In 2005, Neil Gershenfeld, one of the minds behind MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms, published an innovative book on Personal Fabrication called FAB: The Coming Revolution on Your Desktop. FAB is a reflection and future vision of Industrial Fabrication becoming individually accessible. Imagine having the ability to design, print, and assemble nearly anything in your own home, with a FAB lab that vision is nearly within reach. For about $25,000 in equipment and parts students at MIT have been experimenting with personal fabrication in a course called "How to make (Almost) Anything." The FAB equipment that Prof. Gershenfeld teaches on usually requires a steep learning curve and a background knowledge of industrial techniques out of the box. The environment of the laboratory nearly eliminates these requirements and enables anyone to step up to a machine and start creating. A simple process of scanning a drawing into a computer and spitting it out to a vinyl cutter can be achieved with a mere button press, calling for absolutely no contact with complex software. For more advanced tasks, online documentation provides instructions and tips to help out new users. There's even a collection of tools being developed for Ubuntu at Fabuntu.org. The entire concept is lit up my brain like a field of fireflys with ideas and dreams. Learn more for yourself at FAB Central.