Fab Academy 2026! Pre-register for next year!

#fabacademy #DigitalArt #fablab #3dprinting #programming #hacking #tinkering #maker #electronics

https://waag.org/en/article/fab-academy-2026-pre-register-next-year/

At #fabacademy one assignment is about electronics production. This documentation by #fablab Kerala in India explores various materials and methods for their suitability in producing effective PCB stencils that can be used for accurate solder paste application. All done more or less before but at the end they use a xtool f1 ultra to solder the components. And that is pretty amazing!

https://ivy-honesty-3a3.notion.site/Stencil-making-and-Laser-Soldering-1f8654725b0f802d9b61f23d249f6c4c?pvs=4

#fablab #fabacademy #electronics #PCB @hackaday

How many watts can a trace handle? Intern Sam at our #fablab at @waag put it to the test. Design in #Kicad, prototypes on a small cnc milling machine (Modela mdx20). 0.25 mm tapered balnose milling bit. PCB FR1 copper clad (phenolic paper) with a copper thickness of 35µm.
Surprising results!!

http://sam-78f04d.waaglabs.nl/Assignments/extra_research/FR-1-traces/

InMachines is looking for a full time Software Developer!

#InMachines is a young and international company focused on designing and producing open-source digital fabrication machines, such as 3D printers, laser cutters, CNC routers, and others.

Located in Schwarzenbek, near #Hamburg,

More info here:

https://www.inmachines.net/software-developer

Learn how to make (almost) anything

Pre-registration phase for the 2026 cycle are open. Interested in the program, please register http://eepurl.com/iNMP-c

During this intensive five-month program, participants will have the opportunity to learn over 20 different competencies,
enhancing both their technical and professional skill sets.

If you want to know more download the brochure: https://fablab.waag.org/images/fa2025/FabAcademy25.pdf

#fabacademy #fablab #makerspace #electronics #maker #diy #fab24 @waag

https://makezine.com/article/uncategorized/the-band-began-to-play-the-history-and-future-of-fab-labs/

Fab Lab founder looks back and to the future

"It was 20 years ago today … that Dale Dougherty came to play. I’m proud now to have been the first interview in Make:, although I was puzzled at the time. I’d been making things all my life, but didn’t get why that act warranted capitalization, or a magazine, or becoming a noun+verb+adjective. Rereading the interview now, I’d give myself a C for vision, a B for technology, and A for people."

Great talk at @hackaday Europe 2025 by Rehana Al-Soltane about how she created a flexible PCB in the shape of a crown while at MIT, using a Javascript- and web-based open-source tool

https://www.youtube.com/live/uBOfawHQ0cA

SVG-PCB:
https://leomcelroy.com/svg-pcb-website/#/home

article about InMachines and the push about Open Source ethics!

InMachines has the goal to develop the Open Lab Starter Kit (OLSK), a collection of eight open source machines important for covering the needs of Fab City workshops.

https://www.hackster.io/news/the-german-company-dedicated-to-the-research-and-development-of-open-source-machines-7284ea75849e

https://www.inmachines.net/

FIT: Five Intersecting Tetrahedra

Enhancing the WWW with inspectable 3D embeds of a tricky modular origami construction puzzle. Maybe I'll find it again in 20 years when I try to fold it again.

https://www.forresto.com/2020s/fit.html

Will try to share some of the awesome stuff that students make while doing #fabacademy Last week it was #lasercutter week: Mkhitar from #fablab Dilijan (Armenia) came up with this brilliant idea to laser joints in an angle.

https://fabacademy.org/2025/labs/dilijan/students/mkhitar-evoyan/assignments/week03/#angled-version

#Meshtastic on #fabtec as seen by #GNURadio Companion using a cheap RTL.SDR dongle.

https://gitlab.fabcloud.org/pub/project/bootcamp-2025-am/xiao-lora

A Industriosa será sede da Fab Academy 2025 en Vigo

O programa de referencia mundial en fabricación dixital do MIT chega á cidade para formar enxeñeiros, deseñadores e makers.
https://mancomun.gal/novas/a-industriosa-acollera-a-fab-academy-2025-en-vigo/
#FabAcademy #Vigo #Maker

Posters Fab Academy Open Day for next week!

December 4
15:00-17:00 CET
9AM EST

Waag Futurelab
Fablab Amsterdam
Nieuwmarkt 4
Amsterdam/NL

Join in person @waag in Amsterdam or zoom (register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcO2sqD0qHt3xurySgK3VDVIe5WqY67Jz#/registration)

#fablab #maker #electronics #3dprinting #fabacademy #cad #cam #Science

https://waag.org/en/event/fab-academy-2025-open-day/

Aberta a inscrición para o #FabAcademy 2025 na A Industriosa

Curso de fabricación dixital para aprender a crear case calquera cousa. Impresoras 3D, fresadoras CNC, cortadoras láser e moito máis.
https://mancomun.gal/novas/curso-internacional-de-fabricacion-dixital-fab-academy-2/
#FabricaciónDixital #Maker #Industria4_0 #Vigo

# What is the FABACADEMY Program?

#FabAcademy is a fast paced, hands-on learning experience where students learn rapid-prototyping by planning and executing a new project each week, resulting in a personal portfolio of technical skills.

# How can I become a Fab Academy STUDENT?

Anyone can join Fab Academy on https://fabacademy.org/ apply, pick a Node from the list of FabLabs.

Info:
- https://fablab.waag.org/

- Brochure:
https://fablab.waag.org/images/fa2025/FabAcademy25_brochure.pdf

#fablab #design #3dprinting #electronics @waag

Learn howto make (almost) anything!

The #FabAcademy is a fast paced, hands-on learning experience where you learn rapid-prototyping by planning and executing a new project each week, resulting in a personal portfolio of technical skills.

Anyone can join Fab Academy. To become eligible, you have to register to the course by filling the online form (see below) and select a Node from the list of active and accepted #fablabs

https://form.jotform.com/FabAcademy/2025-student-registration-form

#electronics #design @waag