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5. How do you set up and run a fab lab?
Setting up a fab lab involves more than just installing machines in a dedicated space. Before embarking on this adventure, it's important to ask yourself questions about the main stages involved in setting up a fab lab. Once created, how do you manage it? And how do you make it work so that it contributes to the development of its ecosystem?
5.1 How do you set up a fab lab?
The Fab Foundation association proposes a roadmap for setting up a fab lab, summarized in nine steps.
Find a place or premises to host the fab lab. The location can belong to any government, community, academic or private organization. The fab lab must be hosted by a well-established organization to ensure its success. Sometimes, the association exists before...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Innovation management – Innovation management system – Recommendations - ISO 56002 - (2019)
- Environmental management – Integrating environmental considerations into product design and development - ISO/TR 14062 - (2002)
Regulations
Arrêté du 14 avril 2022 portant approbation de la convention constitutive du groupement d'intérêt public dénommé " France Tiers Lieux " NOR : TERB2209663A – https://www.legiFrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2022/4/14/TERB2209663A/jo/texte
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French Fablab Network (RFF)
Tiers lieux Edu : https://www.tierslieuxedu.org/
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École Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systèmes et de l'Innovation...
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