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'''Fab Labs''' ('''fab'''rication '''lab'''oratories) are small scale workshops with modern computer controlled equipment such as...
 
'''Fab Labs''' ('''fab'''rication '''lab'''oratories) are small scale workshops with modern computer controlled equipment such as...
  
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cutting Laser cutters], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma_cutter plasma cutters] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_jet_cutter water jet cutters] - to cut sheet materials such as plastic and metal
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*{{wp|Laser_cutting|Laser cutters}}, {{wp|Plasma_cutter|plasma cutters}} and {{wp|Water_jet_cutter|water jet cutters}} - to cut sheet materials such as plastic and metal
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CNC CNC machines] - computer controlled mills, lathes etc
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*{{wp|CNC|CNC machines}} - computer controlled mills, lathes etc
 
*[[Rapid prototyping machines]] - 3D layered construction
 
*[[Rapid prototyping machines]] - 3D layered construction
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printed_circuit_board_milling Printed circuit board milling machines]
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*{{wp|Printed_circuit_board_milling|Printed circuit board milling machines}}
  
 
...giving the ability within one room to create just about anything from engines to electronic devices. The concept was developed at the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT.
 
...giving the ability within one room to create just about anything from engines to electronic devices. The concept was developed at the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT.
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*[http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69495,00.html?tw=wn_7techhead Wired article]
 
*[http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,69495,00.html?tw=wn_7techhead Wired article]
 
*[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393124/index.htm CNN article]
 
*[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/11/13/8393124/index.htm CNN article]
*[http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465027458 ''FAB The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop] {{en}} from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication'' the book by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gershenfeld '''Neil Gershenfeld'''], head of the [http://cba.mit.edu Center for Bits and Atoms] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology MIT]
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*[http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/basic/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0465027458 ''FAB The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop] {{en}} from Personal Computers to Personal Fabrication'' the book by {{wp|Neil_Gershenfeld|'''Neil Gershenfeld'''}}, head of the [http://cba.mit.edu Center for Bits and Atoms] at {{wp|Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology|MIT}}

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Fab Labs (fabrication laboratories) are small scale workshops with modern computer controlled equipment such as...

...giving the ability within one room to create just about anything from engines to electronic devices. The concept was developed at the Center for Bits and Atoms at MIT.

Seven fab labs have been set up around the world so far to give ordinary people in deprived areas access to this type of machinery to help people create machines and devices for themselves and their community.

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