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\ \ CBA News & Notes
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May 15, 2015
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- FAB11 registration is now open:\ \
\ A fabulous group of CBA grads and collaborators will be coming in for this week of events. Space is limited, so register now!\ \ - Nice coverage of the work of CBA alums Saul Griffith:\ \
<http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/15/technology/the-robotics-inventors-who-are-trying-to-take-the-hard-out-of-hardware.html>
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Ben Recht:\
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<http://www.nasonline.org/news-and-multimedia/news/jan-22-2015-NASawards.html>
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Yael Maguire:\
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[http://www.wired.com/2015/04/yael-maguire](http://www.wired.com/2015/04/yael-maguire/)
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and Raffi Krikorian:\
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<http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/25/uber-snags-raffi-krikorian-former-twitter-vp-as-engineering-lead-for-its-moonshot-projects>
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- Current grad student Nadya Peek presented the fab lab 2.0 roadmap in Shenzhen:\
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<http://szsb.sznews.com/html/2015-03/19/content_3171677.htm>
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and will be returning there with a larger group for the Shenzhen Maker Week:\
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<http://www.szida.org/content-40-2119.html>
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Grad student Matt Carney gave a TEDx talk on robotic assembly:\
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<http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/One-bit-Bots-Robotic-Construc-2>
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- We're sorry to report on the passing of a good friend of the lab, Alex Rich:\
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<http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/obituary-alexander-rich-dies-90-0428>
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- Skylar Tibbits' Self-Assembly Lab hosted an Active Matter Summit:\
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<http://activemattersummit.com/>
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and he presented with Neil Gershenfeld at AAAS:\
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<https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2015/webprogram/Session9776.html>
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- Prof. Gershenfeld received an honorary degree from the University of Antwerp:\
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<https://www.uantwerpen.be/nl/overuantwerpen/nieuwsoveruantwerpen/eredoctoraten/eredoctoraten-2015/>
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Here he is on digital reality:\
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<http://edge.org/conversation/neil_gershenfeld-digital-reality>
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and extinctions:\
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<https://origins.asu.edu/events/great-debate-extinctions-tragedy-opportunity>
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- Barcelona's City Architect Vicente Guallart is providing universal access to fab labs as part of the city's infrastructure:\
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<http://www.theguardian.com/science/political-science/2015/apr/04/tooling-up-civic-visions-fablabs-and-grassroots-activism>
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MIT's new Dean of Architecture and Planning Hashim Sarkis concluded his first NPR interview by mentioning CBA's work with cities on producing what they consume:\
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<http://wgbhnews.org/post/bpr-asks-mayor-and-you>
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- Rep. Bill Foster has introduced the National Fab Lab Network act in this Congress:\
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<http://foster.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/foster-introduces-legislation-to-support-next-generation-of-makers>
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- The Cairo fab lab hosted an Egyptian Maker Faire:\
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<https://medium.com/@dalepd/not-impossible-the-first-maker-faire-in-egypt-22c6d81dab8d>
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- A CBA patent issued on digital composites:\
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<http://www.google.com/patents/US8986809>
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- CBA joins a project team in DARPA's MENTOR2 program:\
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<http://www.darpa.mil/NewsEvents/Releases/2015/02/12.aspx>
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- We've commissioned our newest tool, an Oxford solid-state laser micromachining system:\
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<http://www.oxfordlasers.com/laser-micromachining/laser-micromachining-system/a-series/>
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This will be used for work on additive assembly of integrated electronics.\
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- Congrats to Big Hero 6 (which credits CBA) on winning a well-deserved Oscar for best Animated Feature Film:\
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<http://oscar.go.com/nominees/animated-feature-film/big-hero-6>
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