By Sallye Coyle, April 15th, 2019 Soldering surface mount components to the PCB board: LED, switch, battery holder.
The first three months of 2019 saw a flurry of Professional Development in Fab Labs from Mississippi/Louisiana to California. Fab Labs have a full quiver of digital fabrication tools and a well-stocked electronics station. The goal for these Professional Development workshops or …
Continue reading >>> Electronics, 3D-Carving, and Molding & Casting at Fab Labs
By Sallye Coyle, April 5th, 2018 Showing off projects created on a ShopBot CNC and a laser cutter
Do you own or have access to digital fabrication equipment such as a ShopBot CNC machine, laser cutter, or 3D printer, and an interest in education? Do you want to know more about the software and machines available for digital fabrication in …
Continue reading >>> Makerspaces in Education: Becoming Comfortable Using Your ShopBot and Other Digital Fabrication Tools
By ShopBot, December 28th, 2017 Jad Jadeja and the students from the Innovative Airflow Technologies and Turbo Tigers teams.
Dripping Springs might not be the biggest city in Texas, but big things are happening at its only high school. As a school that is totally committed to providing students with challenging learning opportunities in science, technology, and math, the …
Continue reading >>> High School Students from Dripping Springs, TX Use ShopBot Tools to Rout the Competition
By Jeanne Taylor, August 18th, 2017
Fab13, the 13th International Fab Lab Meeting, was hosted in Santiago, Chile from July 31 to August 6, 2017. This year’s “Fabricating Society” theme was in action throughout the event. There were six strategic categories: city, housing, innovation and entrepreneurship, environment and energy, education, and decentralization–and each had clearly defined projects.
I …
Continue reading >>> Collaborations and Workshops, Bringing Fab Labs Together in Santiago, Chile
By Tim Babiasz, April 3rd, 2017
From March 13-15, 2017, ShopBot Tools attended the 2017 USFLN Symposium at Lewis and Clark Community College’s St. Louis Confluence Fab Lab in Edwardsville, IL. This year’s theme, “Stairway to Making”, featured a number of workshops and sessions highlighting the various steps that Fab Labs and Makerspaces can take to start, grow, and succeed in bringing digital fabrication …
Continue reading >>> Digital Fabrication Education at USFLN in Edwardsville, IL
By Sallye Coyle, February 21st, 2017
Do you have digital fabrication equipment such as a ShopBot CNC machine, laser cutter, and/or a 3D printer, and an interest in education? Do you want to know more about the software and machines available to you? Are you a facilitator of a digital FabLab or Makerspace who would like to join a …
Continue reading >>> Digital Fabrication in Education Workshop
By Sallye Coyle, November 30th, 2016 Carnegie Science Center is a popular spot for a play date, where children and adults can experience science first hand. It is also home to a Chevron FabLab, a digital fabrication laboratory for innovation and invention. The Carnegie FabLab holds camps and programs for children 8 – 18. Its mobile lab brings in depth digital …
Continue reading >>> Professional Development for Educators in Pittsburgh: Carnegie Science Center
By Sallye Coyle, September 8th, 2016 Friends from 5 Continents sharing one last evening at SZOIL after Fab 12 in Shenzhen.
The Location: This year’s gathering of the International FabLab network took place in early August in Shenzhen, China. About an hour from Hong Kong, Shenzhen is a new city, grown up in the last 25 – 30 years from …
Continue reading >>> Notes from Fab12 in Shenzhen, China
By Sallye Coyle, August 8th, 2016 UI1 Mobile FabLab at a Maker Faire. An awning provides extra shelter when projects are set up outside the MFL.
It’s a great idea to take the digital fabrication equipment to the people, rather than the people having to travel to the equipment. As experience and the type of equipment available have changed, …
Continue reading >>> A Brief Timeline of Mobile Digital Fabrication Equipment
By Sallye Coyle, April 27th, 2016 Do you have digital fabrication equipment such as a ShopBot CNC machine, laser cutter, and/or a 3D printer, and an interest in education? Do you want to know more about the software and machines available to you? Are you a facilitator of a digital fab lab or makerspace who would like to join a support …
Continue reading >>> Digital Fabrication in Education Workshop
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