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Dr Eddie Kirkby Charity & Operations Support Manager The Manufacturing Institute

Fab Lab Manchester – Case Study. Dr Eddie Kirkby Charity & Operations Support Manager The Manufacturing Institute. Fab Lab Concept. Conceived by Professor Neil Gershenfeld, the Centre for Bits & Atoms – MIT How to Make Almost Anything - Digital design & fabrication

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Dr Eddie Kirkby Charity & Operations Support Manager The Manufacturing Institute

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  1. Fab Lab Manchester – Case Study Dr Eddie Kirkby Charity & Operations Support Manager The Manufacturing Institute

  2. Fab Lab Concept • Conceived by Professor Neil Gershenfeld, the Centre for Bits & Atoms – MIT • How to Make Almost Anything - Digital design & fabrication • Boston Fab Lab – community outreach

  3. and Why…… • To provide easy access to the tools for digital fabrication and prototyping • To empower individuals, rather than institutions, to be able to make almost anything • To see what would happen!!!

  4. What is a Fab Lab?

  5. Fab Lab Community • International community linked through video conferencing • 150 labs worldwide • Fab Lab Charter • Sharing of designs & processes • Standardised equipment

  6. The Manufacturing Institute

  7. Community Access • Fridays & Saturdays • Free use of Fab Lab equipment • Knowledge sharing • Peer-to-peer learning • Community projects

  8. Matt King “The Crackit” Inventors & SMEs • Design services • 2D, 3D, Animation • Prototyping • Moulding • Milling • Electronics • Laser Cutting • 3D printing

  9. Trustech – NW NHS Innovation Hub • Toric Marker

  10. Mike Cook – Inventor & Entrepreneur • Hexome (Music mixing controller)

  11. Matt King – Rugby Player • Crackit! • Designed & prototyped at Manchester Fab Lab • First order for 10,000 received

  12. Training Workshops • Teambuilding • Leading Innovation • Creative Problem Solving

  13. Education – Fab Academy • Unique globally delivered Higher Diploma • Digital design & fabrication • Delivered by MIT with local instructors • 20 labs, 13 countries, 5 continents

  14. Young People - Robo Lab Enterprise Workshop • Learning objectives: • Work collaboratively with specific job roles • Design for a specified target audience • Use software to design products • Utilise modern manufacturing techniques

  15. Young Fab Academy • 11-13 & 14-16 years • Creativity, digital design & fabrication • Aimed at parents rather than schools • Pilot July/Aug 2012

  16. The First 12 Months • Launched March 2010 • Began significant commercial activity in Jan 2011 • First 12 months: • 2,180 visitors • 165 manufacturers • 415 schoolchildren • Over 500 registered users • £32,000 revenue income

  17. The First Twelve Months – User Numbers

  18. Year 2 • 2,230 visitors – more than year 1!! • 155 Manufacturers • 180 school children (plus 2300 at external events) • Almost 400 new registered users – over 900 in total! • £115,000 revenue income

  19. What’s next? • UK & Ireland Fab Lab Network • 15 UK&I Fab Labs in 3 years • Distributed projects, research, business models • Events & sharing best practice • UK & Ireland Fab Foundation • Provide network infrastructure, administration and support • Provide sustainability models for new Fab Labs • National advocacy for Fab Lab network

  20. And finally…

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