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\ \ CBA News & Notes

March 23, 2018

Registration and submissions are now open for the ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication that CBA is hosting June 18-19 at MIT:\ \

http://scf.acm.org/2018

\ along with a Festschrift for Mel King on June 17:\ \

http://cba.mit.edu/events/18.06.Mel

\ and for the annual gathering of the fab lab network, FAB14, to be held this year in Toulouse from July 16-20, preceded by a Fab City summit in Paris July 12-13, events in regions across France July 14-15, and concluding with a Fab Festival July 21-22:\ \

http://fab14.fabevent.org

\ - Here are posts from Wired:\ \

<https://www.wired.com/story/the-future-of-fab-lab-fabrication>

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and IEEE:\
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<http://sites.ieee.org/futuredirections/2018/03/09/lasss-law-is-knocking-at-the-door>

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on Neil Gershenfeld's new book [*Designing Reality*](http://designingreality.org). He'll be presenting it with his co-authors (and brothers) Joel and Alan in San Francisco March 27:\
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<http://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/1812>

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and Boston April 6:\
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<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-reality-book-signing-tickets-43999036302>

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and then in Research Triangle Park on May 1:\
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<https://www.rti.org/impact/rti-fellow-program-distinguished-lecture-series>

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- Neil Gershenfeld and Grace Copplestone presented CBA research in a Congressional briefing:\
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  <https://youtu.be/itX_kXYyMXM>

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  Rep. Foster has introduced the National Fab Lab Network Act in this Congress, to provide universal access to digital fabrication based on CBA's fab labs:\
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  <https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4948/all-info>

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  - Here's a student's-eye view of the class that was the inspiration for fab labs, *How To Make (almost) Anything*:\
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    <https://alum.mit.edu/slice/grad-life-how-make-almost-anything-better>

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    - Here's an interview with Sherry Lassiter:\
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      <http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/meet-sherry-lassiter-fab-foundation-boston-downtown-milk-street-cic-building-non-profits>

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      - A number of CBA colleagues and collaborators contributed to asking the ultimate question:\
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        <https://www.edge.org/the-edge-question%E2%80%942018>

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