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"On request of the (starting) French FabLab community we have tentatively formulated the conditions for being able to use the label "Fab Lab" -- this is a Draft / RFC based on Communication from Sherry Lassiter, 15 April 2011. These key characteristics create an enabling environment that we call a fab lab. Provided that a lab effort is aligned with the below, they can and should use the logo for fund raising, promoting and advertising the fab lab and its activities. First and foremost, public access to the fab lab is essential. A fab lab is about democratizing access to the tools for personal expression and invention. So a fab lab must be open to the public for free or in-kind service/barter at least part of the time each week. Fab Labs support and subscribe to the fab lab charter: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/charter/ This charter should be published somewhere on the website and also in the fab lab. Fab Labs must share a common set of tools and processes. The critical machines and materials are in this list: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/about/fab/inv.html and there's a list of open source software and freeware that we use online as well (embedded in fab academy modules here: http://academy.cba.mit.edu/classes/ ) The idea is that all the labs can share knowledge, designs, and collaborate across international borders. You have to participate in the larger, global fab lab network, that is, you can't isolate yourself. This is about being part of a global, knowlege-sharing community through the videoconference, attending the annual fab lab meeting, and otherwise collaborating and partnering with other labs in the network on workshops, challenges or projects. Participating in Fab Academy is yet another way to connect with the global network community." (http://www.fablab.is/w/index.php/ConditionsForFabLabLabel)

Jitsi (formerly SIP Communicator) is an audio/video and chat communicator that supports protocols such as SIP, XMPP/Jabber, AIM/ICQ, Windows Live, Yahoo! and many other useful features.

As the sharing economy picks up momentum, its reach has become global. In cities and towns around the world, people are creating ways to share everything from baby clothes to boats, hardware to vacation homes. There are also groups emerging that consciously identify with the big-picture sharing movement. These groups focus on education, action and community-building, and advocate for a cultural shift toward widespread sharing.

Proview is an Open Source Process Control System. It is modern, powerful and general and contains all functions normally required for successful sequential control, adjustment, data acquisition, communication, supervision, etc.

Maker tour video stories: a Gennevilliers incontriamo Laurent ed Emmanuelle che ci accolgono nel loro FacLab, uno spazio per condividere e realizzare idee

OpenSCAM is an  Open-Source software which can simulate 3-axis NC machining. It is a fast, flexible and user friendly simulation software for the DIY and Open-Source community.

Lors de l'année 2011, j'ai eu l'occasion de m'entretenir avec de nombreux leaders du monde de l'entreprise et des RH. Ils ont tous entendu parler d'une thématique commune : nous avons besoin de rendre nos organisations plus agiles. Il est pour nous nécessaire de concevoir différemment l'entreprise si l'on veut apprendre plus rapidement, mieux communiquer et être plus réactif au changement. Cette quête de l'entreprise plus agile a changé la nature même de ce que nous appelons un emploi.

Le groupe de hackers allemands l'assure: ils veulent bâtir leur propre système de communication en se basant sur un réseau de satellites amateurs en orbite basse.

Nous avons fréquemment mentionné Jonah Lehrer dans nos colonnes. Ce jeune neuroscientifique, blogueur et écrivain, a le don pour éclairer les sujets souvent complexes de la cognition de manière claire et originale. Dans un récent article pour le New-Yorker, il s'est penché sur le phénomène de l'intelligence collective, et notamment sa forme la plus ancienne et la plus commune, le "brainstorming".