fab academy

The Fab Academy provides instruction and supervises investigation of mechanisms, applications and implications of digital fabrication. The Fab Academy was launched by MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA), to provide local access to advanced instruction for students in these labs exceeding the educational resources available to them. It links groups of students and instructors in Fablabs, with online video collaboration and lectures by a global faculty.

 

Artikel

2-12-2020

Meld je aan voor Fab Academy!

De aanmeldingen voor Fab Academy 2021 zijn geopend. In 20 weken leer je hoe je (bijna) alles maakt. Sluit je aan bij het wereldwijde Fab Lab Network!

 

Artikel

8-08-2020

Fab Academy final presentations

Hyejin Ahn, Harm van Vugt, Nathan Harris and Tessel Renzenbrink all graduated successfully from Fab Academy at Waag! Check out their final projects.

 

Artikel

30-04-2020

Plan C: digital fabrication as civic response to COVID-19

MIT's Neil Gershenfeld and Sherry Lassiter of FabFoundation discussed how decentralized digital manufacturing shapes civic response to COVID-19.

 

Artikel

10-03-2020

Fab Academy in full swing at Waag

It's week 4 of Fab Academy at Waag. An update from the FabLab in Amsterdam.

 

Artikel

11-12-2019

The Introvert Light

Het open ontwerp van The Introvert Light, gemaakt in de FabAcademy, kreeg de tweede prijs in de Robotics Contest van Instructables.

 

Artikel

4-12-2019

Apply now: Fab Academy 2020

The 2020 edition of Fab Academy will start in January 2020. Applications are now open.

 

Event

22-11-2019

Open donderdag FabLab Amsterdam

FabLab Amsterdam is op donderdagmiddag van 12.00-17.00 uur open voor het publiek.

 

Artikel

28-08-2019

Fab Academy in Elektor Magazine

Een mooi artikel van Tessel Renzenbrink in Elektor Magazine vat goed de essentie van de Fab Academy weer. Nu te downloaden als pdf!

 

Event

7-06-2019

Fab Academy 2020

The Fab Academy edition of 2020 will start in January 2020. Applications for 2020 cycle will start in September 2019.

 

Event

7-06-2019

Fab Academy finals 2019

The Fab Academy of 2019 is coming to an end. On June 19th, you can visit Fablab Amsterdam to follow their presentations.

 

Artikel

24-05-2019

Machine design @ Fab Academy 2019

Als onderdeel van de groepsopdracht in de Fab Academy van dit jaar werd in de Waag een Marble Calender Machine gebouwd.

 

Event

17-05-2019

Fab15 in Egypt

The annual meeting of the worldwide Fab Lab community will this year take place in Egypt.

 

Artikel

15-11-2018

Volg de Fab Academy in Amsterdam

Ook in 2019 is het weer mogelijk om gedurende vijf maanden de Fab Academy te volgen bij Fablab Amsterdam in de Waag. Inschrijven is mogelijk tot 25 december 2018.

 

Event

22-10-2018

Fab Academy 2019

The Fab Academy edition of 2019 will start mid-January 2019. Fablab Amsterdam will be one of the nodes in the Fablab network offering the course.

 

Artikel

25-06-2018

Fab Academy presentaties 2018

Alle deelnemers aan de Fab Academy 2018 hebben hun projecten gepresenteerd. Een overzicht van de deelnemers in Amsterdam.

 

Event

15-09-2017

Fab Academy 2018

The Fab Academy edition of 2018 will start in January 2018. Fablab Amsterdam will be one of the nodes in the Fablab network offering the course. All information about the academy can be found at fabacademy.org.

 

Event

6-06-2017

Fab Academy finals 2017

The Fab Academy of 2017 is coming to an end and the Full Certificate students of this year in Amsterdam have been very busy working at their final presentations.

 

Event

28-12-2016

Fab Academy 2017

The Fab Academy edition of 2017 will start on January 25th 2017. Fablab Amsterdam will be one of the nodes in the Fablab network offering the course.

 

Event

23-06-2016

Fab Academy finals 2016

The Fab Academy of 2016 is coming to an end and the Full Certificate students of this year in Amsterdam have been very busy working at their final presentations.

 

Artikel

21-06-2016

Fab Academy final presentations 2016

Waag proudly presented another group of Fab Academy students and their final projects. In an intense six month program the participants created projects such as the Leafbot, a robot that collects leaves from the ground, and the Item Watchman, that notifies you when leaving items behind in public.

 

Artikel

11-06-2015

Fab Academy final presentations 2015

Another year, another Fab Academy. Sitting in the anatomical theatre in the Waag building, we watched as intrepid makers from from Seoul to Nairobi presented the results of their hard work to the home Fablab at MIT. This year, over fifty Fablabs from around the globe tuned in to demonstrate their creations via webcam.

 

Event

1-06-2015

Fab Academy finals 2015

The Fab Academy of 2015 is coming to an end and the Full Certificate students of this year in Amsterdam have been very busy working at their final presentations. On June 10th, you can visit the Fablab Amsterdam to see their presentations. In a live video connection, all students wordwide will present their projects!

 

Event

23-01-2015

Fab Academy 2015

On January 28th, the 2015 edition of the Fab Academy will start with the first lesson of this series. Waag's Fablab is one of the sites of the distributed lessons in digital personal fabrication.

 

Artikel

10-06-2014

Fab Academy final presentations 2014

On June 4th, students of the Waag's Fab Academy (as well as several guests from other Fab Labs around Europe) presented their final projects to a global audience through a live video conference.

 

Artikel

30-05-2014

Fab Academy for happiness

De Fab Academy heeft mij de mogelijkheid geboden om mijn ideeën niet eeuwig in mijn hoofd te houden maar deze tastbaar te maken. Mijn stempel te drukken op de samenleving.

 

Event

20-05-2014

Fab Academy finals 2014

On June 4th, 2014 you can visit the Fablab Amsterdam to see the presentations of this year's Fab Academy students in Amsterdam.

 

Event

27-05-2013

Fab Academy finals 2013

On 29 May 2013, the students of this year's Fab Academy will present their work in an international setting. This is the final presentation of their projects, being ready for the graduation ceremony at the annual Fablab conference later in the year. This year, the Fab Academy in Amsterdam had five Full Certificate students.

 

Artikel

3-09-2012

Fab8 conference

This year Fab8, was held at the Massey University in Wellington New Zealand. The worldwide Fablab community is growing rapidly.

 

Event

28-08-2012

Fab Academy 2013

De Fab Academy bestaat uit een lesprogramma in de principes en toepassingen van digitale fabricage, ontwikkeld door het Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) van het MIT. Het lesjaar 2013 start op 23 januari en Fablab Amsterdam is wederom één van de deelnemende Labs.

 

Artikel

8-06-2012

Fab Academy 2012 eindpresentaties

Via een live videoverbinding in het Theatrum Anatomicum van de Waag waren de ruim 50 presentaties vanuit veertien Fablabs over de hele wereld te volgen.

 

Event

24-05-2012

Fab Academy Eindpresentaties 2012

Het is weer tijd voor de eindpresentaties van de Fab Academy studenten.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Fablab Amsterdam

Het Fablab (Fabrication Laboratory) in Amsterdam biedt instrumenten en machines voor digitale fabricage, en een internationale opleiding.

 

Project

8-03-2012

Fab Academy

De Fab Academy bestaat uit een lesprogramma in de principes en toepassingen van digitale fabricage, ontwikkeld door het Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) van het MIT.