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  • Fabricating AtFAB

    We created Fabricating AtFAB with the series of BotCam images that Bill Young recorded in his shop last fall. With the help of his pair of ShopBot CNC Routers, Bill fabricated the 21 AtFAB furniture pieces that we designed for MakerBot...

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    Send us YourFAB!

    The number of AtFAB file downloads continues to grow, and we’ve been thrilled to receive more images from makers who downloaded and made AtFAB around the world. We’ve also been pleased to see the interpretations of the pieces. Modifications...

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    Just in Time Marquetry

    Bill Young of ShopBot just took this video of his CNC router milling recessed pockets into the tabletop of our AtFAB side table. Soon, our MakerBot Replicator will be using the same digital files that drove Bill’s machine to...

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  • Maker Faire Details

    2012 World Maker Faire New York

    We brought AtFAB prototypes and models back to the World Maker Faire in New York. We shared the story of design, parametric customization, and distributed CNC manufacturing, and also had the chance to field test the 90 Minute Lounge...

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    Bay Area Maker Faire 2012

    We returned from an incredible weekend in San Mateo where we exhibited AtFAB at the Bay Area Maker Faire that drew over 65,000 visitors…

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    Atomic Cities Exhibition at UK’s Center for Applied Energy Research

    The Atomic Cities Team has completed its final semester devoted to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant. The three semester research investigation was capped off with a traveling exhibition that summarizes the team’s holistic proposals for remediating the PGDP site...

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    International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam 2012

    The Atomic Cities team was pleased to exhibit work at the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam, as part of the University of Kentucky River Cities Project. Members of our team attended the Biennale opening, entitled Making City, at the...

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    • AtFAB CNC Furniture DIY

    Couched Constructions V – Exhibition Opening

    The team returned from the Couched Constructions exhibition at the Herron Gallery in Indianapolis. We went to Indy excited by the exhibit’s provocation and the chance to test new potentials for AtFAB, to prototype new furniture adaptations , and to...

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