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FAB LAB MISSION To provide access to the tools and resources for education, innovation and invention, using technology and digital fabrication to allow anyone to make (almost) anything. FAB LAB VISION To be a community that encourages entrepreneurship, advances science and technology careers, contributes to the resurgence of American innovation and creates a new generation of entrepreneurs, inventors, and artisans. FAB LAB CORE VALUES EXPERIMENTATION We believe that experimentation is the key to invention and the overall economic sustainability for the US. ACHIEVEMENT We believe that science, technology, engineering, art, and math education is and can be fun and should be attainable to all. OPEN ACCESS We believe that people of all ages and background should have open access to space, equipment, and technology. COLLABORATION We believe that collectively we can do ore than anyone can accomplish alone. PROBLEM SOLVING We believe all people can help solve real world problems. EMPOWERMENT We strive to empower businesses, entrepreneurs, and students. CREATIVITY We believe that all people have creative talent. HANDS ON LEARNING We strongly value and support a do-it-yourself mentality. EXPERIMENT. CREATE. FABRICATE. IDEATE. BRAINSTORM. PROTOTYPE. EXPERIMENT. FABRICATE. other tools to prepare parts before she assembled them, quadrupling her output. "The hope is making the Lab a hub for makers and creators. We have a strong community that is beginning to organize, and we would like to be a location where they can come together to learn and share ideas," Whitman continued. "As for myself, after the robot is completed I hope to build a control system that will automate an aquaponics farm. It will be solar powered, and if successful, I hope we could set a few of these up in locations to assist with food insecurities in our area. I really want to be able to use this technology to help businesses be more efficient and competitive in the marketplace." Want to know/see/do more? Visit the Fab Lab, get a tour and see demos of the equipment. Membership is $30 for the general public and $20 for students, and includes free or discounted classes, use of all equipment, computers and software, use of the art room and art- related materials, and more. The Fab Lab is open Tuesday-Friday noon-6 p.m Saturday noon-6 p.m 21 W. Mountain St. Suite 123 Fayetteville, AR 72701 www.nwafablab.com 13 Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce