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\ \ CBA News & Notes

July 28, 2015

FAB11, the annual meeting of the fab lab network, is returning to MIT after 10 years. This will include a historic gathering of CBA researchers, collaborators, and colleagues:\ \

http://www.fab11.org\

\ The workshops are full, but there is some room left for the events at Symphony Hall on August 6, and on campus and at the Kennedy Library on August 7. These require advance registration; there will also be a public festival at the Reggie Lewis Center on August 8.\ \ - CBA teams deployed fab labs in Shenzhen in China, Dilijan and Yerevan in Armenia, and Kochi and Trivandrum in India:\ \

<http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Fab-Labs-will-Help-Produce-States-Needs-Locally-Expert/2015/06/16/article2868596.ece>\

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- Rep. Foster testified on the National Fab Lab Network Act:\
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  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xi9_w0Byts&feature=youtu.be>\

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  He was joined at the expanded DC fab lab by Rep. Mark Takano of the Congressional Maker Caucus and Tom Kalil from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy:\
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  <http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2015/07/dc-makerspace-sanctuary-pioneers-big-thinkers-and-students>\

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  The National Week of Making featured fab lab commitments:\
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  [https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/12/fact-sheet-new-commitments-support-president's-nation-makers-initiative](https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/12/fact-sheet-new-commitments-support-president%E2%80%99s-nation-makers-initiative)

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  including libraries:\
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  <http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/07/public-services/meet-your-maker-maker-movement>\

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  - We're delighted to welcome Nike:\
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    <http://www.nike.com>\

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    and Philips:\
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    <http://www.philips.com>\

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    as CBA's newest sponsors.\
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    - Congrats to Paul Eremenko on his move between CBA sponsors, from Google to Airbus:\
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      <http://fortune.com/2015/06/01/airbus-silicon-valley-vc-fund>\

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      - The newest addition to CBA's shops is a pair of Universal robot arms:\
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        <http://fab.cba.mit.edu/content/tools/universal_robot_arms/index.html>\

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        These will be used for investigation of automated assembly.

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