Fab Academy is the distributed educational platform of the worldwide network of Fab Labs. It started as an extended version of the How to make (almost) anything class at MIT, and is becoming an opportunity for new labs managers, as well as advanced inventors to acquire skills on digital fabrication. Furthermore, Fab Academy is evolving to a Master’s program through the development of applied research projects and thesis, as well as explore expanded training programs related with specific conditions of labs and communities.
To follow the complete programme an investment of € 5.000,- (no VAT, as participants pay this to FabLab Barcelona) is needed. One module of the programme comes to € 500,-).
Programme
- principles and practices, project management (Jan 23)
- computer-aided design (Jan 30)
- computer-controlled cutting (Feb 6)
- electronics production (Feb 13)
- 3D scanning and printing (Feb 20)
- electronics design (Feb 27)
- molding and casting (Mar 6)
- embedded programming (Mar 13)
- computer-controlled machining (Mar 20)
- input devices (Mar 27)
- composites (Apr 3)
- interface and application programming (Apr 10)
- output devices (Apr 17)
- networking and communications (Apr 24)
- mechanical design, machine design (May 1)
- applications and implications (May 8)
- invention, intellectual property, and income (May 15)
- project development (May 22)
- final project presentations (May 29)
