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This is a group for people that are passionate about innovation, and improving the climate for innovation both within their organization as well as across the state of Indiana.
I put a google doc out there that has my notes about various fab labs.
Some of this I have already posted... Just want you to have access to all that I have so far. It's kind of rough but hopefully it will be helpful.
John
Fab Lab Notes
DeWayne,
I think we met at a Venture Capital Club lunch a while back :-)
We definately need to sharply define scope and our target customer base as we detail out a business plan. The way I see it, we are in an information gathering phase trying ...
Maybe you could partner with a local mailboxes etc to have the option of providing a mailing address for clients. If you don't want the overhead of the service, let them come in and distribute the mail and lease the spaces... you just add this to ...
3D FDM printer. SLA / SLS equipment is pretty high-end and expensive.
Mini-machine shop: lathe, end mill.
Hand tools.
Materials: bar stock (metal and plastic), clay, foam.
I'll check with a few companies about this.
Neil Gershenfeld is the Director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. There is an awesome video he did on the TED.com site about the future of Digital fabrication.
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/neil_gershenfeld_on_fab_labs.html
and a Poptec...
The Wisconsin Fab Lab – Fox Valley Technical College has the following equipment
• Laser Engraving Cutter
• Vinyl Cutter
• CNC Bench-top Mill
• Plastics Injection Molding & Finishing Equipment
• Stratasys Rapid Prototyping Machine
• Electronics Fa...
the Providence Fab Lab AS220 Fab Lab has the following equipment
• 24" x 12" laser cutter
• ShopBot CNC Router
• MDX-20 milling machine
• Vinyl cutter and sign-making equipment
• Computers (Linux and Mac OS X) for fab support
• Computers for progr...
THe UC Davis fab lab has the following equipment
• Dimension 1200sst FDM 3D Printer
• Envisiontec Perfactory Rapid Prototyping System
• Modelmaster 2500 Gantry style CNC Milling Machine (on generous loan from Modelmaster)
• MaxNC 10Cl CNC MIlling ...
It was great talking with you the other day... this sounds like a great concept. My wife is a freelance writer and she collaborates with a lot of self employed designers, web developers and advertising people. I'm sure they would view this as a we...
Group to gauge interest in an Indianapolis coWorking facility and discuss what the community would like from such facility. *New to Coworking? (Click Link Below)
A group established to explore the possibility of creating an Indy Proto Shop.
HeyWay is a new push notification application that allows you to track the location of another iPhone running HeyWay. You have to allow people to track you. You can either send them an email inviting them to track you or you can authorize other He...
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- At 6:36am on June 5, 2009,
Kristen Horton said… - Hi John,
Welcome to Smaller Indiana! As a new member you may want to start by reading the blog post: "I'm a member of Smaller Indiana, now what?" It provides some great tips on getting involved in the community.
Feel free to add a blog post, join some groups (more than 400 are listed on the Smaller Indiana Group Links google doc) & have fun!
~Kristen
- At 10:09pm on June 4, 2009,
Kyle Lacy said… - John,
I wanted to send a personal invitation and welcome you to Smaller Indiana. Congratulations on becoming a SMOOSIER.
We really exist to make Indiana a better place to live, work, and play. What do you love about Indiana?
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- How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?
- Friend
- What is your greatest strength?
- I'm an idea person. I love to brainstorm a topic in any area and find innovative opportunities. I’m an avid follower of the Maker and DIY communities. In my leisure time, I love to tinker, experiment, explore and create. On weekends you will likely find me doing Maker projects with my kids like home made hover boards, persistence of vision bicycle wheels, home-made soda carbonation, geodesic domes shelters etc.
- What are you working on?
- My partner and I have been developing a portfolio of ideas into actionable business plans. We call ourselves the IndyIdeaGroup. One of the business opportunities we have been working on is opening a Technology Prototyping lab that is open to inventors and Idea people like us. We are exploring several approaches including university and government partnerships, private venture capital funding or purchasing a TechShop franchise.
- How big is your business?
- small company
- What is your Job Title
- Owner
- What is your Company Website?
- http://IndyIdeaGroup.com
- What is your alma mater?
- Indiana University
- Why join Smaller Indiana? What are you hoping to experience here ?
- I want to be a part of supporting this movement. Ideas are my passion and I believe that networking creative people from varied backgrounds is the best way to promote innovation.
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