CBA News & Notes
July 2, 2017
- Registration is open for FAB13, the annual gathering of now over 1000 fab labs, co-hosted by CBA in Chile in August:
Fab labs were covered here:
and here:
and the Governor of Wisconsin declared a state-wide fab lab day:
- Prof. Gershenfeld received the Mario Pani award, which has gone to Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers, and Norman Foster:
- Alum Richard Fletcher is revolutionizing health care:
and alum Ara Knaian is revolutionizing Suction Tubes for Reverse Axial Withdrawal:
- We're delighted to have added to our digital fabrication research facility a high-resolution electron microscope for imaging, lithography, and elemental mapping:
a 3D projection optical microscope:
an ultrafast laser for micromachining:
a high-power fiber laser:
and a large-format cutter for structural origami/kirigami:
- CBA research was presented at events on digital factories:
the future of computing:
aerospace:
and:
robotics:
human-computer interaction:
and:
optics:
and molecular biology (Karydis et al.):
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CBA patents have issued for electropermanent magnet-based motors:
flexural digital materials:
and cellular skins:
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