{"id":6221,"date":"2014-07-03T05:22:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T09:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=6221"},"modified":"2014-07-06T06:16:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-06T10:16:43","slug":"solidworks-announces-partnership-with-fablabs-and-fab-academies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2014\/07\/solidworks-announces-partnership-with-fablabs-and-fab-academies.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks Announces Partnership with FABLABS and FAB Academies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Barcelona.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6223\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Barcelona-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"FAB10 Barcelona\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Barcelona-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Barcelona-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Barcelona-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Barcelona.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SolidWorks partners with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fabfoundation.org\/about-us\/\">FAB Foundation<\/a> to sponsor the global network of FABLABS and FAB Academies.\u00a0 At<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fab10.org\/en\"> FAB10<\/a> Conference, Disseny Hub Barcelona,<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fYI_FDng73w\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nI have been fortunate to work with Sherry Lassiter, director of FAB Foundation and to meet many FABLAB coordinators from around the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6222\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB-Car-HP-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"FAB Car HP\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB-Car-HP-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB-Car-HP-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB-Car-HP-120x90.jpg 120w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB-Car-HP.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The FAB Foundation facilitates and supports the growth of the international FABLAB network.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Fab10-Audience.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6226\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Fab10-Audience-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"Fab10-Audience\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Fab10-Audience-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Fab10-Audience-615x409.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Fab10-Audience-120x79.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first FABLAB started at <a href=\"https:\/\/cba.mit.edu\/\">MIT\u2019s Center for Bits and Atoms<\/a> under the direction of Neil Gershenfeld.\u00a0 FABLAB\u2019s mission is \u201cto provide access to the tools, the knowledge and the financial means to educate, innovate and invent using technology and digital fabrication to allow anyone to make (almost) anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6224\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Fashion-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"FAB10 Fashion\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Fashion-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Fashion-461x615.jpg 461w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Fashion-90x120.jpg 90w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-Fashion.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>FABLABs and FAB Academies impact is felt everywhere and shared this week at the FAB10 Conference.\u00a0 Helping to create new jobs, educating the young and the not so young, developing the entrepreneurial spirit, FABLABs growth rate is exploding \u2013 doubling every 18 months.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6227\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-KIDSFEST-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"FAB10-KIDSFEST\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-KIDSFEST-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-KIDSFEST-615x461.jpg 615w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/FAB10-KIDSFEST-120x90.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>SolidWorks 3D CAD software will be an integral part of the FABLABs and FAB Academies registered with FAB Foundation.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0SolidWorks supports the FAB Foundation&#8217;s\u00a0efforts in 3D design, manufacturing, teaching and learning.\u00a0 Marie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; SolidWorks partners with FAB Foundation to sponsor the global network of FABLABS and FAB Academies.\u00a0 At FAB10 Conference, Disseny Hub Barcelona, I have been fortunate to work with Sherry Lassiter, director of FAB Foundation and to meet many FABLAB<\/p>\n... <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2014\/07\/solidworks-announces-partnership-with-fablabs-and-fab-academies.html\">Continued<\/a>","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":6224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5203,5380],"tags":[5073,5480,5481,5478,5479,3931],"class_list":["post-6221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs","category-stem-science-technology-engineering-and-math","tag-3dcad","tag-fab-academies","tag-fab-foundation","tag-fablabs","tag-makers","tag-solidworks"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6221"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6273,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6221\/revisions\/6273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}