FABxLive invites all of the Fab Lab Network to participate in our virtual Exhibition that will showcase outstanding projects developed by the Fab Lab Community in the past 16 years. Have you done an amazing Academany project that you would like to exhibit? Did you develop a unique open-source machine in your lab? All projects are welcome, it doesn´t matter how far back you’ve developed it!
Submit your project and be part of the Fab legacy!
The Fab Train Model is a set of modules that are part of a model. It incorporates a train detection system that moves a level crossing. This detection system can be used for other options, such as changing the signals or moving the motors of the changes of a station. Fab Academy Final Project 2020.
Drones
Lux is an interactive piece of furniture which is able to recognize the ambient light level and the presence of the user, adapting the output of light. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Industrial Design
FLO is an interactive fireplace humidifier with ultrasonic mist, for relaxation and visual pleasure. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019
Furniture Design
Laserbox is a dynamic scenography system using laser lights. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Machine
Neo Clock is a water spray alarm clock that sprays water on heavy sleepers if the off button is not pushed. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Wearable
The Automated hanging garden controls lighting, watering and ventilation. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Sustainability
The Aerolongboard is a new concept of Electric Longboard that combines a very light board, with two powerful motors powered by a battery pack. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Game / Toy
E3 - EngraveCube is a little 6” Cube Engraver Machine. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Machine
Fab Buddy is a management device by Fab Labs that wants to control user access, machine performance, etc. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
System
The smart helmet reacts when the rider stops and changes the colors of the light to red, signaling the environment about the changes of movement. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Wearable
Mirru In Out is an entrance/exit system for cats to go in and out from their owners house, protected with a magnetic key. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
System
Tumbleweed project is a biomimesis work, aiming to replicate a tumbleweed´s behaviour, and use it for agricultural purposes. The prototype is affordable, light, and wind-powered, and by movement, spreads seeds in abandoned places to help nature regenerate itself. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Environment
The FabKulele is a smart Ukulele designed for learning. A portable, multisound Ukelele that is connected to the teachers ukulele so he/she know where to hit the key, while being connected to the computer to explore the chord library. Fab Academy Final Project, 2019.
Music Instrument
A skater dolly camera, to move a camera while filming, giving it a natural and stereoscopic view. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
System
The Harp plays a 3D printer as a musical instrument. The interface has six rods, which when stroked cause the 3D printer to move its print head in six unique expressions. The force of the stroke controls the speed—and so the pitch—of the expression. Each expression comes from the gcode used to print each of the rods, so the instrument is in effect performing elements of its own construction. The frame is designed to look similar to the printer that is being used, an Ultimaker Original. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Machine
Lighting system to turn on and off the ambience light by "touching it". Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Industrial Design
uMap is a a pocket-size device with a 2-axis push-button joystic to control a projection mapping tool. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
System
TOTS is a "training of trainers tool box" that contains a series of exercise-boards, related to digital fabrication, for help trainers to teach digital fabrication, electronics and much more. Each tutorial corresponds to an example of the exercise done and a printable web page -with the thermal printer that will be integrated into the chest of drawers. This project is designed for FABKIT, a project by Global Humanitarian Lab. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Machine
A rigid, lightweight, lowcost telescope base with a Lower Optical Assembly - LOA. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Machine
A lamp that is also a mechanical model of the solar system. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Industrial Design
A datalogger which is versatile, it can evolve through time to new protocols and measurements, interoperable, doesn´t rely (too much) on a peculiar architecture; and gregarious, different modules for different tasks are assembled through a multi-core network. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Machine
A device for cooking sous-vide (controled temperatoure) and monitoring the process. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Machine
Is a posture corrector that measures the inclunation angle of the body (accelerometer) as well as excesive stretching of the shoulders (conductive thread) to check if the subject is in a correct position, and signal if they dont. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Wearable
This is a device to attach on any metal spoon that would add milk to each spoonful of cereal. To avoid sogginess the bowl of cereal would not contain any milk. With a press of a certain motion the device dispenses milk into your spoon so the cereal doesn´t get soggy and you save cereal if you get stuffed. Fab Academt Final Project 2018.
Wearables
It’s a rotating multi-terrain robot. The 200 mm sphere moves by rolling and it’s controlled through a phone app. Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
Robot
For my final project I made a suitcase sized CNC machine that can milled from aluminium and POM (Delrin) sheet stock. All the electronics except the motors can also be made in a fab lab. My design builds on the excellent prior work done by Jens Dyvik in the Fellesverkstedet - Fabricateable machines project and the Satsha-boards Satshakit and Satstep6600 made by Daniele Ingrassia. Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
Machine
It’s a guitar with kill switch and sound sensor that effects LED lights, which illumine engraved plexiglass. Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
Music Instrument
"It’s a a small sized Vacuum former. It uses a thermistor that detects the temperature, and when it’s optimum for the plastic material, the light and sound indicators inform that the plastic is prime for vacuum forming.". Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
Machine
It’s a light saber, featured with capacitive input crystal to define the color’s blade to match the side of the force… Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
Game
It’s an hydroponic growbox, which can be completely manufactured in a fablab, featured with different sensors. The aim is to measure, control and represent the air humidity, lighting, pump, temperature and the water level of the nutrient solution, in order to find an effective way to plant herbs and salads all year round without consuming a lot of space. Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
System
It’s a portable device with SMD measuring capability, with easily detachable tweezer probes for testing on board components and leaded components. The measurement is displayed on a LCD display. Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
Game
It’s a giant hamster wheel. It combines with a standing desk to have active workspace. To keep track of the workout, the Reed sensor measures the rotations and send data to an Android device via Bluetooth, in order to be displayed in a mobile app. Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
System
It’s an intelligent robot for kids. It is controlled by a mobile, through Bluetooth. Its main functions are: auto balance, object recognition and track, voice distance broadcast and speech recognition. Fab Academt Final Project 2017.
Robot
I have design this scarf in multipurpose ways for all women in India and worldwide a garnment that combines tradition and modernism. This smart scarf makes you feel more comfortable and easy to handle. It can be wear in four ways i.e as a bag, scarf with mask , hijab , Dupatta. It is made of all natural fibres and colours. It has solar battery charger in bag. To wear it as hijab having 3d printed button lock which makes easy to wear. And protective face mask has jute fibre filter pocket which protect us from pollution
Wearable
UV CABINET- PREVENTION FROM COVID 19.Contaminated surfaces spread Human corona viruses such as SARS-CoV, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome corona virus (MERS-CoV), or endemic human corona viruses (HCoV) can persist on surfaces like metal, glass, or plastic for up to a couple of days. Therefore, contaminated surfaces that are frequently contacted in day to day life are a potential source of corona virus transmission.Prevention from transmission of corona virus at various public places UV Cabinet is beneficial. UV Cabinet is useful for following application areas like Hospitals, Government offices, Hotels, Shops and Restaurants etc
Machine
Roasting of flour is the main operation in the process of laddu making. In remote village name Falode near Bhimashankar Taluka Khed of District Pune (Maharashtra), there is a self-help group (ShahidRajguru Svayansevi Sanstha) of women making laddus of Nachani (Ragi) flour by roasting for 30 min. to45 min. During roasting it is mandatory to move the mixture of flour and ghee continuously to avoidcharring. The process is laborious. Our idea is customization of roasting process.
Enviroment
India wastes around 16% of its agricultural produce annually due to its weak cold chain infrastructure according to a study conducted by Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology. We at Vigyan Ashram have been working on food dehydration as a means to preserve agricultural produce. Dehydration will not only save the agricultural produce from wastage but will also help the farmer get the right price for his produce since the farmer can store his/her produce when the market price is low and sell it once the price goes up.The solar dome dryer uses solar energy to dehyadrate agricultural produce. It has a black dome shaped cover which absorbs solar radiation and produces heat. This heat is transfered to the air which gets sucked inside the dryer through the holes on its surface due to an exhaust fan fitted at its top. The hot air gives latent heat to the water present in the substrate. The water then evaporates and is carried away by the fan leaving the product dry
Enviroment
"Ajarakh is a traditional art of India for block printing mainly on fabric done manually.So,to reduce human efforts and sustain this ancient art we decided to make X,Y,Z axis (CNC) block printing mahine for our make a machine week.Highlights of Machine Automatic block printing on cloth /fabric(saree).Automatic loading and unloading of cloth.Multiple stamping is possible at one time.Machine controlled through Mobile App.
Machine
Dar À Luz (in Portuguese, to give light, to give birth) is a costume performance based on the concepts of skin, gestation and movement recreated and intertwined through the possibilities allowed by digital fabrication and ‘biodesign’. The aim of this piece is to bring technology close to the most sensorial and palpable human beings have: their bodies. Fabricademy Final Project 2019.
Costume Design
beGrounded is a project that explores the relationship between humans and other living organisms, as an emotional and artistic act through textiles. It proposes a new habitable space in the form of a woven garment with growing sprouts, as a sensorial and interactive experience.It’s not just about wearing it, but about growing it. Fabricademy Final Project 2019.
Wearable
My project is targeted to explore different concepts related to smart clothing using e-textiles sensors, IOT and AI to design a smart wearable with modular features for biometering purposes. Fabricademy Final Project 2020.
Wearable
A series of bioplastic facecoverings. Fabricademy Final Project 2020.
Sustainability
My final project is a robot vacuum cleaner based on iRobot´s Roomba, although with my own design. I chose this project because I will apply the knowledge I have learned in the assigments below to build the robot vacuum cleaner. Fab Academy Final Project 2018.
Machine
The first inspiration for this project came from a nice group of girls: “Poderosas” that wanted to have sleepover nights in a private space of Fab lab León where they could watch films and stars, play music and also be makers. We decided all together to make a domo and an interactive pillow capable to move virtual objects on the dome. Fabricademy Final Project 2017.
Instalation
STRANO is a sustainable microfactory, a biomaterial supplier for designers and artist, for every creative person that choose a new way to produce, consume, and have the courage to believe in this new path. This biomaterial has a huge potential, can adopt any shape, can be rigid or soft. It can be cut by laser cutter and engrave, also sew and knit. This allow to designers to also start their creative process designing their own materials. As designers we have the responsibility to respect our home, this beautiful planet that was given to us, we need to create consumer alternatives now. One of the first steps in every design process starts by choosing the raw material, so if that choice is sustainable, it could spread all the process of the project, doing a whole sustainable work. STRANO was born to empower others projects and believe together in a better world. Fabricademy Final Project 2020.
Sustainability
My Final Project was to create, with the Fabricademy Skills, the costume for my Performance presented in the Serdika Ancient Complex in Sofia, Bulgaria. In this project I assume the character of Esther, that is a woman and also her suitcase, she collects objects and histories from people around the world, and in the Performance takes out these objects from the suitcase and tell their histories. Fabricademy Final Project 2018.
Wearable
What iff?? It is a soft book to work on sensory integration in children. Starting from illustrations that become a digital embroidery with conductive thread and soft sensors that invite touch. This magic book it aims to introduce the child to a story, inviting him to commit and work on the regulation of different reactions to stimuli through play. Fabricademy Final Project 2019.
Game
Weather Report is an art installation that changes its behavior according to the city you choose. The object gets your input through an online form and uses an open API to know how is the weather and then shows a visual feedback mimicking the weather in the place you chose. It works with pumps, neopixels and a fog generator to simulate the weather conditions. Fab Academy Final Project 2019.
Instalation
Morph3Dbot is a modular robot system for educational use. All required construction parts can be 3D-printed. A special master circuit board manages all attached sensors and actuators via Master-Slave communication. It is also possible to use existing MCUs such as Arduino or Raspberry Pi. Its modularity and flexibility make it particularly affordable and sustainable, as all parts can be reused. Fab Academy Final Project 2020.
Education
A mechanical weather display showing the different skill i learn on the Fabacademy program. It´s using a ESP8266 for collecting the information from the openweathermap.org API. The TFT display is based on Bodmer project i modified. The mechanical parts is based on three ATtiny 1614 board, one for each gear, controlling the stepper motor & LED array. Fab Academy Final Project 20.
Furniture Design
Seed sprouted have many qualities for nutrition, a lot of vitamins and some seed like the Alflafla are nutritious. The seed sprouting is an ancestral food in many cultures. An automatic seed sprouter make the process really easy. Fab Academy Final Project 2019.
Sustainability
Objective of this project is to design and fabricate a device that collects and store temperature and relative humidity data to analyze and maintain plant health inside controlled environment like poly house /Greenhouse. This device measures temperature and relative humidity data using Bosch BME280 sensor and sends this to thing speak cloud using ESP32 controller and SIM800L GSM module. Considering remote locations and electricity issues this device is solar powered. Vigyan Ashram´s Research project, 2019.
Environmental Data
This idea is based on two lighting devices, front and rear, which serve for the cyclist to indicate all the actions that will be performed and also which also have proximity sensors to alert the user of the bicycle of the external dangers they can affect you. Fab Academy Final Project 2019.
HealthCare
It’s a smart expresso machine that synchronizes with your morning alarm on the phone through an application that starts making the coffee when you turn off the alarm. Fab Academy Final Project 2019.
Industrial design
Bombyx Bricks is a new concept to generate construction in architecture, while reducing the building of infrastructure, manufacturers and workers. Imagine to grow architecture from a bio material that comes from a cocoons. The shape grows with a porous texture that is controlled and regulated by pressure and temperature. All the investigation was developed in Boston at the Silk Lab, direct by Prof. Fiorenzo Omenetto. BioAcademy Final Project 2015.
Biodesign
Microscope Automated XY Stage with remote control and backlight. Fab Academy Final Project 2020.
Industrial design
A device that produce the illusion of motion by displaying a sequence (the 3D model and strobes of light) of drawings or photographs showing progressive phases of that motion (rotational motion by a motor). It measures the speed of the motor and adjusts it to a set point by using PID control loop tuning. Fab Academy Final Project 2020.
Art
The interactive Arab world map is a wall painting that can interact with user through a mobile application. Users choose which country to light and then a brief description of the country is narrated through speakers. Fab Academy Final Project 2020.
Educational Kit
PoTone is an adaptive, interactive and real time MIDI instrument. Multiple players including kids can perform music like eating Asian Pot(鍋) together just by putting object on top. The shape of object is motion-captured and converted to colorful MIDI sounds in real time. Connecting to MQTT, PoTone can play with remote instruments a.k.a Machine Orchestra in Distant Society. Fab Academy Final Project 2020.
Musical Instrument
An Open Source rubik´s cube solving machine that doesn´t require to recognize the color of the faces to solve. This is achieved when the cube starts fully solved, is randomly scrambled, and then is solved using the CFOP (Fridrich Method) algorithm or the Kociemba algorithms. The CFOP solve is the most conventional solve that a beginner learns, consisting of 40-50 moves. The robot managed a 4.982 seconds solve. Fab Academy Final Project 2020.
Machine
The auto-adjustable bra combines new technologies such as soft robotics, computational design, and e-textiles to develop a bra which uses a pneumatic system to compensate severe asymmetries in breast volume (Anisomastia).This bra aims to adjust to the measurements of a woman´s breasts through air channels which are located in the internal mesh of the bra cup. Fabricademy Final Project 2018.
Wearable
The purpose of developing Smart Seat Management System is to computerize the traditional way of organizing events. It is a web and android application that can be used by participants, volunteers and organizers for coordination using their smart phones or PCs. Fabricademy Final Project 2020.
IoT solution
The project involves the development of a hand-held exoskeleton through Computer Aided Design (CAD) software and the use of Rapid Prototyping (RP) technologies to assist Rheumatoid Arteriors (RA) patients in their rehabilitation process. Fab Academy 2020.
Wearable
The ‘CNC by the Sea’ - a CNC machine which draws images in the sand sent from different locations via a remote control. It was set up for the students to access the machines remotely during COVID pandemic, so that students can continue their hands-on projects remotely. It is a 3-axis machine modified to draw in a sandbox, with student input from home and immediate view via two webcam streams. Research Project in the Lab, 2020.
Educational Kit
Also known as the Simple-Personal-Mini-Lab or, the Six-Pack-Mobile Lab. The SPML is an open source mini CNC laser machine the same size as a 6-pack of cans (and only costs around €60 to make!) with fully Fabable electronics boards. SMPL suplies new learning dimensions to the educational space. This project reflects on how it is possible to learn almost anything in a lab, school or at home, whilst building skills and key competencies to meet social challenges in an uncertain future. Research Project in the Lab, 2020.
Educational Kit
Origami BioBag started on June 2020 when our city of Merida (Yucatan) stopped giving plastic bags in supermarkets; then we decided to experiment with making a bag of Bacterial Cellulose. We do NOT seek to replace plastic, we seek to change disposable thinking for better care, consumption and disposal methodologies. Research Project the Lab, 2020.
Sustainability
The Open Hardware Kit of Bio Digital Fabrication Tools aims to address different processes and post-processes of bio fabrication, such as manufacture, dehydrated and biodegradation. Part of the kit is the Biomixer, a machine that can work with 5 different ingredients to form biomaterial sheets. Other machines are 3D printing of biomaterials, thermoforming and rotomolding. Also a drying and dehydration station, and a digital compost bin that speeds up the biodegradation process. The purpose of this project is to make the technologies we have in our laboratories more flexible so that they can interact with local materials and thus diversify the results from a local and network perspective. Research Project in the Lab, 2020.
Biology
I made a multispectral camera, using a Raspberry Pi with 4 dedicated cameras, one to capture only the near infrared light, one to capture only the narrow red bandwidth, one to capture one band in the orange spectrum, and the fourth the I left as RGB camera. I flew it with a drone and was able to analyze a growing area by collecting information with which a plant vitality index, the NDVI index was calculated and comparing the results with those of a laboratory spectrometer seems to work correctly so I want to go to the implementation. Research Project in the Lab, 2020.
Data analysis
Wooden Dungeon Construction kit, for computer-controlled cutting week at Fab Academy 2020.
Toy
A distributed, social distanced orchestra, playing unique instruments; for Machine Group Project week, Fab Academy, 2020.
Musical instrument
It displays information about the wind in my kitchen, in a non-intrusive way using ‘calm technology’. This way I can see when is optimal for windsurf adventures. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
Art
A smart miniature doll house that can be controlled both physically, through buttons, and remotely, through MQTT communication and a mobile app. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
Toy
Inspired by Shakespeare´s bloodiest play, The fountain of despair pictures the decline of the empire and is meant to be a masterpiece in the scenography of ANATOMY TITUS play. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
Art
A device that displays Weather forecast and time. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
Industrial Design
Smart PAW is a device to give voice and choice to students in crowded classrooms. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
System
Its an electric generator and an exercise machine. The drive simulator (simple toy car on the rolled paper) motivates the person to continue the exercise. The drive simulator consists of the thick & rich-texture materials like felt, blind people can touch and feel it. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
Machine
An interactive, chemistry engineering learning tool. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
Educational kit
In Vigyan Ashram we have 2 cows & 12 goats that require 100 kg of feed daily! So I designed a shredder to cut the dry matter to make food for the cattle. This machine requires a continuous power supply, ithis is why this machine is solar powered. Fab Academy Final Project, 2020.
System