Fab Academy

Intro

• http://fabacademy.org

The Fab Academy has a well-developed business model for education. It is OSE's leading competitor to education. OSE's unique value proposition is full open source tool chains, and technology that matters, vs 25% open source software and fully proprietary hardware toolchains and technology for employers. Employers note - see main course descripiton [1].

Benchmarking

• Costs - [2]. Around $5k as one example. $2500 for Fab Central. Local instructors get $1750 after materials.
• Accreditation - [3]

Curriculum

Fab Academy essentially has it laid out - study it and port to open source

• http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/computer_design/index.html

Fablabs

• Example Fab Lab- look at Stoughton Fab Lab - [4]

Projects

Actual projects -

• http://archive.fabacademy.org/

Notes

• From Ferdi - Fab academy is not popular in Germany because Germans are not used to paying for education

OSE Presentation

• April 5, 2021- Agriculture Fab Academy Presentation
• 2020 - Fab Academy Machines Presentation

Links

• Fab Academy - Machine Design