Shin N.

• Cardstock Attachments
• 2" Cube Box (Cardstock and Cardboard)
• Name Stand (Inkscape and Laser Cut)
• Logo Design 1 (Sketch, Inkscape, Laser Cut)
• Logo Design 2 (Vinyl Cut)
• 3D Design 1 (Tinkercad Lessons, Logo Print)
• 3D Design 2 (Original design)
• Designer Glasses (sketch, paper prototype, cardboard, laser cut, extension)
• FabAcademy Assignment

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.

The student in the Final project that I observed, set out to make multiple lamps, that opened and closed "like a flower" when the base is touched. The student, realizing that there was not enough time, decided to make only one. The most difficult area for the student, was the electronics aspect of the project, I can relate to that, because with no previous electronic experience, coding is like a foreign universe.

http://archive.fabacademy.org/archives/2016/fablabajaccio/students/51/

2. Why did you pick this project? What got your attention?

When it comes to Fab Lab, I am more interested in the design aspect of the class, rather than functionality. This project was a contemporary design, meant to be in a series of products, that, if completed, would have been spectacular. The overall design of the project caught my attention, and I would also like to create a contemporary looking piece of furniture, or item as my final project.

3. What FabLab ideas are rattling in your head about what you would like to make or explore?

One idea I was thinking of, is a stand for my computer, that I could use while laying down, but aesthetically contemporary, and cool at the same time. I would like to make this because I am always working laying down, but I can never seem to find a good position to type, and lay down at the same time.

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.)

I think that design is one of my main interests in the Fab Lab, and I would like to create something more aesthetically pleasing. The furniture designers that make their items sleek, and smooth, is what I want to be able to do, in addition to being able to craft something useful in daily life.

Diploma / Individual Fab Academy Certificates

1. digital fabrication principles and practices – 1 week

Digital Principles and practices, involves a lot of coding. Most of the students participate in creating their own websites to show their progress. Students used websites like squarespace.com, and many students iterated that Coding is not as difficult as expected.

2. computer-aided design, manufacturing, and modeling – 1 week

Computer aided design is pretty straightforward. Students use their computers to design their final designs. They used tools such as tinkercad, Adobe Illustrator, and Sketchup.

3. computer-controlled cutting – 1 week

Computer-controlled cutting is the use of computers to cut materials, in a a specific order, or design. Exaples of computer cutting tools, are the Laser cutter, and the Vinyl Cutter.

4. electronics design and production – 2 weeks

Electronics design and production, is the process of cutting out the e codelectronics required to code, and run whichever machine you are creating. Designers use the miller to cut out the pieces, and use electronic tools such as, Easyeda, and Eagle PCB.

5. computer-controlled machining – 1 week

Computer controlled machining, is using a machine tool, to create, usually an industrial sized object. Designers use a CNC machine to create their projects. Most projects seem to be on the larger scale, such as tables, or stands.

6. embedded programming – 1 week

Embedded programming is programming using an embedded system. Designers use Arduino and their embedded tool, to program a specific function.

7. 3D molding and casting – 1 week

3D molding and casting, is using a 3D printer, to create a mold for a specific shape. That mold, is usually filled with silicone, and the silicone mold is filled with rubber. Students use the 3D printer, and sketchup, SRP player, and Solidworks.

9. 3D scanning and printing – 1 week

#3D scanning is very straightforward. Students scan 3D objects, and the computer will 3D print that object. There are many tools used to scan objects, such as the Structure Sensor, or the Kinect for the XBox 360.

10. sensors, actuators, and displays – 2 weeks

During this section, many of the students participated in adding sensors to their microchips they had milled the week before. Any input device, such as a sensor allows us to interact with the computer. This may be like, Siri from apple, or a camera, or heat sensor. The students will be adding these devices to their microchips this week.

11. interface and application programming – 1 week

So in this week students learn how to create and application that interfaces a device. This allows the user to input commands into application and work the sensors. Students use processing files to do their work.

12. embedded networking and communications – 1 week

Students network, or connect more than one processors together. They build a slave and a master, and the slaves do whatever the master says, when it comes to communication among the processors. The students mill their processors, and they code their processors using their computers.

13. machine design – 2 weeks

Machine design, is making a machine out of the tools available in the Fab Lab. Due to the difficulty of the challenge, many of the participants worked in a group to create their machines. The students used the CNC machine to create their machine, because of the large scale of the project.

14. digital fabrication applications and implications – 1 week

This is the step that Students begin their work on their Final projects. They begin to plan, and evaluate the big project up ahead. They look over the expected cost, parts, and process in which the project is made.

15. invention, intellectual property, and business models – 1 week

This area of the project shows the reader what the reader can do, and cannot do when it comes to copying this model. The student informs the reader of legal terms, and priviliges the reader can exersize.

16. digital fabrication project development – 2 weeks

This is the largest and most important part of the FaB LAb experience: designing, and creating the final project. Students are on their own, and free to create whatever they want. They use the tools necessary to complete the project, and they post their final product on their website.

Check the Fab Academy content archive for more information: http://academy.cba.mit.edu