SCOPES-DF brings together a community of practice activating digital fabrication tools to support authentic student learning across all subject areas. With 1,000 members, this website hosts over 250 community-contributed lesson plans to engage students in learning with Fab tools. Lessons are standards-aligned and incorporate the Fab I Can Statements for student learning assessment. Join the SCOPES-DF community mailing list to stay informed of virtual webinars, workshops, and meetups with this amazing group of educators.
2,300+
Fab Labs around the globe
1600+
Academany Alumni in the past 10 years.
ca. 1200
Attendees to the Fab International Conference each year
120+
Countries in the fab lab network
We organize the largest event on digital fabrication where you can learn, share and connect. Join the international conference for makers, educators, and innovators whose goal is to provide vital transformation for the future.
Each year we offer members of the more than 2500 worldwide Fab Labs a space to gather, share, collaborate, explore and, of course, fabricate. Join us in 2025 from July 4 to 11 in Brno and Prague, Czech Republic . We will have daily symposiums, workshops and surprise challenges!
We support the growth of the international fab lab network.
We are a global community of learning and innovation with over 2,000 digital fabrication labs in over 120 countries.
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.
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.
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!
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:
Digital Fabrication Lesson Plans: SCOPES-DF Community of Practice
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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.
Our Contributors
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.
