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3. Where are the fab labs?
In 2004, there were just six fab labs in the world. Today, there are an estimated 2,000 in 149 countries.
3.1 On a global scale
Worldwide, the Fab Foundation ( https://fabfoundation.org/ ) represents the international network of fab labs. It is an American non-profit organization that grew out of MIT's CBA fab lab program.
The Fab Foundation is an American non-profit organization that emerged from MIT's Center for Bits & Atoms fab lab program. Its mission is to provide access to the tools, knowledge and financial resources to educate, innovate and invent using technology and digital fabrication to enable...
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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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Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
French Fablab Network (RFF)
Tiers lieux Edu : https://www.tierslieuxedu.org/
Laboratories – Design offices – Schools Research centers (non-exhaustive list)
École Nationale Supérieure en Génie des Systèmes et de l'Innovation...
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