FabLab : : Of Machines, Makers and Inventors / / ed. by Corinne Büching, Julia Walter-Herrmann.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Bakker, Bart,; Blikstein, Paulo,; Bohne, René,; Büching, Corinne,; Carstensen, Tanja,; Dittert, Nadine,; Dyvik, Jens,; Döring, Tanja,; Grosskopf, Lambert,; Katterfeldt, Eva-Sophie,; Krannich, Dennis,; Kulkarni, Yogesh Ramesh,; Lassiter, Sherry,; Lund, Michael,; Nake, Frieder,; Pettis, Bre,; Posch, Irene,; Robben, Bernard,; Schaub, Alex,; Schelhowe, Heidi,; Sterling, Bruce,; Sylvester, Axel,; Troxler, Peter,; Walter-Herrmann, Julia,; Zeising, Anja,
• HerausgeberIn: Büching, Corinne,; Walter-Herrmann, Julia,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2014]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1. Aufl.
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur- und Medientheorie
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)

Ten years after the first FabLab (a so called fabrication laboratory) was opened at MIT, more than 120 FabLabs exist all over the world. Today, it is time to look back at a decade of FabLab activities. This book shows how small production devices, such as laser cutters and 3D printers, and dedicated educationists, researchers and FabLab practitioners transform the fields of learning, work, production, design, maker culture, law and science on a global scale.In this composition experts from various countries, such as Germany, India or the USA, and distinguished academic institutions, such as MIT or Stanford University, discuss theoretical questions and introduce practical approaches concerning FabLab activities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- NOTES ON FABLABS -- THE MOVEMENT -- FABLABS – A GLOBAL SOCIAL MOVEMENT? -- HOMO FABBER AND THE LAW -- GENDERED FABLABS? -- FABRICATING ENVIRONMENTS FOR CHILDREN -- MATERIALITY AND VIRTUALITY -- NOTES ON MATERIALITY AND VIRTUALITY -- CONSIDERING ALGORITHMICS AND AESTHETICS -- DIGITAL REALITIES, PHYSICAL ACTION AND DEEP LEARNING -- A UNIVERSE OF OBJECTS -- MAKER CULTURE -- NOTES ON MAKER CULTURE -- THE HISTORY OF PRODUCTION WITH COMPUTERS -- MAKER CULTURE, DIGITAL TOOLS AND EXPLORATION SUPPORT FOR FABLABS -- THOUGHTS FROM THE ROAD OF A FABLAB NOMAD -- TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE -- NOTES ON TECHNOLOGY AND INFRASTRUCTURE -- MACHINES FOR PERSONAL FABRICATION -- DIGITAL FABRICATION IN EDUCATIONAL CONTEXTS -- MAKING THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT -- NOTES ON COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT -- Digital Fabrication and ‘Making’ in Education -- URBAN DEVELOPMENT WITH FABLABS -- SMALL IDEAS, BIG OPPORTUNITIES -- AFFORDABLE AND ADJUSTABLE PROSTHESES CREATED IN FABLABS -- EPILOGUE -- FABLABS: THOUGHTS AND REMEMBRANCES -- LIST OF AUTHORS