CBA News & Notes
August 5, 2021
- CBA will co-host FAB16, the Sixteenth International Fab Lab Forum and Symposium on Digital Fabrication, based in Montreal with regional gatherings around the world:
and in Boston:
We also co-hosted the latest in a series of Interspecies Internet Conversations:
- James Weis and Joe Jacobson wrote on machine learning to predict impactful research:
- A CBA team collaborated on machines for art at the inaugural Haystack Labs meeting:
Haystack's campus was recognized as one of the 25 most significant works of postwar architecture:
- Neil Gershenfeld spoke on the science behind Diamond Age:
and on the pandemic rapid-prototyping response for Sci Foo:
- Alum Manu Prakash was profiled:
- Congrats to Jack Forman and to Formlabs on being recognized by the Core77 Design Awards for their work on 3D printing:
and congrats to alum Ben Jenett on receiving an SBIR award and being selected as an Activate Fellow for his work on assembling macro scale metamaterials:
https://www.activate.org/metavoxel-technologies
- Alum Sam Calisch (also an SBIR recipient and Activate Fellow for his work on producing next-generation electromagnetic devices) wrote on proposed legislation to create a national green bank:
- Legislation has also been reintroduced to create a National Fab Lab Network based on CBA's fab labs:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3274
https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1661
- A patent issued for mobile robot locomotion through cellular structures:
- We look forward to seeing friends and colleagues back on campus as MIT reopens for the Fall.
This is an occasional newsletter on the activities of CBA and its partners; to be added or removed from this list, or to submit items, please contact cba_news@cba.mit.edu - Alum Sam Calisch (also an SBIR recipient and Activate Fellow for his work on producing next-generation electromagnetic devices) wrote on proposed legislation to create a national green bank: