FabLab Bhubaneswar has been established by the Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), under (Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt. of India) in its new state of the art building STPI Elite at Gothapatna, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA. STPI signed an Agreement in June 2018 with Fab Foundation, a US non-profit organization that emerged (in 2009) from MIT’s Center for Bits & Atoms FabLab Program for establishing a Fabrication Laboratory in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

 

FabLab is a technical prototyping platform for learning, innovation and invention: a place to play, to create, to learn, to mentor and to invent for local entrepreneurs. It could be described as a sophisticated medium scale workshop for digital fabrication empowering users to design and build smart devices tailored to specific local or personal needs.

 

FabLab (Fabrication Laboratory) is a small-scale workshop with computer controlled tools with the aim to make "almost anything". FabLab is a disruptive technology which can serve different objectives: (i) Rapid prototyping of industrial products or (ii) Low cost and on-demand manufacturing from "open source designs" for both hobbyist and serious use. Both these purposes include empowering individuals to create devices that are adapted to specific needs and also can be part of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) communities, cultures and projects. Anyone form irrespective of profession or background, with basic knowledge of science, could be trained in the FabLab and acquire skills for designing and fabricating objects / products of his need and liking. It is an extremely versatile platform for creativity and transforming ideas to physical prototypes.

 

FabLabs are closely aligned with MIT’s Centre for Bits & Atoms (CBA) which is engaged in intense research into next generation tools and software, as well as fabrication work flows and processes pushing against digital-analog boundaries.