Open source can be a key ingredient for the distribution of technology and has proven successful in software. The idea has also gained interest in the field of hardware over the last two decades; yet its development appears slow. Not only vary tooling, raw materials, standard parts, and manufacturing …

Ten years have passed since makerspaces first appeared in libraries, and their contribution to developing digital literacy and 21st-century skills is widely recognized. However, mounting and running a makerspace still means embarking into new territory for each next library, as this Dutch study with …

Stadslab Rotterdam. In dit digitale magazine vertellen we ons verhaal. Een verhaal waar honderden studenten, docenten, onderzoekers, medewerkers maar ook ondernemers, ambtenaren en gewone mensen zoals jij en ik onderdeel van uit maken. Kijk mee achter de schermen van Stadslab Rotterdam, een maakplaats …

This investigation is undertaken based on the indicated improvements for fabric simulations, defined during the panel discussion “Driving the Uniformity of Material Measurements for Accurate Virtual Simulation” at the Product Innovation Apparel Conference (PI Apparel) in Berlin 2017, by experts from …

Sinds 2011 heeft Hogeschool Rotterdam een ‘eigen’ fablab, gespecialiseerd in sensortechnologie, (open) data en digitaal prototypen. Het lab fungeert in de eerste plaats als infrastructuur voor diverse onderwijsvormen en als makerspace voor studenten uit een breed scala aan opleidingen. Het lab fungeert …

Since 2011, Hogeschool Rotterdam (Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences) operates a FabLab specialized in sensing, data processing and digital fabrication. The lab acted primarily as an educational infrastructure for electives and course modules within minors, and it was a making infrastructure for …

Starting with a quick and dirty trial at Fab8 in Wellington, New Zeeland, the Fab Lab community has produced a considerable body of research over the past seven years. Together with colleagues Betty Barrett, Tomas Diez and Cindy Kohtala I’ve been carefully developing this endeavour to collect and present …

This text is the revised and extended conclusion of my inaugural lecture at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences (Troxler, 2015), of which the full text is available at https:// www.hogeschoolrotterdam.nl/onderzoek/projectenen- publicaties/creating-010/revolutie-in-demaakindustrie/beyond-consenting-nerds …

Fabrication Laboratories (Fab Labs) are publicly accessible workshops offering digital manufacturing technology and electronics tools to anyone. Fab Labs continue a tradition of places for do-it-yourself (DIY) with technology for tinkering and inventing. They stand at the beginning of what has become …

In diverse steden in Nederland wordt geëxperimenteerd in de ruimtelijke ontwikkeling. In vaste organisatorische vormen zoals Living Labs, Fab Labs, Urban Labs of Fieldlabs staan maatschappelijke vraagstukken centraal maar ook worden ‘proeven’ gedaan met bijvoorbeeld regelvrije zones om in havens gemakkelijker …