Fab Lab Paramaribo - introduction
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This document provides an agenda and overview of a seminar and workshop on mechanisms to support innovation for small and medium enterprises in Suriname. It introduces the Fab Lab Paramaribo, which is a digital fabrication laboratory located in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Fab Lab aims to provide tools, training, and resources to empower users from a variety of backgrounds to design and produce physical objects. It seeks to support innovation, entrepreneurship, education, and economic development in Suriname and the wider Caribbean region through collaboration in its user community and international Fab Lab network.
Fab Lab Paramaribo - introduction
- 1. 1 SEMINAR ON MECHANISMS TO SUPPORT INNOVATION FOR SMES IN SURINAME & WORKSHOP: DESIGN AS A PLATFORM FOR INNOVATION 11 AND 12 APRIL, 2013, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME FAB LAB PARAMARIBO – INTRODUCTION PIETER VAN DER HIJDEN (FABLAB@VICEPRESIDENT.GOV.SR) 2013 – Fab Lab Paramaribo & Pieter van der Hijden - This work is licensed under a Creative CommonsAttribution- Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.
- 2. AGENDA Context 3rd Industrial revolution How to make (almost) anything What is a Fab Lab? Tools! Services! Users! Added values! Fab Lab Paramaribo In three words 2
- 3. CONTEXT: 3RD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 3The Economist, 21 April 2012
- 4. CONTEXT: HOW TO MAKE (ALMOST) ANYTHING MIT – Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Bits and Atoms Prof. Neil Gershenfeld Course: How to make (almost) anything Outreach activity Set-up a simple and cheap digital fabrication lab (50k USD): Fab Lab Autonomous initiatives Now: 252 Fab Labs world wide All over the world Since 11 Feb. 2013 in Paramaribo 4
- 5. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! Workspace with digital production tools to make (almost) anything 2d- & 3d-design 2d- & 3d-scanning 2d-vinyl cutter 2d-laser cutter /engraver 3d-printing 3d-milling Electronics Teleconferencing 5
- 6. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! 2d- & 3d-scanning 6 From physical object to virtual model
- 7. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! 2d-laser cutter /engraver Materials Wood Acrylic Fabric Cloth Leather Matte board Paper Rubber Fiber glass Plastic Cork Etc. 7
- 8. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! 3d-printing 8 3D Print System with ZPrint 850 Laptop with ZPrint/ZEdit 7.15 software, to adapt the model and to control the printer Hardware: 3D printer ZPrinter 850, the real printer Hardware: Powder Recycling Station (PRS), device to remove any excess powder Hardware: Workbench ZBench, workbench for postprocessing of the products, e.g. hardening
- 9. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! 3d-printing 9 3d printer 3DTouch™ Education Pack
- 10. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! 3d-printing Printing houses from sand and water, Enrico Dini Airplane wing from carbon fiber Food printing Organic materials (skin!) 10
- 11. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! 3d-milling, cutting, carving, drilling or machining Materials Wood Plastic Foam Aluminium Etc. 11
- 12. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! Electronics Arduino is an open- source electronics prototyping platform Raspberry Pi – credit card size computer that plugs into tv & keyboard 12
- 13. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? TOOLS! Teleconferencing 13
- 14. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? SERVICES! Access to the tools Training, courses, workshops Advise on commercial follow-up Participation in international projects Assisting new Fab Labs Consulting work Receiving visitors 14
- 15. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? USERS! 15 University Colleges Museum Crafters Cultural centre Chamber of commerce Min. of labour & techn. Min. of trade and industry Internet provider General public Employers ass. Research institutes Embassy Bank Big company NGO Supra nationals Techn. schools Adult education Women movement Training centre Consulta ncies Govern- ment Labour union Ministry of education Other Fab Labs Drawing by A. Fienieg - 1992 Individual s Tinkerers Research ers Inventors Passers- by School classes Communit y groups Youth groups SMEs NGOs Fab Lab communit y
- 16. WHAT IS A FAB LAB? ADDED VALUES! Tools Designing and producing complex products (requiring various tools and materials) Services Empowering Learning organization New (personalised) products and services New jobs and/or enterprises International visibility and collaboration National and Caricom economy More internationally oriented More enterprising More innovative Users Collaborating, Co-designing, Co-producing Crosscultural Multidisciplinary International 16 Meejin Yoon: Defensive dressing Kelly Dobson: Screambody
- 17. FAB LAB PARAMARIBO Initiated by the Vicepresident of the Republic of Suriname Implementation of policy on innovation and technology Budget 2013 Development plan 2012-2016 Constitution 1987 Soft launch 11 February 2013 Member of the international Fab Lab community 17
- 18. FAB LAB PARAMARIBO 18 Fab Lab Paramaribo – Actual status Tools Set of tools almost completed Services • Access to the tools plus basic training • Developing full package • 2014 • Fab Academy • Maker Faire Caribbean? • Outreach activities Users Students first, other categories ASAP Fab Lab Paramaribo is located on Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116- 118, Paramaribo
- 19. IN THREE WORDS Fab Lab in three words: http://bit.ly/bUoiNQ 19
- 20. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Fab Lab Paramaribo Project Team: John Watkin (Kab VP, project manager) Pieter van der Hijden (Sofos Consultancy, consultant) Anand Kalpoe (AdeKUS/FTeW) Djoemarlan Kasanmoesdiran (Kab VP) Reina Raveles (Kab Pres) Website: http://fablab.vicepresident.gov.sr Email: fablab@vicepresident.gov.sr Address: Dr. Sophie Redmondstraat 116- 118, Paramaribo, Suriname 20
- 21. REFERENCES Business model generation; a handbook for visionaries, game changers, and challengers; Alexander Osterwalder et al.; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken NJ, USA, 2010. CBA - The Center for Bits and Atoms; web site; http://cba.mit.edu/ Design Thinking for Educators; Design Team Riverdale Country School and IDEO; 2011. Fab Central; website; http://fab.cba.mit.edu/ Fab Lab Locations; FabWiki; website; http://wiki.fablab.is/wiki/Portal:Labs Fab; the coming revolution on your desktop; from personal computers to personal fabrication; Neil Gershenfeld; Basic Books, New York, USA, 2005. FabLab Business Models; presentation to the first Artilect FabLab Conférence; Peter Troxler; Toulouse, 20-23 October 2011. FabYearBook 2011; another year of growth; Ton Zijlstra (ed.); 2011. International Fab Lab Association; web site; http://www.fablabinternational.org Open design now; why design cannot remain exclusive; Bas van Abel et al.; Bis Publishers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010. Special report: Manufacturing and Innovation; The Economist; print edition 21 April 2012. The butterfly paper no.1; Sophie Koers; Butterfly Works; 2008. 21