JICA and the Government of Bhutan have been implementing the Technical Cooperation “the Project for Promotion of Technology Education and Diffusion through Digital Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) in Bhutan” since 2020. This project aims to develop new educational models and innovation that links technological capacity to the needs of the society and industries by establishing the digital fabrication laboratory at the College of Science and Technology (CST), a university of science and technology under the Royal University. This video is a recording of online meetup between CST and FabLab in Japan.
[Program]
2:44 Greetings from the organizer (Mr. Koji Yamada, Chief Advisor of the project)
8:19 Introduction of CST FabLab and the JICA Project (Dr. Cheki Dorji, President, CST)
20:26 About the origin, characteristics, and regional aspects of Japanese FabLabs (Prof. Hiroya Tanaka, Keio University SFC)
34:55 Introduction of each FabLab in Japan
[List of FabLabs]
FabLab Shinagawa (Tokyo), FabLab Oita, FabLab Saga, FabLab Minami Oguni (Kumamoto), Dynamic Lab (Kagoshima), FabLab Nishiharima β (Hyogo), FabLab Kitakagaya (Osaka), FabLab Hamamatsu | TAKE-SPACE, FabLab Nagano, FabLab Kamakura (Kanagawa), FabLab Kannai (Yokohama), Ohta Fab (Tokyo), FabLab Kanda Nishikicho (Tokyo), FabLab MinatoMirai (Yokohama), FabLab Sendai | FLAT, FabLab Setagaya (Tokyo), FabLab Dazaifu (Fukuoka)
