Proposal to develop a Fab Lab / Maker Lab in Exeter
Devon County Council is trying to establish if there is an interest in getting a Fab Lab or Maker Lab off the ground, possibly in Exeter Library (which as you know is currently closed for refurbishment, re-opening in April 2014).
Please click through to this short survey – only 12 quick questions! – online here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1p9t4rOn5_WxPSmrEQ8gwttRjeZamuQp8JBy0gGn51VE/viewform
What is a Fab Lab / Maker Lab?
A Fab Lab (= Fabrication Laboratory) is a low-cost digital workshop equipped with laser-cutters, routers, 3D scanners, 3D milling machines, and programming tools, where you can “make almost anything.” There are over 100 Fab Labs around the world, open to local inventors, small businesses, and garage entrepreneurs. The Fab Lab concept was created by Prof. Neil Gershenfeld and Bakhtiar Mikhak at MIT.
Proposal
To develop a digital fabrication facility (“Fab Lab”) in the refurbished Exeter Library to enable early-stage product prototyping and the ability to “make almost anything” for businesses, community users, artists and education, adopting the principles of the Fab Lab movement.
Further information
Please contact Tom Dixon at Devon County Council via:
Phone: 01392 382744
Email: tom.dixon@devon.gov.uk
Twitter: @tom_s_dixon
Tom Dixon
Innovation / Business Support / Mobile Broadband / Devon Work Hubs
Economic Development Officer
Devon County Council
Please note I do not work Thursdays
:: 01392 382744 (internal 2744)
:: Devon County Council, Economy & Enterprise, Lucombe House (AB2), County Hall, Topsham Road, Exeter, EX2 4QD