MicroLab

A crazy project inspired by the | mini-fablab, the | fablab squared and my various travels with a reprap or more machines.

Because a fablab truck could be awesome, but if you have to take a plane (or by bike when we'll run out of oil) you'd better have something more compact.


 * The arbitrary goal is to make everything fit inside two luggages of 23kg (which is the weigh limit for a luggage if you travel with Air France)
 * Such a kit will allow easy installation of a temporary fablab or to bootstrap a fablab's machines anywhere (the MicroLab may not have the same capacities of a full fablab, but with small machines you can make big machines ^^)

Thus also in the spirit of the RepLab (http://forums.reprap.org/list.php?128 and http://groups.google.com/group/replab/)

http://wiki.nybi.cc/index.php/%CE%9CicroLab (same in French and shorter)

Content
What I imagine to have today in that theoretical kit :


 * 3d-printer : the | Folding RepRap that I'm developing
 * laser : next big project here, probably with a | pocket engraver to start, but I'm sure we can do something to make a big folding structure based on | tensegrity principles...
 * mini-cnc : http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:9182
 * 3d-scanner : a kinect and a computer
 * a small-vinyl cutter

And a good toolbox !