The last few months have been a bit frustrating for our team. With the space under renovation, we couldn’t really organize events the way we used to. But now that we are operational again and with a greater capacity, we have the space to free our creativity and organize events and opportunities to get together, learn and…
Today was a great day to open the Fablab cafe: 3rd of September, just one day after the Vietnamese National Day, which happens to be the last holiday in Vietnam until the New Year. And this surely is a good sign that the development of Fablab Saigon will now be non-stop! There are still things to sort out, but…
It’s already June! A lot happened in the last months. A lot yet not enough 🙂 Transparency is important to us, and it is even more because we have the support from many of you, so we will try to keep you posted here on our blog with the latest updates about us! On the highlights, we’ve been busy…
So here we are, we just started the renovation of our space! We have been working on this plan for months now, pushing it back since the Tet (february 2015). On this occasion, I want to share with you the story of the mastermind behind it, Xuan, and give you an update on our plans.…
If you came to FabLab Saigon in the past few months, you might have met Nicolas. He was then working on the clockbot project. Check the video below to see it in action, and read on below to learn more about Nicolas and the project.
Last week, I attended the Vietnam Engineering Education Conference (VEEC 2015) in Danang. As a co-founder of Fablab Saigon, I was invited to share my view on the Makers Movement and what it means for the next generation of engineers in Vietnam. I was very excited, yet couldn’t help but feeling the impostor syndrom. As a makerspace, Fablab Saigon is…
This is the second part of the article on makers in Bangkok (see part 1 here). I was quite lucky that the 2 spaces I found were pretty close to my hotel in the east part of Bangkok. One that I missed but will try to meet next time I’m in Bangkok is fablab@school. The previous article was about Maker Zoo. This article…
Last week, I went to Bangkok for a few days. And instead of visiting temples, I went to visit 2 makerspaces. A nice way to combine leisure and work. As people say, when you do what you love, should you still call it work? This first article is about Maker Zoo. Next article will be…
We got this printer from 3dmaker.vn. The model is a Prusa i3. We chose it because it’s cheap and we could buy a kit and build it ourselves. We bought it thanks to the prize we won in the NASA Space App challenge. Chiếc máy in model Prusa I3 này được đặt mua tại 3dmaker.vn. Lí do chúng…
Starting from October 2014, the Fablab is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from noon to 8pm. Bắt đầu từ tháng 10 2014, fablab sẽ bắt đầu hoạt động hàng tuần vào các ngày 3 – 5 -7, từ 12g trưa đến 8g tối.