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On request of the (starting) French FabLab community we have tentatively formulated the conditions for being able to use the label "Fab Lab" -- this is a Draft / RFC
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On request of the (starting) French FabLab community we have tentatively formulated the conditions for being able to use the label "Fab Lab" -- this is a Draft / RFC based on Communication from Sherry Lassiter, 15 April 2011.
  
'''Communication from Sherry Lassiter, 15 April 2011:'''
 
  
To help you with your current questions, let me outline what I believe to be the key factors of a fab lab, such that you can help determine whether or not a lab effort really is a fab lab, and therefore should or should not be using the logo and promoting itself as such.  
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'''To apply the conditions set out below (and translated into FR, DE, JP), please also refer to the [[Fab_Lab_conformity_rating]] which explains how a lab can partially fulfill those criteria and still is be able to call itself a Fab Lab.'''
  
* First and foremost, public access to the fab lab is essential.  A fab lab is about democratizing access to the tools for personal expression and invention.  So a fab lab must be open to the public for free or in-kind service/barter at least part of the time each week, that's fairly essential.
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'''Also note, that the label is "Fab Lab" (or Fablab or FabLab) and that you are not entitled to use anything like "MIT Fab Lab" etcHowever, you can always say that your Fab Lab is modeled after the MIT concept or anything along these lines.'''
* Fab Labs support and subscribe to the fab lab charter: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/ This charter should be published somewhere on the website and also in the fab lab. 
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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 your lab in France, I should be able to do the same things that I can do in Ghana, South Aftrica, Amsterdam or Boston fab labs. The critical machines and materials are in this list: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html and there's a list of open source software and freeware that we use online as well (embedded in fab academy modules here: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/ ) But essentially it's the processes and the codes and the capabilities that are important. So you want a laser cutter for 2D/3D design and fabrication, a high precision milling machine for making circuits and molds for casting, a vinyl cutter for making flexible circuits and crafts, a fairly sophisticated electronics workbench for prototyping circuits and programming microcontrollers, and if you can possibly muster the funds, you'll want the large wood routing machine for furniture and housing applications.  We just added a fairly cheap but robust and fair resolution Chinese 3D printer to the listLots of labs want and need 3D printing, but we've been extremely unhappy with 3D printers. (More on that later, and at FAB7).
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* You have to participate in the larger, global fab lab  network, that is, you can't isolate yourself.  This is about being part of a global, knowlege-sharing community.  So the videoconference is one way to do that. Coming to the annual fab lab meeting is another.  (FAB7 in Lima Peru this year Aug 15-20) Collaborating and partnering with other labs in the network on workshops, challenges or projects is another way. Participating in Fab Academy is yet another way.
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Altogether these four characteristics create an enabling environment that we call a fab lab. Provided that a lab effort is aligned with the above, they can and should use the logo for fund raising, promoting and advertising the fab lab and its activities.
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Note: The electronics can cover  Arduino kits, Scratch kits, Pico Crickets, and Mindstorms -- all for people learning electronics or who want to use them as platforms for development. But equally, if not more important, the fab lab includes high speed, low cost microcontrollers (Atmel AVRs)  and surface mount components that allow you to develop almost anything from the bottom up,  and allow you to do your own development, far beyond what the kits provide. This includes onsite in circuit programming.
 
  
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These key characteristics create an enabling environment that we call a fab lab. Provided that a lab effort is aligned with the below, they can and should use the logo for fund raising, promoting and advertising the fab lab and its activities.
  
Traduction d'un message de Sherry Lassiter, Manager du Programme du Center for Bits and Atoms du Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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*First and foremost, '''public access to the fab lab''' is essential. A fab lab is about democratizing access to the tools for personal expression and invention. So a fab lab must be open to the public for free or in-kind service/barter at least part of the time each week.
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*Fab Labs support and '''subscribe to the fab lab charter''': http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/ This charter should be published somewhere on the website and also in the fab lab.
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*Fab Labs must share a '''common set of tools and processes'''. The critical machines and materials are in this list: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html and there's a list of open source software and freeware that we use online as well (embedded in fab academy modules here: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/). The idea is that all the labs can share knowledge, designs, and collaborate across international borders.
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*You have to '''participate in the larger, global fab lab network''', that is, you can't isolate yourself. This is about being part of a global, knowlege-sharing community through the videoconference, attending the annual fab lab meeting, and otherwise collaborating and partnering with other labs in the network on workshops, challenges or projects. Participating in Fab Academy is yet another way to connect with the global network community.
  
* Premier point et par ailleurs le plus important, l'ouverture du Fab Lab au public est essentielle. Un Fab Lab a pour objet de démocratiser l'accès aux outils et machines pour permettre les inventions et les expressions personnelles. Le Fab Lab doit être ouvert au public gratuitement ou en échange de services (animation, formation, etc.) aux moins une partie de chaque semaine. C'est un point vraiment essentiel. 
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=Discussion/Notes=
* Les Fab Labs suivent la charte des fab labs : http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/ (en Anglais) http://fablab.fr/projects/project/charte-des-fab-labs/ (En Français). Cette charte doit être publiée quelque part sur le site web du Fab Lab et affichée dans le Fab Lab.
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* Les Fab Labs doivent partager des outils et processus communs. Un lieu de prototypage n'est pas l'équivalent d'un Fab Lab. Une imprimante 3D n'est pas un Fab Lab. L'idée est que les labs partagent de la connaissance, des savoirs, des plans, des designs et collaborent avec d'autres Fab Labs nationalement et internationalement. Si un Fab Lab fabrique quelque chose à Boston et envoie les fichiers et la documentation nécessaires, vous devez pouvoir reproduire ce projet facilement. On doit être capable de travailler de la même manière aussi bien dans les Fab Labs Français que dans les Fab Labs du Ghana, d'Afrique du Sud, d'Amsterdam ou de Boston. La liste des machines commune aux Fab Labs se trouve à cette URL : http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html et ici une liste de logiciels opensources ou gratuits (utilisés également en ligne et dans les cours assurés par la Fab Academy : http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/ ). Ce sont les processus, les codes et les possibilités qui sont importants. Il faut donc une découpe laser pour fabriquer des designs en 2D et 3D, une fraiseuse de précision pour réaliser des circuits imprimés, des moules, une découpe vinyl pour des circuits flexibles et l'artisanat, un établi un peu sophistiqué pour travailler l'électronique et programmer des microcontroleurs de type arduino, scratch kits, Pico Crickets et Mindstorm. C'est également des microcontroleurs peu chers de type Atmel AVRs ou autres qui permettent de créer ses propres outils de développement. Enfin, si vous arrivez à avoir les fonds conséquents, une défonceuse à bois de type Shopbot pour construire des meubles de travailler de grandes surfaces de bois. Une imprimante 3D chinoise peu chère avec une résolution acceptable a été ajouté à la liste récemment.  . 
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* Vous devez participer au réseau des Fab Labs et ne pas rester isolé. Ceci pour faire parti d'une communauté de partage de connaissances. La vidéo conférence est une des manières pour rentrer en contact avec les autres Fab Labs. Se rendre aux meeting annuels du réseau des Fab Labs en est une autre. (FAB7 cette année au Pérou du 15 au 20 aout). Collaborer et réaliser des partenariats à travers des workshops, des projets, des concours avec d'autres Fab labs en est encore une autre.
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Ensemble, ces quatre caractéristiques permettent de créer cet environnement appelé Fab Lab. Si ces quatre conditions sont retenus, vous pouvez utiliser le logo, s'appuyer sur la légitimité du MIT pour lever des fonds, et rendre visible le Fab Lab.  
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*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 your lab anywhere in the world, I should be able to do the same things that I can do in Ghana, South Aftrica, Amsterdam or Boston fab labs. But essentially it's the processes and the codes and the capabilities that are important.
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*A prototyping facility is not the equivalent of a fab lab. A 3D printer is not a fab lab.
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*The brands are unimportant but the transferability of files and processes are. Generally: laser cutter for 2D/3D design and fabrication, a high precision milling machine for making circuits and molds for casting, a vinyl cutter for making flexible circuits and crafts, a fairly sophisticated electronics workbench for prototyping circuits and programming microcontrollers, and a large wood routing machine for furniture, housing, structures, and other applications like the FabFi. We just added a fairly cheap but robust and fair resolution Chinese 3D printer to the list. Lots of labs want and need 3D printing, but we've been extremely unhappy with 3D printers.
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*The electronics can cover Arduino kits, Scratch kits, Pico Crickets, and Mindstorms -- all for people learning electronics or who want to use them as platforms for development. But equally, if not more important, the fab lab includes high speed, low cost microcontrollers (Atmel AVRs) and surface mount components that allow you to develop almost anything from the bottom up, and allow you to do your own development, far beyond what the kits provide. This includes onsite in circuit programming.
  
 
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GERMAN / DEUTSCH
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Übersetzung der Mitteilung von Sherry Lassiter
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Um auf die vielen Fragen "wann ist ein Lab ein FabLab" eine vorläufige Antwort  zu geben, stelle ich im folgenden dar, was nach meiner Meinung die Schlüsselcharakteristika eines FabLab sind. Damit könnt ihr selbst einschätzen, ob eine Initiative wirklich ein fabLab ist und demzufolge Logo und Bezeichnung benützen soll oder aber nicht:
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* Erstes und wichtigstes Element: offener Zugang zum FabLab steht zentral. FabLab steht für die Demokratisierung des Zugangs zu den Werkzeugen für persönlichen Ausdruck und eigene Erfindungen. Das bedeutet, dass ein FabLab mindestens einen Teil der Zeit pro Woche für die Öffentlichkeit gratis (oder gegen Natural-/Freiwilligenleistung) zugänglich ist. Das ist eine elementare Bedingung.
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* FabLabs unterstützen die Fab Charta und verpflichten sich ihr: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/ Diese Charta muss auf der Website und im FabLab selbst publiziert sein.
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* FabLabs müssen einen ähnlichen Maschinenpark benutzen und gleiche Prozesse unterstützen. Eine Prototypingwerkstatt ist nicht notwendigerweise ein FabLab; ein 3D-Drucker ist kein FabLab. Die Idee ist, dass alle Labs Wissen und Entwürfe teilen können und über internationale Grenzen hinweg zusammenarbeiten können. Wenn ich etwas hier in Boston mache und Dir die Files und die Dokumentation sende, solltest Du das Produkt bei Dir ziemlich schmerzlos auch herstellen können. Wenn ich in ein Lab in Deutschland komme, sollte ich die gleichen Dinge machen können, wie in den FabLabs in Ghana, Südafrika, Amsterdam oder Boston. Die zentralen Maschinen und Materialien sind auf dieser Liste zusammengefasst: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html . Dort gibt es auch eine Liste von Open Source Software und Freeware, die wir verwenden, auch online (diese wird auch in den FabAcademy Modulen verwendet: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/ ). Wichtig ist, dass Fertigungsprozesse, Code und Fertigungsmöglichkeiten dieselben sind. Zusammegefasst heisst das, dass Du einen Laser Cutter für 2D/3D Design und Herstellung haben musst, eine präzise Fräse für die Herstellung von Schaltkreisen und Gussformen, einen Vinyl Cutter für die Herstellung von flexiblen Schaltkreisen und andere handwerkliche Dinge, einen einigermassen professionell ausgerüsteten Elektronik-Arbeitsplatz um Prototypen von Schaltungen aufzubauen und Mikroprozessoren zu programmieren. Ausserdem, wenn Du dafür das Geld zusammenkriegst, einen grösseren CNC Router (Portalfräse) für Möbelproduktion und die Herstellung von Gebäudeelementen. Wir haben kürzlich einen günstigen aber robusten und einigermassen genauen 3D-Drucker aus China auf der Liste ergänzt. Viele Labs möchten gerne 3D-drucken, aber wir waren bisher eher unzufrieden mit 3D-Druckern (mehr später und auf der FAB7).
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* Ihr müsst im grösseren, globalen FabLab Netzwerk mitmachen, das heisst ihr dürfte euch nicht isolieren. Es geht darum, dass ihr Teil dieser globalen Wissensgemeinschaft werdet. Die Videokonferenz ist eine Art, dies zu tun. Teilnahme am jährlichen FabLab Meeting ist ein anderer (FAB7 in Lima, Peru, ist vom 15-20 August 2011). Zusammenarbeiten und Partnerschaften mit anderen Labs im Netzwerk -- zum Beispiel bei Workshops oder in gemeinsamen Projekten -- ist eine andere Möglichkeit. In der Fab Academy mitmachen ist noch eine weiter Art von Mitmachen.
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Diese vier Eigenschaften zusammen schaffen das Klima der Befähigung, das wir ein FabLab nennen. Wenn eine Initiative diese vier Punkten erfüllt, dann darf und soll sie das Logo für die Mittelbeschaffung, Kommunikation und Werbung für das FabLab und seine Aktivitäten verwenden.
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Hinweis: Elektronik kann Arduino-, Skratch-, Pico Crickets- und Mindstorm-Kits umfassen -- damit man Elektronik lernen kann oder als Entwicklungsplattform. Gleichermassen, oder fast noch wichtiger: ein FabLab arbeitet mit high-speed, low-cost Mikrokontrollern (Atmel AVRs)  und SMD-Bauteilen, mit denen man beinahe alles von Grund auf entwickeln kann; diese erlauben Eigenentwicklungen die weit über die Möglichkeiten der Kits hinausgehen, inklusive in circuit Programmierung.
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Latest revision as of 15:28, 4 June 2013

On request of the (starting) French FabLab community we have tentatively formulated the conditions for being able to use the label "Fab Lab" -- this is a Draft / RFC based on Communication from Sherry Lassiter, 15 April 2011.


To apply the conditions set out below (and translated into FR, DE, JP), please also refer to the Fab_Lab_conformity_rating which explains how a lab can partially fulfill those criteria and still is be able to call itself a Fab Lab.

Also note, that the label is "Fab Lab" (or Fablab or FabLab) and that you are not entitled to use anything like "MIT Fab Lab" etc. However, you can always say that your Fab Lab is modeled after the MIT concept or anything along these lines.


These key characteristics create an enabling environment that we call a fab lab. Provided that a lab effort is aligned with the below, they can and should use the logo for fund raising, promoting and advertising the fab lab and its activities.

  • First and foremost, public access to the fab lab is essential. A fab lab is about democratizing access to the tools for personal expression and invention. So a fab lab must be open to the public for free or in-kind service/barter at least part of the time each week.
  • Fab Labs support and subscribe to the fab lab charter: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/ This charter should be published somewhere on the website and also in the fab lab.
  • Fab Labs must share a common set of tools and processes. The critical machines and materials are in this list: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html and there's a list of open source software and freeware that we use online as well (embedded in fab academy modules here: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/). The idea is that all the labs can share knowledge, designs, and collaborate across international borders.
  • You have to participate in the larger, global fab lab network, that is, you can't isolate yourself. This is about being part of a global, knowlege-sharing community through the videoconference, attending the annual fab lab meeting, and otherwise collaborating and partnering with other labs in the network on workshops, challenges or projects. Participating in Fab Academy is yet another way to connect with the global network community.

Discussion/Notes

  • 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 your lab anywhere in the world, I should be able to do the same things that I can do in Ghana, South Aftrica, Amsterdam or Boston fab labs. But essentially it's the processes and the codes and the capabilities that are important.
  • A prototyping facility is not the equivalent of a fab lab. A 3D printer is not a fab lab.
  • The brands are unimportant but the transferability of files and processes are. Generally: laser cutter for 2D/3D design and fabrication, a high precision milling machine for making circuits and molds for casting, a vinyl cutter for making flexible circuits and crafts, a fairly sophisticated electronics workbench for prototyping circuits and programming microcontrollers, and a large wood routing machine for furniture, housing, structures, and other applications like the FabFi. We just added a fairly cheap but robust and fair resolution Chinese 3D printer to the list. Lots of labs want and need 3D printing, but we've been extremely unhappy with 3D printers.
  • The electronics can cover Arduino kits, Scratch kits, Pico Crickets, and Mindstorms -- all for people learning electronics or who want to use them as platforms for development. But equally, if not more important, the fab lab includes high speed, low cost microcontrollers (Atmel AVRs) and surface mount components that allow you to develop almost anything from the bottom up, and allow you to do your own development, far beyond what the kits provide. This includes onsite in circuit programming.