Fabacademy
Participants in Fab Academy 2011 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Participants in Fab Academy 2009-2010 in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
In some courses
- Haukur Sölvason
- Jan Gunster
- Logi Kristjánsson
- Flóvent Máni Theodórsson
- Arnar Smári Gústafsson
- Grétar Ómarsson
- Stefán Gíslason
Colaborative project
Classes
- digital fabrication principles and practices
- computer-aided design, manufacturing, and modeling
- computer-controlled cutting
- electronics design and production
- computer-controlled machining
- embedded programming
- Molding and Casting
- Collaborative Technical Development, Documentation and Project Management
- 3D Scanning and Printing
- Sensors, Actuators, and Displays
- Interface and Application Programming
- Embedded Networking and Communications
- machine design
- digital fabrication applications and implications
- Invention, Intellectual Property, and Business Models
- Digital Fabrication Project Development
Links
- How to make almost anything 2007
- How to make almost anything 2008
- How to make almost anything 2009
- Fab Lab inventory
- How To Make Something That Makes (almost) Anything
- http://fabacademy.shopbotwiki.com/
- http://fab.cba.mit.edu/content/tools/microcontrollers/index.html
- The fabacademy site
Fab Academy schedule
The planned schedule for the Fab Academy Certificate topics that comprise the Diploma curriculum is:
* digital fabrication principles and practices (September 16)
o digital vs analog
+ threshold theorems
+ universality
+ communications
+ computation
+ fabrication
o survey
+ tools
+ processes
+ research
o network
+ Fab Foundation, Fund, Academy
+ Fab Charter
o safety
+ mechanical
+ optical
+ electrical
+ chemical
* computer-aided design, manufacturing, and modeling (September 30)
o hierarchical, parametric, procedural, algorithmic design
o boundary, function representations
o rendering and animation
o toolpath generation
o file formats
o physical modeling
* computer-controlled cutting (October 14)
o types
+ waterjet, EDM, ...
o knife
+ tools
+ materials
+ speed, force
o laser
+ types
+ materials
+ speed, power, rate
+ maintenance
+ safety
* electronics design and production (October 28)
o electricity and electronics
o component types and selection
o schematic design
o PCB design
o PCB fabrication
o PCB assembly
o test equipment
* computer-controlled machining (November 11)
o types
o tooling
o materials
o speeds, feeds
o fixturing
* embedded programming (November 25)
o processor types
o microcontroller architecture
o in-circuit programming
o embedded programming languages
o development tools and environments
o debugging
* 3D molding and casting (December 9)
o types
o soft tooling
o mold design and manufacture
o casting materials
o composites
* collaborative technical development and project management (January 13)
o version control
o synchronization
o merging
o remote desktops
o videoconferencing
o scheduling
* 3D scanning and printing (January 27)
o types
o formats
o scanning
o printing
o materials
* sensors, actuators, and displays (February 10)
o sensors
o actuators
o displays
* interface and application programming (February 24)
o interface protocols
o application languages
o graphics
o user interfaces
* embedded networking and communications (March 10)
o networking fundamentals
o network protocols
o physical layers
* machine design (March 24)
o motors and actuators
o motion control
o machine control
o rapid-prototyping of rapid-prototyping machines
* digital fabrication applications and implications (April 7)
o furniture
o housing
o transporation
o healthcare
o environment
o energy
o play
o art
o development
* invention, intellectual property, and business models (April 21)
o copyright
o patents
o free and open-source models
o revenue models
o case histories
* digital fabrication project development (May 5)
o conception
o proposal
o review
o prototyping
o debugging, development
o presentation
o documentation