CBA News & Notes
May 31, 2023
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We're sorry to report that our friend, colleague, and mentor Mel King has passed away:
Stay tuned for project plans honoring his legacy.
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We're pleased to report that CBA's director Neil Gershenfeld was elected to the National Academy of Engineering:
Neil also received the Irwin Sizer Award for the most significant improvement to MIT education:
for leading How To Make (almost) Anything:
He spoke at TEDxMIT on "ready-fire-aim":
and will be doing a keynote at CDFAM in New York City in June:
Here's a conversation with Lex Fridman:
and an interview with him about plans in Greece and around the world:
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CBA teams contributed to papers on laser micromachining diamond to make 10 million RPM rotors for molecular structural studies:
on efficient cellular swimming robots:
on teaching synthetic biology:
on modular physical computing systems:
and to an art installation of folded metal structures:
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The program is posted and registration is open for FAB23, the annual gathering of the fab lab network that CBA is co-hosting in Bhutan in July:
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