Public release date: 31-Aug-2004 [ Print This Article | Close This Window ] Contact: David Hart dhart@nsf.gov 703-292-7737 National Science Foundation MIT fab labs bring 'personal fabrication' to people around the world Arlington, Va.--Fluorescent pink key chains may not immediately call to mind "high-tech," but for students in Sekondi-Takoradi, Ghana, key chains designed and manufactured withtheir own hands on modern fabrication tools represents the first link from the high-tech world to the world they live in. In July and August, a team from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) deployed its sixth field "fab lab," based on the campus...