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| + | There are two Fab Labs in Iceland, the first one is located in Vestmannaeyjar, and run by [http://www.nmi.is Nýsköpunarmiðstöð Íslands, Iceland Innovation Center ],. |
| − | Location = Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland|
| + | The second is located in Akranes, and run by Akranes kaupstadur, municipality of Akranes. |
| − | Managers = [[User:spm|Smári McCarthy]] and Frosti Gíslason|
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| − | Opened = 1. July 2008
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| − | There is one Fab Lab in Iceland, located in Vestmannaeyjar, and run by [http://www.nmi.is Nýsköpunarmiðstöð Íslands], the Icelandic Innovation Center. | + | |
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| − | == Location ==
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| − | Vestmannaeyjar is an archipelago of roughly 15 islands and numerous crags off the south coast of Iceland, and is home to 4000 people, about 4 million Puffins, about 8 million other birds, and around 500 sheep. With a prevalent easterly wind, the southernmost tip of the main island, Heimaey, is the windiest place in Europe. In 1973 a volcano errupted on the main island, crushing 400 houses and causing the inhabitants to evacuate to the mainland to safety. Now we're back and we're even digging up parts of old town that went under the lava flow. It's a pretty nice place, with plenty to do: big festivals in July and August, rock climbing, abseiling, sailing, hunting, angling,... and it's only 4 hours by boat+bus to the only city, Reykjavík, which is also a fun place.
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| − | == Projects ==
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| − | The projects we're working on at the Innovation Center range from social experiments to energy issues: We're getting ready to run a 12 unit course in Digital Fabrication at the local gymnasium (16-20 year olds in secondary schooling), doing work on a local geothermal heat pump system, preparing instrumentation for scientific projects such as puffin colony measurements, building an interactive model of the part of the town that went under the lava flow, and assisting local individuals and companies with product development and so on.
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| − | * [[Námsefni í stafrænni framleiðslutækni]]
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| − | == Equipment ==
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| − | As of 14. August 2008, the Vestmannaeyjar Fab Lab has:
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| − | * [[Electronics workspace]]
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| − | * [[Shopbot]]
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| − | * [[Epilog Laser]]
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| − | * [[Z-Corp 3D printer]] (access, not on site: At the Reykjavík offices of NMÍ)
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Latest revision as of 16:40, 7 June 2010
There are two Fab Labs in Iceland, the first one is located in Vestmannaeyjar, and run by Nýsköpunarmiðstöð Íslands, Iceland Innovation Center ,.
The second is located in Akranes, and run by Akranes kaupstadur, municipality of Akranes.
