FabLabs and the inventor

Imagine you have a problem and you know what it would take to solve it. Be it a automatic door that works for your cat or a scale that automatically registers your weight to your computer via WiFi.

The chance of finding something at Walmart that fits your needs are fairly low. The more specialized the situation, the more challenging it gets to find a device that can address the issue.

Enter the world of personal fabricators. There devices or a set of devices can aid in creating almost anything from a simple box to a complex electronic radio.

While the idea has been floating around for quite some time, it had gained popularity in the last few year mainly do to the efforts at MIT’s Fabrication Laboratory or FabLabs.

A typical FabLab comprises of commodity equipment like laser cutters, milling machine etc, bundled with open source software. These two put together can create a “open source hardware”.

To find out more visit:
http://fab.cba.mit.edu/