What is a fablab in three words by Sussana Tesconi

Neil Gershenfeld on Fab Labs (2006)

TED2006 Filmed Feb26 2006, Posted Feb 2007

FABLabs, Digital Fabrication Lab, Fabricación Digital

• Afghanistan (FABLAB Afghanistan)
• South Africa (AMTS FabLabs)
• The Future of Personal Fabrication (Next Fab)
• FabLab ABQ

South America

• Brazil LAPAC (2007) (.edu)
• Chile, Fabricación Digital en Arquitectura (2008) (.edu)
• Chile gt_2P (.com)
• Chile UC (Ensamble Digital) (2007) (.edu)
• Colombia (Unalab Medellin) (2010) (.edu)
• Lima (FabLab Lima) (2010) (.org)

United States

• FabLabDC
• Haiti FabLab Fund
• (FabLab Network)
• RhinoFabLab Community
• BranchOff FabLab Atlanta
• Columbia University (Avery Digital Fabrication Lab)
• Carnegie Mellon (dFab)
• University of Michigan (Digital Fab Lab) Handbook
• Cal Poly (Digital Fabrication Laboratory)
• USF (Digital Fabrication Laboratory)
• The University of Arizona (Digital Fabrication Lab)
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale (DFL)
• Savannha College of Art and Design (Fab.Lab SCAD)
• Harvard GSD (Fabrication Laboratory)
• Kendall College of Art and Design (Digital Fabrication Lab)
• University of Florida (A2 Fab Lab)
• Fab Lab San Diego
• Tulane School of Architecture (Fabrication Center)
• MIT Digital Design Fabrication Group
• MIT 
• Ball State University (I.M.A.D.E Institute for Digital Fabrication)
• Penn Design (Fabrication Lab)
• University of Maryland (FabLab)
• Maryland NanoCenter (FabLab)
• The Catholic University of America (Fabrication Lab)
• Northampton Community College (The Fab Lab)

Europe

• AA School of Architecture (Digital Prototyping Lab)
• Manchester (FabLab Manchester)
• Tooling
• Hackitectura (FabLab/Beta)
• Universidad de Sevilla (Fab_Lab)

Australia

• University of Melbourne (FabLab)

South America users

• Argentina (Fabrinco)
• Perú (MAXX prototipos)
• Perú (Diversidad Publicitaria)

FabLab List by fab.cba.mit.edu

Current:
Afghanistan

• Jalalabad (Taj Mahal Guest House)

Costa Rica

• Cartago (Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica)

Columbia (South America)

• Medellin (Fab Lab Medellin)

Germany

• Aachen (RWTH FabLab)

Ghana

• Takoradi (Takoradi Technical Institute)

Iceland

• Vestmannaeyjar (Innovation Center Iceland)

India

• Ahmedabad (National Innovation Foundation)
• Delhi (Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology )
• Kanpur (Indian Institute of Technology)
• Pabal (Vigyan Ashram)
• Pune (College of Engineering, Pune)

Kenya

• Kisumu (ARO FabLab)
• Nairobi (University of Nairobi)

Netherlands

• Amsterdam (Waag Society)
• Eindhoven (FreeFormFab)
• Groningen (FabLab Groningen)
• The Hague (CabFabLab)
• Utrecht (Protospace)

Norway

• Hoylandet (Hoylandet Kommune)
• Lyngen (Solvik Gard)

Russia

• Moscow (MHTCh FabLab)

Spain

• Barcelona (Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia)
• Bermeo (DenokInn)

South Africa

• Bloemfontein (Central University of Technology)
• Cape Town (Cape Craft and Design Institute)
• Kimberly (Northern Cape Higher Education Institute)
• Potchestroom (North West University)
• Soshanguve (Bright Youth Council)

Switzerland

• Luzern (FabLab Switzerland)

United Kingdom

• Manchester (Manufacturing Institute FabLab)

United States

• Palo Alto, CA (Stanford Learning FabLab)
• San Diego, CA (Heads on Fire)
• Chicago, IL (Museum of Science and Industry)
• Urbana-Champaign, IL (University of Illinois FabLab)
• Boston, MA (South End Technology Center)
• Flint, Michigan (Mott Community College Fab Lab)
• White Bear Lake, Minnesota (Century Community and Technical College)
• South Bronx, NY (Sustainable South Bronx)
• Cleveland, OH (MS2STEM High School, Great Lakes Science Center)
• East Cleveland, OH (MS2STEM High School, GE Nela Park)
• Elyria, OH (Lorain County Community College)
• Mobile fab lab
• Providence, Rhode Island (AS220)
• Appleton, Wisconsin (Fox Valley Technical College)
• Menomonie; Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin-Stout)

Planned:

Belgium: Louvaine; China: Beijing :: Guangdong; Czech Republic: Hradec Kralove; Columbia (South America): Medellin #2; Ethiopia; France; Grenoble; Germany: Altdorf bei Nurnberg; Iceland: Akranes :: Sauoarkrokur; India: Delhi :: Durgapur; Indonesia: Yogyakarta; Kenya: Nairobi #2; Netherlands: Enscede :: Maastricht :: Rotterdam: Texel; Portugal: Lisbon; Russia: St. Petersburg; Suriname: Paramaribo; South Africa: Mobile fab lab; Spain: Cadiz; Sweden: Malmo; United States: Cleveland :: Dayton :: Deer Isle :: Detroit :: Kansas City :: Menomonie :: Miami :: Raleigh-Durham :: Tulsa (more to come)