Our mission is to build a community of of makers, hackers, inventors, and artists sharing their skills and knowledge to establish a bottom-up approach to education and create local, inclusive economic opportunity.
Some Projects
COVID-19 Million Mask Challenge
Fab Lab Fort Smith went into full production running 3d Printers around the clock. We joined “The Arkansas Million Mask Challenge Program” to help provide PPE to the people of Arkansas during this pandemic.
Contributions made:
Made over 300 face shields
50 hand made cloth mask
Designed mask prototypes for future development
This project is ongoing
Fort Smith Junior League’s Family Night.
Fab Lab Fort Smith helped raise money for the Junior League’s mission to provide opportunities to the foster children of the Arkansas River Valley Community.
Contributions made:
Designed and built a custom farm house table to be auctioned as part of fundraiser
Demonstrated 3D printer fundamentals
Provided virtual drone pilot simulator experience
Boat craft workshop and races
UAFS Drone Competition
20 teams from six different schools competed in the UAFS Drone Competition. Fab Lab participated as a team advisor for Future School in Fort Smith.
Skills provided:
Working through several technical problems under limited Time
The importance of keeping an Engineering Notebook
Presenting the project’s progression from the initial brainstorming ideas to the final completed design
Using 3D CAD software to edit existing models and also to create new models
Soldering wires and using a multimeter to verify the continuity of the circuits
Goals
Establish Physical Location (In Process) We are in process to be community partners with ACHE Research Institute Health & Wellness Center. Our location will be in their facility.
Build 50 tiny libraries for Fort Smith
We are building a low cost open source Hydroponics system to provide healthy resources for food insecure communities.