This is the presentation material prepared for the UNESCO Future Forum in Paris, Feb 27, 2013. UNESCO Future Forum, Paris "Exploring the Dynamics of Knowledge Societies: Using the Future to Shape Transformative Policies" I will be on the Panel. http://www.unesco.org/new/en/bureau-of-strategic-planning/themes/anticipation-and-foresight/unesco-future-forums/exploring-the-dynamics-of-knowledge-societies/ As we don't have much time, only the summary of this slide will be presented.

1. SocialFab 2013
Digital Revolution 3.0
Emergence of Social Fabrication
UNESCO Future Forum, Paris
2013.2.27
Izumi Aizu
<iza@anr.org>
Institute for InfoSociomonics
Institute for HyperNetwork Society

2. 2SocialFab 2013
Digital Revolution
 1.0 Personal Computer
 2.0 Internet/Mobile
 3.0 Social Fabrication

3. 3SocialFab 2013
What is “Social Fabrication”?
 Personalized Fabrications connected
over the Net
 Sharing of data/process/artifacts
 Made possible by:
 FabLabs
 Makers Movements
 Education
 Social Framework

4. 4SocialFab 2013
Three Books showing the future
 Fab FabLife
MAKERSNeil Gershenfeld Hiroya Tanaka Chris Anderson

5. 5SocialFab 2013
How does Future Kitchen look like?
 Universal Cooking Machine?
 Self-build, not impossible.
 Sharing digital recipes
 Oven, food processor, pan together with refrigerator
?

6. 6SocialFab 2013
Development of Information Society
 3rd
Industrial Revolution x 1st
Information
Revolution
 Prof. Shumpei Kumon
3rd
Industrial Revolution
First Info Revolution
Present

7. 7SocialFab 2013
Digital Fabrication is Social Fabrication by nature
 Digitization of Fabrication
 ＝
 Informatization of Industry （“ Makers ” ）
 ↓
 2nd
phase of Information Society: socialization
 Digitization enables Social Fabrication
 (Sharing the process and product together)
 Whole value chains transformed
 Fabnomics?
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8. 8SocialFab 2013
Rise of FabLab
 Prof. Neil Gershenfeld, (Director of
Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT)
 Some 240 Labs around the globe
 A new social movement
 “Fab9” Conf in Japan, Aug 2013

9. 9SocialFab 2013
What is “FabLab”?
 A fab lab (fabrication laboratory) is a small-
scale workshop offering (personal) digital fabrication
 A fab lab is generally equipped with an array of
flexible computer controlled tools that cover several
different length scales and various materials, with
the aim to make "almost anything"
 This includes technology-enabled products generally
perceived as limited to mass production
 While fab labs have yet to compete with mass
production and its associated economies of scale in
fabricating widely distributed products, they have
already shown the potential to empower individuals
to create smart devices for themselves.
 These devices can be tailored to local or personal
needs in ways that are not practical or economical
using mass production
 wikipedia

10. 10SocialFab 2013
President Obama promoting Fab/Makers
 2013 SOTU Speech:
 15 Innovation Centers nationwide
 1,000 3D Printers in Primary schools
 STEM （ Science, Technology,
Engineering, Math) Education program
 Makers Movement

11. FacLab @ University of Cergy-Pontoise
Gennevilliers, suburb of Paris
French PM Ayrault & 4
ministers visited, 2013.2.28

12. Jean-Marc Ayrault, French Prime Minister visited
FacLab in Paris, on Feb 28 together with 4 other
Ministers
 This Thursday, February 28, 2013, the FacLab (
at the University of Cergy-Pontoise, Gennevilliers )
received the visit of Jean-Marc Ayrault, Prime Minister,
accompanied by Flower Pellerin (Minister Delegate to the
Minister of Recovery productive, responsible Small and
Medium Business, Innovation and the Digital
Economy), Geneviève Fioraso (Minister for Higher
Education and Research), Nicole Bricq(Minister of
Trade) and Victorin Lurel (Minister of Overseas ), not
forgetting Mr. Pierre-André Peyvel, prefect of Hauts de
Seine, in full uniform.
 François Germinet, President of the University, has
guided all these people (and many other accompanying
with a bunch of journalists) to our magical den to pass
the baton to Emmanuelle Roux, Laurent and Olivier
Ricard Gendrin.

13. 13SocialFab 2013
Fabrication process
in Industrial Society
Planning Design Mfg Distributio
n
Sales UserSales UserDistributio
n
Sales UserMfg Distributio
n
Sales UserDesign Mfg Distributio
n
Sales UserPlanning Design Mfg Distributio
n
Sales User

14. 14SocialFab 2013
Fabrication process
in Information Society
FabLab vision:
We can make (almost) anything we want
Planning Mfg User
Plannin
g Mfg User

15. SocialFab 2013
FabLabs expanding globally
 234 FabLabs in Feb 2013; was 145 in Nov 2012
 One will open inside Paris in a few week time
 Many in developing world: India, Nepal, Ghana, Kenya, South
Africa etc.
http://fablabamersfoort.nl/nl/fablabs-globally

16. 16SocialFab 2013
FabLabs are Growing 20% /month
- similar to Internet traffic in 1990s
If this continues,
16,000 in 2015
1,000,000 in 2017

17. 17SocialFab 2013
Global Collaboration beyond borders
Networked globally, FabLabs collaborate each other
Sharing info via FabWiki, 24-h synchronization via Video Conf. system
FabLab operations are diverse: run by University, Research and Educational
organizations, Community Center, Cultural institutions, or individuals
Photo by FabLab Kamakura

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Some FabLab equipment
 3D Printer, Laser Cutting Machine, CNC
Milling Machine, etc.
3D Printer Laser Cutting Machine
CNC Milling Machine

19. 19SocialFab 2013
New Tools are coming up
3D Pen, using KickStarter 3D Knitting Machine
3D Cutter?Lunch Box Builder

20. 20SocialFab 2013
Fabulous Products
Photo by FabLab Kamakura

21. 21SocialFab 2013 Design by Youka Watanabe
Photo by FabLab Kamakura

22. 22SocialFab 2013
Photo by FabLab Kamakura

23. 23SocialFab 2013
Photo by FabLab Kamakura

24. 24SocialFab 2013
Potential of FabLab
 Build new type of Information Society
 Develop next generation of leaders
 Innovate not only manufacturing, but the
whole society together
 Combined with ICT, traditional
craftsmanship will leap
 Deeply rooted with community
 Global reach and collaboration

25. 25SocialFab 2013
Fields covered by FabLab
 Appropriate Technology
 Art
 Empower small factories
 New type of R&D
 Business and Commerce
 Empower local community
 Education

26. 26SocialFab 2013
Some Issues and Challenges
 Sustainable Development
 Human Resources
 Business base/model
 Education
 Legal Issues
 Open Source vs IPR
 Product Liability
 Licensing Schemes
 Standardization
 Global standard
 Global Policy Framework
 Governance