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From: To: Jeffrey Epstein [email protected]> Subject: Fwd: CBA News & Notes Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:58:11 +0000 Begin forwarded message: From: CBA News <cba [email protected]> Subject: CBA News & Notes Date: July 28, 2015 at 5:12:34 PM EDT To: Reply-To: CBA News <cba [email protected]> SJ CBA logo CBA News & Notes July 28, 2015 • FAB11, the annual meeting of the fab lab network, is returning to MIT after 10 years. This will include a historic gathering of CBA researchers, collaborators, and colleagues: http://www.fab11.org The workshops are full, but there is some room left for the events at Symphony Hall on August 6, and on campus and at the Kennedy Library on August 7. These require advance registration; there will also be a public festival at the Reggie Lewis Center on August 8. • CBA teams deployed fab labs in Shenzhen in China, Dilijan and Yerevan in Armenia, and Kochi and Trivandrum in India: EFTA00344801  http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Fab-Labs-will-Help-Produce-States- Needs-Locally-Expert/2015/06/16/article2868596.ece • Rep. Foster testified on the National Fab Lab Network Act: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xi9 w0Byts&feature=youtu.be He was joined at the expanded DC fab lab by Rep. Mark Takano of the Congressional Maker Caucus and Tom Kalil from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2015/07/dc-makerspace-sanctuary- pioneers-big-thinkers-and-students The National Week of Making featured fab lab commitments: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/06/12/fact-sheet-new- commitments-support-president's-nation-makers-initiative including libraries: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/07/public-services/meet-your-maker-maker-movement • We're delighted to welcome Nike: http://www.nike.com and Philips: http://www.philips.com as CBA's newest sponsors. • Congrats to Paul Eremenko on his move between CBA sponsors, from Google to Airbus: http://fortune.com/2015/06/01/airbus-silicon-valley-vc-fund • The newest addition to CBA's shops is a pair of Universal robot arms: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/content/tools/universal robot arms/index.html These will be used for investigation of automated assembly. This is an occasional newsletter on the activities of CBA and its partners; to be added or removed from this list, or to submit items, please contact cba [email protected] EFTA00344802