CBA News & Notes
May 15, 2015
- FAB11 registration is now open:
A fabulous group of CBA grads and collaborators will be coming in for this week of events. Space is limited, so register now!
- Nice coverage of the work of CBA alums Saul Griffith:
Ben Recht:
Yael Maguire:
and Raffi Krikorian:
- Current grad student Nadya Peek presented the fab lab 2.0 roadmap in Shenzhen:
and will be returning there with a larger group for the Shenzhen Maker Week:
Grad student Matt Carney gave a TEDx talk on robotic assembly:
- We're sorry to report on the passing of a good friend of the lab, Alex Rich:
- Skylar Tibbits' Self-Assembly Lab hosted an Active Matter Summit:
and he presented with Neil Gershenfeld at AAAS:
- Prof. Gershenfeld received an honorary degree from the University of Antwerp:
Here he is on digital reality:
and extinctions:
- Barcelona's City Architect Vicente Guallart is providing universal access to fab labs as part of the city's infrastructure:
MIT's new Dean of Architecture and Planning Hashim Sarkis concluded his first NPR interview by mentioning CBA's work with cities on producing what they consume:
- Rep. Bill Foster has introduced the National Fab Lab Network act in this Congress:
- The Cairo fab lab hosted an Egyptian Maker Faire:
- A CBA patent issued on digital composites:
- CBA joins a project team in DARPA's MENTOR2 program:
- We've commissioned our newest tool, an Oxford solid-state laser micromachining system:
This will be used for work on additive assembly of integrated electronics.
- Congrats to Big Hero 6 (which credits CBA) on winning a well-deserved Oscar for best Animated Feature Film:
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