ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I would like to express my deep gratitude to Professor Neil Gershenfeld, Director of Center For Bits & Atoms ( CBA ), for his patient guidance, enthusiastic encouragement and useful critiques during the class. I would also like to thank Francisco Sanchez, my Remote tutor for his advice and continuous assistance in keeping my progress on track. My grateful thanks is also extended to Dr Asharaf.S, Associate Professor of IIITMK for his continuous guidance and support. I also would like to thank Dr Rajasree MS, Director of IIITMK, and Prof Rajeev.S, Chief Consultant of Maker Village to allow me to join Fab Academy while working for IIITMK. My sincere thanks to Mr Murali, Administrative Officer of IIITMK for allowing me to have flexible work schedule to help me club the Fab Activities and my Official Work.

The support I received and knowledge my class mates shared are great, especially Yadu Sharon, Sibu Samon and many others. Though I do not mention everybodys name here, I cannot forget any of my class mates in the Fab, as they all have shared their knowledge and helped each other in various ways during our process of learning.

Thank You very much Gayatri for going through all my documents and helping me to correct the same. I also would like to thank Hemanth for his help to create my video presentation and Remya for her tips to fix the bugs in my webpages.

My colleagues Anoop VS, Treesa George, Pran Kumar, Nithin Krishnan, Shimna Nizar all have helped me to manage both my official projects and Fab Academy in the best way. The encouragement I received from my friends Niyas S, Jithin S, Mohsen, and Chithira helped me to keep moving during the toughest times.

Finally, I wish to thank my sister and mother who used to wait sleepless nights for me to reach home after the classes, Her love and encouragement keeps me ticking!