{"id":3366,"date":"2021-04-10T04:48:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-10T04:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepal.communitere.org\/?page_id=3366"},"modified":"2021-05-05T08:53:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T08:53:19","slug":"fablab-nepal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nepal.communitere.org\/fablab-nepal\/","title":{"rendered":"FabLab Nepal"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row padding_top=”50px”][vc_column][vc_column_text]What is Fab Lab Nepal?
\n<\/strong><\/b><\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=”30″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ padding_right=”30px”][vc_column_text]Fab Lab Nepal is a collaborative center for innovation, invention, education and humanitarian outreach and a fully equipped digital fabrication workshop. It provides access to knowledge, tools, and resources that bring ideas from heads to hands and champions \u2018making\u2019 as a means of empowering the people of Nepal regardless of their gender, social status, ability or economic means.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nepal Communitere launched Fab Lab Nepal in January 2021 in partnership with Field Ready and with support from invaluable donor partners including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s (MIT) Center for Bits & Atoms, Dassault’s System Solidworks, and the Frontier Technologies Livestreaming programme of UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (UKAID).<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”3398″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row padding_top=”30px”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Fab Lab Nepal is the FIRST \u2018Humanitarian\u2019 Fab Lab in the world with a proactive agenda to engage members of marginalized groups and work with government and donor partners to design innovative solutions for Nepal. It will increase the accessibility of digital fabrication technology and fill a critical industrial product development gap for emerging sectors in Nepal such as agriculture, manufacturing, design, packaging and Information & Communication Technology (ICT). It will support skills building, entrepreneurship and contribute towards livelihood development for diverse groups.<\/span><\/p>\n

It will be open to members of marginalized communities, students, youth, entrepreneurs, small business owners, development partners, training institutes, universities and sector-specific industry partners through fee for service and subsidized membership models. Fab Lab Nepal\u2019s qualified, experienced and skilled team will provide support in digital design, digital fabrication, electronics and manufacturing. To provide the highest standard in support and skill we are currently investing in upskilling our Fab Lab guru through Fab Academy certification in Kerala, India.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Services<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]All Fab Labs share common tools and processes, the program is building a global network, a distributed laboratory for research and innovation across over 1,700 Fab Labs around the world. These are some of the tools and equipment that will be available in the Fab Lab Nepal.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]\n

What specific equipment is at the Fab Lab Nepal?
\n<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Fab Lab Nepal has a wide range of equipment such as:<\/span><\/p>\n