About

Emerging from MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (CBA) to support the global Fab Lab Network, a growing community of makers, innovators, learners, and educators using digital fabrication technologies. Fab Labs--fabrication laboratories that include capabilities like 3D printing, laser cutting, and CNC milling--originated as a community outreach program from CBA.

While the Fab Foundation is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, our diverse and multi-talented team is distributed throughout the world, reflecting the network that we serve. We speak many languages, represent multiple backgrounds, and have a deep respect for the varied customs and cultures that span our globe.

Mission

We work to democratize access to the tools, technology, and knowledge of digital fabrication, fostering lifelong learning, collaboration, and open innovation. Building the infrastructure for grassroots innovation, we enable anyone, anywhere, to make (almost) anything.

Vision

We envision a world where open-source technologies drive social mobility and sustainability, inspiring self-sufficiency, adaptability, and resilience. We seek to radically transform the ways in which we live, learn, work, and play across the globe.