FABLAB Software - Case Study
The challenge
Imagine a future in which you no longer need to buy gym shoes in a store; instead, you print them out at home, use them, and then toss them into the recycling bin when you’re done! What seems like a futuristic vision, could soon be reality.
Concise Software teamed up with ARS Electronica to develop a dynamic array of unique and original applications to contribute to FabLab, a cutting edge media 3D printing lab, offering the latest in 3D printing technologies.
FABLAB at Ars Electronica Center at a glance
Ars Electronica Center is a cultural, educational and scientific institute active in the field of new media art. Its activities focus on the interlinkages between art, technology, and society.
The idea behind FabLab (named for the ‘fab’ in ‘fabrication’) is to offer the capability of downloading objects from the internet and printing them out at home as real items (not just paper)! This is done through the use of a 3D printer using a computer model to generate an actual object, and a computer-controlled laser that cuts the high-precision shaping of any chosen material.
Using the internet makes it possible to disseminate designs for articles of clothing or pieces of furniture just as easily as sharing music and pictures is done today.
The technology
The results
The project was completed successfully and participants enjoyed the applications, using them with ease throughout the duration of the lab’s operation.
Ars Electronica
2010
Art
Austria
Wacom Tablets, Fab@Home hardware and software