I make something here in Boston and

send you the files and documentation, you should be able to reproduce it there, fairly painlessly. If I walk into a Fab Lab in Russia, I should be able to do the same things that I can do in Nairobi, Cape Town, Delhi, Amsterdam

  • r Boston Fab Labs

NETWORK

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http://www.fabfoundation.org/fab-labs/ https://www.fablabs.io/labs

FABLABS IN THE WORLD (2015)

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http://www.fabfoundation.org/fab-labs/ https://www.fablabs.io/labs

FABLABS IN THE WORLD

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http://www.fabfoundation.org/fab-labs/ https://www.fablabs.io/labs

FABLABS AROUND THIS AREA

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Training Outreach Research

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Open to the public

  • Engagement of the local

community of makers

  • ICTP mandate is to share

knowledge

  • To attract young curious people

to science

  • To “mix together” scientists

(they have problems to solve and little time/money to learn new skills) and makers (they are passionate people looking for problems to solve, often with valuable technical skills)

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FabLab + Science = ?

Are FabLabs helping scientific research? What about education? And development?

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from a magazine to a movement

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Beyond USA...

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2014

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2018

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1 7 M AY 2 0 1 4 F I R S T E D I T I O N

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@ I C T P C A M P U S , M I R A M A R E , T R I E S T E

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S E C O N D E D I T I O N

9 – 1 0 M AY 2 0 1 5 @ I C T P C A M P U S , M I R A M A R E , T R I E S T E

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2016

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T H I R D E D I T I O N

2 0 - 2 2 M AY 2 0 1 6 @ I C T P C A M P U S , M I R A M A R E , T R I E S T E

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Trieste Mini Maker Faires 2014-2018 a total of: 50,000+ visitors 1000+ makers 5 years of ideas

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RadioHam Fair

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Public Events (Arduino Day)

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R&D Projcts @ fablab

Low-cost exhibits/devices for science education:

  • Augmented Reality Sandbox (UC Davis, USA)
  • “Weather-in-a-Tank” weather simulator (MIT)
  • DIY “cloud chamber” particle detector (ICTP)
  • “BoraMat” wind simulator (ICTP) (not so much scientific ;-)
  • Water cycle demonstrator (ICTP, in development)
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“BoraMat” wind simulator

  • three electric fans can generate an air flow up to

80-100 Km/h, to simulate the local strong wind “Bora”

  • controlled by Arduino with distance sensor
  • “Bora scura” setting adds also water droplets

(wind with rain)

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DIY Cloud Chamber

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DIY Cloud Chamber

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DIY Cloud Chamber

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Weather-in-a-Tank (MIT)

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  • A. R. Sandbox (UC Davis)

https://arsandbox.ucdavis.edu arsandbox.org

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Thank You for Your Attention!

! http://scifablab.ictp.it " scifablab@ictp.it

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