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Our mission is to 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. We create opportunity.
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1,750+

Fab Labs around the globe

academic

860+

Academany Alumni in the past 10 years.

connections

ca. 1000

Attendees to the Fab International Conference each year

planet

100+

Countries in the fab lab network

We support the growth of the international fab lab network.

We are a global community of learning and innovation with over 1,750 digital fabrication labs in over 100 countries.

What is a Lab? How to start a Fab Lab? Add a Lab to the Map

We organize the largest event on digital fabrication where you can learn, share and connect.

Each year we offer members of the more than 1,750 worldwide Fab Labs a space to gather, share, collaborate, explore and, of course, fabricate. Join us this year in Egypt!

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Are you a company looking for possible partnerships and impactful initiatives?

We have worked with a range of companies to provide thoughtful and thorough service to our local and global communities. In partnering with us, you are actively participating in a collaborative future, striving to see change in the workforce, education, and innovation.

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Are you a Government Representative?

We have engaged governments on all levels, in multiple countries around the globe. From the Kingdom of Bhutan to Native American tribes in the United States, we work with local and countrywide representatives on how to bridge the digital divide facing us all over the world today.

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Are you looking for information around Fab Labs and how to join the Fab Lab Network?

To be a Fab Lab means connecting to a global community of learners, educators, technologists, researchers, makers and innovators- -a knowledge sharing network that spans 30 countries and 24 time zones. Because all Fab Labs share common tools and processes, the program is building a global network, a distributed laboratory for research and invention. Joining the Fab Lab Network can mean being a lab manager, opening a fab lab, teaching at Fab Academy, and much more!

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We run a global distributed academy for everyone who wants to learn how to make (almost) anything.

Academany is the first global distributed global campus for learning how to make, and grow almost anything. Learn more about our courses:

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We have co-created a transformative digital fabrication framework for K-12 STEM education

We build curricular frameworks, professional development resources, and evaluation tools around digital fabrication that catalyze STEM learning in the classroom.

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We support the development of local and international projects and initiatives around digital fabrication, education, and open source technologies.

Check out our gallery of projects creating impact all over the globe.

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Support the democratization of digital fabrication and access to the tools and knowledge for technological invention for youth, lifelong learners, and communities in need.

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We support efforts to have a Fab Lab in every US Congressional District

The National Fab Lab Network Act of 2019 has been introduced to the US Senate and is in process of introduction in the House of Representatives, Bill S.2752 mandates a Fab Lab for every congressional district, empowering individuals and communities through digital fabrication tools that promote education, science, technology, engineering and math skills, increase invention and innovation, create businesses and jobs, and fulfill personal, professional, and community needs.

*Alaska and Hawaii not shown due to sizing constraints but also have fab labs. This map shows a rough estimate of fab labs that already exist in the US, taken from fablabs.io. There are more maker spaces throughout the US that do not appear on this map.

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Being a partner or contributor of the Fab Foundation is contributing to our relentless mission to bridge the digital divide, bringing digital fabrication technologies and resources closer to the future generations of entrepreneurs, community leaders, scientists, and citizens that need the spaces, the learning communities and the resources to bring their ideas closer to life.

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