Giza Systems Education Foundation, in partnership with Dell EMC and in coordination with Fab Lab Egypt, has announced the official launch of the Fab Lab on Wheels initiative. The initiativeconsists of a mobile Fab Lab housed in a bus, promoting the message of digital fabrication and entrepreneurship to communities in rural areas in Egypt.
The launch event showcased the Fab Lab on Wheels bus equipped with digital fabrication machinery including laser cutters, 3D printers and computer numerical control routers. It also hosted various exhibitions and activities that highlighted some of the main creations of the youth at Fab Lab New Cairo and Fab Lab Egypt.
Fab Lab on Wheels will be touring various governorates to provide local communities with access to fabrication equipment and workshops, enabling community members to materialize their ideas and concepts. By utilizing open source design software and a variety of computer controlled machines, as well as practical workshops, the community will be able to design and fabricate anything they can conceive.
Source: https://www.telecompaper.com/news/giza-systems-dell-emc-launch-fab-lab-on-wheels--1174801