U.S. Congress - H.R.6003 To provide for the establishment of the National Fab Lab Network to build out a network...
H.R.6003 - To provide for the establishment of the National Fab Lab Network to build out a network of community based, networked Fabrication Laboratories across the United States to foster a new generation with scientific and engineering skills and to provide a work force capable of producing world class individualized and traditional manufactured goods.
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- Official: To provide for the establishment of the National Fab Lab Network to build out a network of community based, networked Fabrication Laboratories across the United States to foster a new generation with scientific and engineering skills and to provide a work force capable of producing world class individualized and traditional manufactured goods. as introduced.
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7/30/2010--Introduced.National Fab Lab Network Act of 2010 - Establishes the National Fab Lab Network (NFLN), as a non-profit entity, to facilitate the construction of a network of connected labs. Defines "Fab Lab" or "Fabrication Laboratory" to mean a facility containiOfficial Summary
7/30/2010--Introduced.National Fab Lab Network Act of 2010 - Establishes the National Fab Lab Network (NFLN), as a non-profit entity, to facilitate the construction of a network of connected labs. Defines "Fab Lab" or "Fabrication Laboratory" to mean a facility containing a variety of manufacturing and other fabrication tools operable by digital input as well as the software and computers required to design and operate those tools. States that these labs serve a broad range of purposes, but each allow for how members of the local community, businesses, and academic or educational purposes can be pursued with the lab's resources. Authorizes and empowers the NFLN to receive real or personal property and to hold it absolutely or in trust, and to invest, reinvest, and manage it, and to apply such property and the income arising therefrom to the objects of its creation and according to the instructions of its donors. Sets forth the functions of the NFLN. Requires the NFLN to:(1) facilitate the construction of a new type of information and digital fabrication infrastructure; and
(2) promote the goals of greater science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, workforce development in manufacturing and product design, increased innovation in the private sector, as well as scientific and academic discovery through the use of distributed digital fabrication tools. Permits acceptance by the NFLN of donations from private individuals, corporations, government agencies, or other organizations.
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Fall Fab World Update
The MIT Mobile Fab Lab visited Washington, D.C. twice in October: once for Congress to experience the fab lab as they consider H.R. 6003 (National Fab Lab Network bill), and once to participate in the USA Science & Engineering Festival ...
TranshumanTech: Re: [tt] [Open Manufacturing] Turning Republican ...
"H.R.6003 -- National Fab Lab Network Act of 2010 (Introduced in House - IH) by Rep. Bill Foster [D-IL14]" http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:h6003: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:h.r.06003: ...
Scientific mind: Sunset boy trying to get labs for inventors ...
He said if HR 6003 is passed, that would allow the small scale workshop to be accessible in virtually every county. “I would really like people to write to their congressman and tell them that they would like the Fab Lab in their ...
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