Diploma / Individual Fab Academy Certificates
1. digital fabrication principles and practices – 1 week
Digital Fabrication practices were first made by Neil Gershenfeld. Digital Fabrication is making things physically rather than virtually. The idea behind this is to make this a global project that everyone can access.
http://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/fora91&div=114&id=&page=
2. computer-aided design, manufacturing, and modeling – 1 week
Computer-aided Design is using computers to design things.
https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/cad-software
Manufacturing is what a fab lab does it makes things.
http://www.fablabni.com/what-fablab.html
Modeling is physically making your design.
http://www.fablabni.com/tags/3d-modelling.html
3. computer-controlled cutting – 1 week
Computer-Controlled Cutting divides into three categories laser cutting, Vinyl cutting, Large CNC Milling machine, and the precision milling machine.
http://archive.fabacademy.org/2017/fablabnervecentre/students/401/assignment3.html
4. electronics design and production – 2 weeks
Electronics design shows the labeling behind wiring in certain objects. It shows how each circuit connects. To produce it, you 3-D print or cut your base out. Then wire it.
http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2017/fablabnervecentre/students/401/assignment6.html#manufacturing
5. computer-controlled machining – 1 week
Computer-controlled machining is found in a trailer. It was first made by MIT. It is a mobile fab lab.
http://www.fabfoundation.org/index.php/mobile-fab-lab/index.html
6. embedded programming – 1 week
Embedded programming is is programming AVR microcontrollers.
http://www.fablabconnect.com/fab-academy/
7. 3D molding and casting – 1 week
3-D casting is putting liquid into a mold. Once the liquid hardens, you can remove the cast from the mold to reveal a finished product.
https://sites.google.com/a/stoughton.k12.wi.us/fablab-stoughton/1--molding-and-casting
8. collaborative technical development and project management – 1 week
MIT's center for Bits and Atoms is a collaborative technical group that collaborates with the global community. Project management is working on our own project and incorporating what we have learned into this project.
http://www.fablabconnect.com/fab-academy/
9. 3D scanning and printing – 1 week
3-D scanning and printing is taking something and putting it into a computer program, then printing it out.
http://www.fablabconnect.com/fab-academy/
10. sensors, actuators, and displays – 2 weeks
Sensors are objects make changes to an object. Actuators are motors that control a machine. Displays are electronic images.
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS749US749&q=display+definition&oq=display+definition&gs_l=psy-ab.3..0l6j0i22i30k1l4.26231.29218.0.29486.17.17.0.0.0.0.170.1530.9j6.15.0.dummy_maps_web_fallback...0...1.1.64.psy-ab..2.15.1526...35i39k1j0i22i10i30k1j0i67k1j0i10k1j0i20i264k1j0i131k1j0i20i263k1.0.PfjfL61A5so
https://www.google.com/search?q=Actuator&rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS749US749&oq=Actuator&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.669j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GGRV_enUS749US749&biw=1396&bih=668&q=what+are+sensors+&oq=what+are+sensors+&gs_l=psy-ab.3..35i39k1j0l9.8051.8883.0.9399.7.7.0.0.0.0.106.647.6j1.7.0.dummy_maps_web_fallback...0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.7.643...0i22i30k1.0.hA1oaRKX0mI
11. interface and application programming – 1 week
Interface and application programming measures heat, and the heat rate (usually involving electricity) is measured and analyzed by the Python Serial.
http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2017/fablabnervecentre/students/401/assignment16.html
12. embedded networking and communications – 1 week
Embedded networking and communication is linking two processors a wireless or wire connection.
http://docs.academany.org/FabAcademy-Assessment/_book/embedded_networking_and_communications.html
13. machine design – 2 weeks
Machine design is making a machine that must operate by itself.
http://docs.academany.org/FabAcademy-Assessment/_book/mechanical_design,_machine_design.html
14. digital fabrication applications and implications – 1 week
Digital fabrication applications and implications are applying these skills to the real world.
http://www.fablabconnect.com/fab-academy/
15. invention, intellectual property, and business models – 1 week
Invention, intellectual property, and business models include making a final project and licensing it.
http://docs.academany.org/FabAcademy-Assessment/_book/invention,_intellectual_property_and_business_mode.html
16. digital fabrication project development – 2 weeks
Digital fabrication project development is documenting and creating your final project.
http://docs.academany.org/FabAcademy-Assessment/_book/project_development.html