1. Identify a project from any of the FabAcademy links and summarize what the student has set out to accomplish. What did they eventually complete and were they close to their original idea? Looking through their documentation (website) what did they explain as the most challenging part of the project? Include a link to the project documentation page in your answer. Embed an image of the selected project within your blog post. Not as an attachment.
2. Why did you pick this project? What got your attention?
3. What FabLab ideas are rattling in your head about what you would like to make or explore?
4. What are some of your interests that you would like to connect to projects in the FabLab? (i.e. environment, sustainability, fashion, fabrics, jeweler, robotics, programming, woodworking, furniture design, product design, engineering, CAD software, medicine, etc.)
1. digital fabrication principles and practices – 1 week
the basics of what this class is on, we learned how to make and create something practically the first day.
2. computer-aided design, manufacturing, and modeling – 1 week
this is where you design something in inkscape and edit it to the correct size and things then learn how to print it
3. computer-controlled cutting – 1 week
this is where we use the laser cutter to cut out our designs and we learn how to save things in order to get it to the right computer and size it for the right printing size
4. electronics design and production – 2 weeks
this involves design and creation, you make instruments and sonic designs.
5. computer-controlled machining – 1 week
you use a shopbot to make and create things.
6. embedded programming – 1 week
using data sheets and online programming, one can create microchips
7. 3D molding and casting – 1 week
using the sketch up app, one can create 3D figures.
8. collaborative technical development and project management – 1 week
using many different digital platforms you can create a final project using different surfaces.
9. 3D scanning and printing – 1 week
this is using the 3D printer and the tinker cad app to create a 3D peice of plastic
10. sensors, actuators, and displays – 2 weeks
this device sends information to a chip in order to program it. frequency changes due to what is coming from the device.
11. interface and application programming – 1 week
this program uses programming and data to change the computer interface of a device.
12. embedded networking and communications – 1 week
this means to connect the computer interfaces in order to program the chip.
13. machine design – 2 weeks
this means to make a machine that will end up making your final project, you have to program the machine yourself.
14. digital fabrication applications and implications – 1 week
this means creating a project that will be used in the everyday real world.
15. invention, intellectual property, and business models – 1 week
this means to create a practical and useful idea and make it.
16. digital fabrication project development – 2 weeks
this is using all the past weeks lessons to create multi purpose creations.