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Creative Spark, a not-for-profit social enterprise in Dundalk, is excited to officially open enrolment for the 2025 Fab Academy Diploma. This groundbreaking programme, starting on 22nd January 2025, offers students the chance to master cutting-edge digital fabrication techniques at Creative Spark's Enterprise FabLab, the first official Fab Academy node in Ireland. Launched in 2023, the Enterprise FabLab is equipped with advanced tools, including laser cutters, 3D printers, and CNC routers. Fab Academy, Opens Enrolment for 2025 Developed by MIT's Neil Gershenfeld, the Fab Academy Diploma is a five-month intensive course that empowers students to design, prototype, and develop projects using cutting-edge digital tools. As part of the global Fab Academy network, Creative Spark's FabLab connects with "Nodes" worldwide, combining local instruction by Oscar Diaz, Education and Operations Manager at the Enterprise FabLab, with global video lectures. Sarah Daly, Executive Director of Creative Spark, highlights the programme's local impact: "This diploma aligns perfectly with our mission, equipping learners with skills to turn ideas into tangible outcomes. We're excited to see the next group contribute to innovative growth in our community." Creative Spark's involvement with the Fab Academy has reached new heights with recent achievements. In August 2024, Ryan Reilly, a talented Dundalk creative, graduated from the Fab Academy Diploma programme. Ryan, who was awarded a prestigious scholarship, honed his expertise in 3D printing and technical design at Creative Spark's Enterprise FabLab. His journey culminated at Fab24 in Puebla, Mexico, where he joined 145 Fab Academy Diploma graduates from 35 countries for the annual Fab Lab Conference and Symposium. "Fab Academy pushed me to break limits and opened up countless opportunities for my future," Ryan said. Oscar Diaz, Enterprise FabLab Education and Operations Manager, played a key role at Fab24, hosting inclusive STEAM workshops and delivering a guest presentation titled "Exploring a Sustainable Model for a FabLab: The Role of Irish Social Enterprises." He emphasised the importance of sustainable practices in FabLabs and highlighted Creative Spark's role in driving innovation in Ireland. "Upon completing the Fab Academy Diploma, graduates join a global network of innovators, technologists, and prototyping experts. In addition to gaining valuable skills, they leave with a fully functional prototype and an impressive online portfolio that serves as a proof of concept." Says Oscar Diaz. Creative Spark is offering up to four €1,000 bursaries to successful applicants for the 2025 Fab Academy Diploma subject to funding approval. Applications are now open, offering hybrid learning with local mentorship and global support. FAB25 will take place in Czech Republic in July 2025. Creative Spark Enterprise FabLab is supported by The Arts Service of Louth County Council and Enterprise Ireland through the Regional Enterprise Development Fund. For more information and to apply, visit: https://creativespark.ie/open-calls.html or contact oscar@creativespark.ie About Creative Spark Founded in 2012, Creative Spark is a creative hub in Dundalk supporting entrepreneurs, start-ups, and SMEs. Through studio spaces, training, and digital fabrication resources, Creative Spark fosters innovation and economic growth in Ireland. www.creativespark.ie See more breaking stories here.
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Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack - NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Neil's Website: http://ng.cba.mit.edu/ MIT Center for Bits and Atoms: https://cba.mit.edu/ Fab Foundation: https://fabfoundation.org/ Fab Lab community: https://fablabs.io/ Fab Academy: https://fabacademy.org/ Fab City: https://fab.city/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (05:37) - What Turing got wrong (11:02) - MIT Center for Bits and Atoms (24:08) - Digital logic (30:44) - Self-assembling robots (41:12) - Digital fabrication (52:07) - Self-reproducing machine (59:53) - Trash and fabrication (1:04:49) - Lab-made bioweapons (1:09:04) - Genome (1:20:56) - Quantum computing (1:25:28) - Microfluidic bubble computation (1:30:49) - Maxwell's demon (1:39:35) - Consciousness (1:46:35) - Cellular automata (1:51:07) - Universe is a computer (1:55:53) - Advice for young people (2:05:10) - Meaning of life
Stijn De Mil, oprichter van de FabLab Factory (https://fablabfactory.com/en/), komt zijn passie over FabLabs en makerspaces delen (00:03:00). We proberen een intelligente mening te formuleren over de oorlog in Oekraïne (00:50:40). Of dat gelukt is, mag u zelf beslissen. Mike geeft live 10 euro uit. Wim snapt nog steeds niet helemaal hoe subnetten werken. Tijdens de geek test (01:31:49) komen we te weten wie van ons al (erotische) fanfiction heeft geschreven. Vermeld in de podcast: Prof. Neil Gershenfeld, uitvinder van het FabLab: http://ng.cba.mit.edu/ Poetin als knullig kind: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Poetin#/media/Bestand:Vladimir_Putin_as_a_child.jpg MyMiniFactory: https://www.myminifactory.com/ Help vluchtelingen uit Oekraïne: https://doneer.unhcr.nl/oekraine Samen in actie voor Oekraïne: https://geef-nu.giro555.nl/oekraine Geef iemand toegang tot vrij internet: https://snowflake.torproject.org/ Bundle for Ukraine (itch.io): https://itch.io/b/1316/bundle-for-ukraine Stand with Ukraine bundle (Humble Bundle): https://www.humblebundle.com/stand-with-ukraine-bundle Met dank aan Yvette Beaudoin, ontwerper van de geek test: http://innergeek.us/geek-test.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/zinvol-gezever/message
Interview with Dr. Neil Gershenfeld, and several of his students about the future of design. Dr. Gershenfeld is a professor and Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms where he is researching many incredible things, such as cell-by-cell development, nanotechnology, and community self-sufficiency, among other things. He is also the Chairman of the Fab Foundation, which has done incredible work to change lives around the world through innovation and education.
NEIL GERSHENFELD (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/neil_gershenfeld) is the director of MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms; founder of the global fab lab network; the author of FAB; and co-author (with Alan Gershenfeld & Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld) of Designing Reality. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/neil_gershenfeld-morphogenesis-for-the-design-of-design
Neil Gershenfeld, Alan Gershenfeld, and Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld used December’s What’s Now: New York as the official New York launch party for their new book Designing Reality: How to Survive and Thrive in the Third Digital Revolution. The book brings the perspectives of science, technology, social science, and humanities to the third digital revolution—through three brothers who are not only observers of the revolution but also active participants in helping guide it.
NEIL GERSHENFELD (https://www.edge.org/memberbio/neil_gershenfeld) is a Physicist and the Director of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms. He is the author of FAB. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/neil_gershenfeld-digital-reality
Analog telephone calls degraded with distance; digitizing communications led to the Internet. Analog computations degraded with time; digitizing computing led to the PC. Today's most advanced manufacturing remains analog: the designs are digital, but the processes are not. I will introduce emerging research on digitizing fabrication, and explore the implications of anyone being able to make (almost) anything.
Fabriquer une voiture soi-même, réparer son lave-linge, détourner un téléphone portable obsolète… Notre environnement est de plus en plus complexe, le fonctionnement de nos machines toujours plus obscure. Pourtant, de nouveaux outils accompagnent les nouvelles techniques et, aujourd'hui encore, il est possible d'ouvrir le capot pour démonter un moteur. Dans un Fab Lab, il est même possible d'en fabriquer un soi-même. Un Fab Lab, un Fabrication Laboratory c'est un lieu où l'on fait du bricolage numérique. Un hangar gigantesque à l'ambiance high-tech et au budget conséquent ou un petit local associatif avec une imprimante 3d et une découpeuse laser faites maison. Si le terme recoupe ainsi plusieurs réalités, il existe une charte des Fab Lab qui replace ces nombreux projets dans une histoire commune, dans un partage des connaissances et du savoir et une pratique libre (libérée ?) du bricolage numérique. A la fin des années 90 au Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) de Boston, Neil Gershenfeld a transformé un cours donné à ses étudiants en un Fab Lab, le premier, modèle d'un réseau de lieux similaires à travers toute la planète. Ce cours s'intitulait « How to make – almost – anything » et permettait aux étudiants de Neil Gershenfeld d'acquérir quelques bases dans la fabrication des prototypes nécessaires à leurs recherches. Les étudiants revenant en dehors des cours fabriquer leurs propres projets, le Fab Lab était né. Dans cette émission, découvrez le fonctionnement et l'esprit des Fab Lab. Pratique ouverte, transmission des connaissances, conception non-marchande de la propriété intellectuelle : un Fab Lab c'est aussi un endroit où se construit un rapport à la technique. Aujourd'hui, certaines grandes entreprises montent leur Fab Lab et le gouvernement français a récemment décidé de soutenir la création de 14 nouveaux centres de fabrication numérique. Les Fab Lab sont bel et bien un mouvement aux potentialités innombrables, leur avenir est, lui aussi, très ouvert. Invité Julien BellangerJulien Bellanger, chargé de ressources pédagogiques dans l'association PiNG.Éléments sonores Bienvenue à la Plateforme C – 4min41Visite du Fab Lab nantais ouvert fin 2013 en compagnie de son responsable, Laurent Berthelot. Aux origines du Fab Lab – 5minInterview de Jean-Michel Molenaar, manager de la Casemate, Fab Lab grenoblois et personne ressource du mouvement des Fab Lab. Obsolescence programmée, mythe et réalité – 5minChronique d'Emmanuelle Meffray sur son imprimante cassée, à partir du travail de recherche de Dominique Kreziak, chercheuse en science de gestion à l'Université de Savoie, qui conduit une recherche sur la perception du changement de téléphone portable avec l'ADEME. Devenir citoyen, devenir technicien – 4min30Interview du philosophe des sciences de l'éducation Michel Fabre, responsable du Centre de Recherche en Éducation de l'Université de Nantes sur les enjeux de l'apprentissage de la technique à l'école. Ressources Fab Lab, hackerspaces, les lieux de fabrications numériques collaboratifs, livre collaboratif en open source sur le site FlossManuals, site francophones de manuels libres. Makers, la nouvelle révolution industrielle, Chris Anderson, Pearson, 2012Un petit livre et des fiches pratiques pour que chacun puisse faire sa révolution industrielle. L'impression 3d, Mathilde Berchon, Berthier Luyt, Eyrolles, 2013Livre sur l'outil emblématique du Fab Lab, trouvez-y quelques conseils pour bien choisir et bien fabriquer une imprimante 3d. Le site de l'association PiNG : http://www.pingbase.net/ Le site de la Plateforme C : http://www.plateforme-c.org/ Crédits Une émission animée par Emmanuelle Meffray et Pierre-Antoine Rault, avec la participation de Claire Sizorn, dirigée par Guillaume Mézières.