U.S.-India Workshop: Distributed Development of the Principles and Applications of Digital Fabrication

[0941547]该奖项支持美俄联合军事行动。印度研讨会，将于2009年8月在浦那举行，关于数字制造原理和应用的分布式发展。Neil Gershenfeld教授是麻省理工学院比特与原子研究中心主任，他是本次研讨会的首席研究员和共同组织者，研讨会的主持者是印度坎普尔印度理工学院化学系和激光技术中心的Debabrata Goswami博士。数字制造的研究类似于早期的通信和计算的数字化，通过功能系统的程序化组装，将数字世界的可编程性带入物理世界。数字计算、通信和制造的交叉，反过来意味着大量的小型实验室可以共同解决曾经局限于少数精英机构的研究问题。这个讲习班将设法为能够以这种方式处理的重大挑战项目拟订研究建议，可能提供更广泛的参与、更好的地方一体化和更高的效率。未来的主题包括功能系统的打印、医疗保健和环境的分析仪器、社区IT基础设施、辅助医疗技术、能源转换、遥感和教育基础设施。研讨会将于8月17日至21日在印度浦那与FAB5（第五届国际晶圆实验室论坛和数字制造研讨会）一起举行。这是晶圆实验室网络中研究和社区参与者的全球聚会，该网络由美国国家科学基金会支持的麻省理工学院比特与原子中心的外展计划发展而来。

0941547GershenfeldThis award supports a joint US?India workshop, to be held August 2009 in Pune, on distributed development of the principles and applications of digital fabrication. Professor Neil Gershenfeld, Director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms is the lead investigator and co-organizer of the workshop with Indian host, Dr. Debabrata Goswami, Department of Chemistry & Centre for Laser Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT-K). The study of digital fabrication is analogous to the earlier digitization of communication and computation, bringing the programmability of the digital world to the physical world through programmed assembly of functional systems. The intersection of digital computing, communications, and fabrication, in turn means that large numbers of small labs can collectively tackle research problems that were once limited to fewer elite institutions. This workshop will seek to develop research proposals for grand-challenge projects that can be addressed in this way, possibly offering broader participation, better local integration, and greater efficiency. Prospective topics include the printing of functional systems, analytical instrumentation for healthcare and the environment, community IT infrastructure, assistive medical technologies, energy conversion, remote sensing, and educational infrastructure.The workshop will be held in conjunction with FAB5, the Fifth International Fab Lab Forum and Symposium on Digital Fabrication, in Pune, India, August 17-21. This is a global gathering of both research and community participants in the fab lab network, which grew from an NSF-supported outreach program of MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms.