6 years ago:
FabLab Umeå in Sliperiet, now the makerspace in the Curiosum science centre engaging children in making and science topics.

the link is to a photo in my Flickr fab lab album, taken 15.11.2016.
description: we see a shelf in the electronics station part of the fab lab with three plastic sorting containers - labelled RANDOM ELECTRONICS, DON'T KNOW, and RANDOM CRAP.

#FabLabNetwork #FabLab #makers #makerspace #fieldwork #photography
https://flic.kr/p/2b2B8ZZ

stories about the new industrial revolution:
FAB15 Collectively Intelligent: International FabLab Network Conference and Festival, El Gouna and Cairo, Egypt, 28 July-4 August 2019.
#FabLab #FabLabNetwork #makers

https://flic.kr/p/2h38WJ2

-we were introduced to Egyptian fab labs

-the partnership between fab labs and Wikifactory was announced 

-the Machines that Make Machines MTM workshop donated their machines to Egyptian schools for STEAM learning
...

FAB14 "Fabricating Resilience": the 14th International Fab Lab Conference, Toulouse, 16-22 July 2018

https://flic.kr/p/MmxhnL

#FabLabs #FabLabNetwork #makers #NewIndustrialRevolution

-Daniele Ingrassia 'satsha' displayed another open source fabrication machine, a giant laser cutter (Laserduo: http://laserduo.com)
-we got bodily entangled again in a giant Peruvian yarn weaving during Fabercize
-Alysia Garmulewicz of Materiom ran a popular workshop on circular materials
...

8 ys ago in technology subcultures:
#FabLabs #FabLabNetwork #makers #MakerCulture #MakerMovement #PersonalFabrication

FAB10 The 10th International FabLab Conference and Annual Meeting: From Fab Labs to Fab Cities. Barcelona, 2-8 July 2014. https://flic.kr/p/2go33L7

-Fab City countdown launched
-concerns expressed that FabLab Izolab in Donetsk was taken over by the Russian military
-Woelab's 3D printer made of e-waste won the Fab Awards
-the Ateneus were launched/ shown to the network ...

calling researchers of #fablabs #MakerCulture #FabLabNetwork

the #CfP for #FAB17 Fab Island: Designing Emergent Realities is now open. abstract deadline 15 June https://easychair.org/cfp/fab17

Research Stream chairs @trox @ckohtala
#FediScholar #ScholarSocial