Mobile Fablab – Where should we go?

The idea of the mobile fablab has been in our minds almost from the beginning of Fablab Saigon. Packing our tools on a truck, driving through Vietnam, showing people how digital fabrication can help them solve local problems. The very heart of the mission of Fablab. No fablab wouldn’t dream about it! “Give ordinary people…

First “maker to entrepreneur” bootcamp in Vietnam! – Hội trại “Từ nhà sáng chế thành doanh nhân” đầu tiên tại Việt Nam!

(Tiếng Việt vui lòng kéo xuống dưới, Vietnamese please scroll down) We are very happy to announce that we will be hosting at Fablab Saigon the first 48h maker to entrepreneur bootcamp on March 11th-13th with 24 students, in 9th to 12th grades, from international and local schools. Thanks to the support of the US Consulate General and…

Maker Faire Taipei 2015

Following FAN2 conference, Maker Faire Taipei 2015 took place at Huashan 1914 Creative Park on the weekend of May 30th to 31st. At the park entrance, you can see a Maker Faire Logo made by steel. And just before entering main area, another gate showed up. The main area is divided into 3 sub-areas: MakerFair, Fusionera and…

Engineering education and the Makers movement

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…