The fabgrid is my final project for the FabAcademy ‘17. FabAcademy is a course on “How to make anything” - focussing on digital fabrication. It is held every year by Neil Gershenfeld at the MIT with the support of local instructors in FabLabs around the world.
Within a couple of weeks we’re going to acquire all kinds of digital fabrictation skills, including cnc cutting and milling, 3D printing, electronics design, programming and more. For a full list of all lessons, check the FabAcademy Schedule link below.
I will try to use each lesson to create a necessary part to my final project, the fabgrid. One of the most interesting parts will be Molding and Casting, as i’ve never done it before.
Documentation
We are encouraged to carefully document each step in order to ensure full reproducibility of our work. Here is the documentation segmented by week/topic:
- Week 1: Principles and Practices, Project Management
- Week 2: Computer Aided Design
- Week 3: Computer-Controlled Cutting
- Week 4: Electronics Production
- Week 5: 3D Printing and Scanning
- Week 6: Electronics Design
- Week 7: Computer Machining
- Week 8: Embedded Programming
- Week 9: Mechanical Design
- Week 10: Output Devices
- Week 11: Machine Building
- Week 12: Molding & Casting
- Week 13: Input Devices
- Week 14: Composites
- Week 15: Networking & Communications
- Week 16: Interface & Application Programming
- Week 17: Applications & Implications