Invention, Intellectual Property, and Income

In week 18, I focused on completing the presentation slide and video for my Final Project. I also generated its license.

Assignments

  • Develop a plan for dissemination of your final project
  • Prepare drafts of your summary slide (presentation.png, 1920x1080) and video clip (presentation.mp4, 1080p HTML5, < ~minute, < ~10 MB) and put them in your website's root directory

Learning Outcomes

  • Develop a plan to share your work
  • Formulate future opportunities and/or development for your final project

Fab&Plant Slide and Video



Invention

Fab&Plant is an interactive living frame designed to reconnect urban dwellers with nature. This innovative green artwork senses your presence, lights up icons to indicate watering needs, and moves in gratitude when plants are well-cared for. Its efficient water use and modular design make it both eco-friendly and versatile, enhancing a living space with vibrant, responsive greenery.

I made the frame, electronics, programming and the mechanism for cultivating plants and indicating their watering needs.

Intellectual Property

All the work I have done within the framework of the Fab Academy is protected by the MIT license, which has an Open Source approach. This means anyone accessing my website can freely use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, and even sell copies of the software without any restrictions.

Additionally, my work is protected by a Creative Commons license, which allows it to be shared, adapted, and transformed as long as proper credit is given (attribution). This material cannot be used for commercial purposes (noncommercial), and if it is remixed, transformed, or built upon, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original (sharealike).

Business Model

My final project is still a prototype that I plan to continue working on after the Fab Academy ends. Once the final product is achieved, I aim for it to become an accessible, sustainable kit for use in homes, fostering reconnection between people and nature in urban environments.

I would also like similar projects, or those based on mine, to be replicated within the Fab Lab network. This could help generate and strengthen a community focused on creating sustainable products and solutions using digital fabrication tools.

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