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Yes--I heard that from the Great Lakes Science Center--they use it for
school but are struggling to integrate it into the public museum
experience. Museum of Science and Industry struggled for years but now they
have a rhythm. It's mostly sign-up programs of longer duration and also
regular repeat visits as part of some after school programming.

The advantage of standardizing the equipment is that all the Fab Labs can
develop and share program curriculum internationally without worrying about
whether the other labs will have the same resources. Sort of an open-source
maker space.

Rachel Hellenga
Hellenga Projects
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On Sep 17, 2013 6:31 AM, "Eric Siegel" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> whats the difference between a fablab and a tinkering space and a maker
> space?  I know MIT started the FabLab thing particularly around the bits to
> atoms philosophy, and is *explicitly* organized around the equipment.  Look
> at this FAQ, all about the equipment, nothing about the people.  Kind of
> shocking actually, in how far it diverges from the real world needs of
> these kinds of spaces in museums.
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> http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/faq/
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> Eric
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> > We can attest to this - currently have a FabLab under construction
> >
> > Tom Sofer
> > FabLab Project coordinator
> > MadaTech, National Museum of Science and
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> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Eli Kuslansky <[log in to unmask]
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> >> I think Tim Ritchie is doing design challenges at the Tech and a number
> of
> >> centers are thinking more about putting in Fablabs instead of Maker's
> >> spaces.
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> >> On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Paul Siboroski <[log in to unmask]
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> >>> I know there has been a lot of discussion on the pros and cons of
> >>> Maker/Tinkering spaces recently.
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> >>> A question:
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> >>> Is anyone conducting paid programming (like a club or workshop
> requiring
> >>> more expensive materials and in depth opportunities to build and
> create)
> >> in
> >>> their maker/tinkering spaces? If you have links to your offerings I
> would
> >>> appreciate being able to review and see what other folks are doing.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
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