2015.10.15
Starting October 20, 2015, Associate Professor Hiroya Tanaka of our university's Faculty of Environment and Information Studies will offer a four-week course on the online course platform Gacco titled "3D Printers and Digital Fabrication (Campus Edition)."
The Gacco project is an online course platform promoted by NTT DOCOMO, INC. and NTT Knowledge Square Inc., featuring authentic lectures by university professors that anyone can take for free.
This course will be offered for four weeks starting October 20, 2015. A hands-on learning pre-event for high school students, "FAB SUMMER PROGRAM 2015," was also held in the summer and was well-received.
Associate Professor Hiroya Tanaka, who is in charge of the course, is known as a leading figure in this field, promoting "FabLab"* in Japan and Asia and being instrumental in establishing "FabSpace"* at the Media Center on our university's campus. He is also currently gaining attention both in Japan and internationally as a spirited researcher developing new 3D data standards and the 3D printers themselves.
This course summarizes the content of the "Digital Fabrication" class offered at our university from a university student's perspective, with the aim of having the university students themselves clearly convey its appeal to high school students and those outside of science fields. It also depicts the daily life of the lab, where members actively visit various off-campus FabLabs and related facilities to conduct interviews and projects.
The course can be viewed for free, but you must register on the website before it begins. You can register at the following site.
Course PVs are available here.
* FabLab: A facility where citizens can experiment with digital fabrication equipment such as 3D printers.
FabSpace : A facility where students, faculty, and staff can use 3D printers, 3D scanners, and other equipment for free.