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From: CBA News <=l To: Lesley Groff <I Subject: CBA News & Notes Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:14:23 +0000 1;2 CBA logo CBA News & Notes April 21, 2014 • The final agenda for CBA's Bits Biology workshop coming on May 1 has been posted: http://cba.mit.edu/events/14.05.BB There's still room to attend, but you need to register with [email protected] to confirm space. • CBA researchers and alums will be speaking at Solid May 21-22 in San Francisco: http://solidcon.com/solid2014/public/schedule/speakers • FAB10, coming to Barcelona July 2-8, is open for registration: https://www.fab10.org/en/home • CBA patents have issued for electropermanent magnet-based motors: https://www.google.com/patents/US8674576 cellular automotion digital material: https://www.google.com/patents/US8666547 an inertial measurement unit: EFTA00370814 https://www.google.com/patents/US8590377 and a method and apparatus for applying tension to a motion transmission element: https://www.google.com/patents/US8590113 • Prof. Gershenfeld was selected by Popular Mechanics as one of 25 Makers: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/news/25-makers-who-are- reinventing-the-american-dream-16604572-2 Gershenfeld was in Bhutan last month to explore the role of digital fabrication in sustainable development: http://www.betterbusiness.bt/wp- content/uploads/2014/03/BB Summit Summary Closing-Plenary.pdf While there, he taught a session of the Fab Academy from the Royal Institute of Management, which was visited by HRH Princess Anne at the Manchester fab lab: https://bdaily.co.uk/technology/01-04-2014/fab-lab-manchester-welcomes-royal-visitor- and-commonwealth-leaders/ • Alum Manu Prakash won an award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation: http://www.moore.org/newsroom/in-the-news/2014/04/08/winners-of-competition-to- reimagine-the-chemistry-set-announced Alum Ara Knaian talks about his work with sponsor Google on Project Ara: http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc id=1321950 And alum Bernd Schoner has a new book coming out: http://www.amazon.com/The-Tech-Entrepreneurs-Survival-Guide/dp/0071823972 • In the news: The BBC on fab labs: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26871084 And a piece from Blair Evans from the Detroit fab lab on innovation in the Henry Ford Magazine: http://incite-focus.org/img/THF-Mag-Winter2014-Zmag°/02016.pdf • New fab labs opened in Egypt: http://www.fablab-egypt.com/blog/26-collaboration • From the end of last year: CBA's development of digital composites was selected as one of MIT's Best of 2013: http://web.mit.edu/site/image.php?id=3887&size=lg&e=jpg EFTA00370815 This is an occasional newsletter on the activities of CBA and its partners; to be added or removed from this list, or to submit items, please contact cba [email protected] EFTA00370816