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Fab labs : places for sharing to boost innovation

Authors: Fabio CRUZ, Alaa HASSAN, Hakim BOUDAOUD

Publication date: March 10, 2023

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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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