The pilot project for the Fab Academy was the course held in 2008 by Neil Gershenfeld "How To Make (almost) Anything".

Final Presentation took place in the Fab Lab. Students from Fab Lab Bcn, Amsterdam, Iceland, and United Statest were part of HTMAA as a Fab Academy Local Tutor trainning.

Schedule:

• 9/8: introduction
• 9/15: vinylcutter, lasercutter
• 9/22: no class (MIT student holiday)
  section: CAD, CAM
• 9/29: PCB fabrication, board stuffing
• 10/6: microcontroller programming
• 10/13: no class (Columbus Day)
  section: PCB design
• 10/20: 3D scanning and printing
• 10/27: input devices
• 11/3: waterjet cutter, NC mill, router
• 11/10: no class (MIT holiday)
  section: modeling
• 11/17: output devices
• 11/24: molding
• 12/1: networking and communications
• 12/8: final project preparation
• 12/15: final project presentations
• MIT Link:
• http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/MIT/863.08/