Yoav Bergner, New York University Assistant Professor

“We expect that a well-designed and integrated School Fab Lab curriculum will have a lasting and measurable effect on the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and dispositions of the learner”

Caroline Latham, St. Joseph High School’s Principal

“Adoption of these new technologies was done with ease. How often do students come to thank you for offering them such an opportunity to learn in an exciting high-tech, hands-on way?”

Mary Ann Spicijaric, Fontbonne Hall Academy’s Principal

“The support we received was outstanding, and the project was completed on time and on budget. Teachers were excited and amazed that, after a couple of days of training, they felt confident enough to start digital fabrication classes with their students.”

Jeremy Rifkin, Writer of "The Zero Marginal Cost Society"

“We are just beginning to glimpse the bear outlines of a new economic system, entering on to the world’s stage. It’s called the collaborative commons. This is the first new economic paradigm since the onset of capitalism and its antagonist socialism in the early nineteenth century. It is a remarkable historical event and has long-term implications for all of us in our day to day lives.”

Mark Hatch, Writer of "The Maker Movement Manifesto: Rules for Innovation in the New World of Crafters, Hackers, and Tinkerers"

“You do have to try, learn, and improve. You do have to put yourself out there and risk failure. But in this new world, you don’t have to go bankrupt if you fail because you can fail small. You can innovate as a hobby. Imagine that: a nation of innovation hobbyists working to make their lives more meaningful and the world a better place. Welcome to the maker revolution”

Steve Jobs, Previous Apple CEO

“Innovation distinguishes between a learner and a follower.”

Sherry Lassiter, Program Manager Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT Media Lab

“The marriage of digital design and digital manufacturing is an interesting interdisciplinary skillset that you're going to need in the 21st century.”

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO

“It takes courage to choose hope over fear...People will always call you naive but it's this hope and this optimism thats behind every important step forward.”

Elon Musk, PayPal Co-founder

“Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.”

Neil Gershenfeld, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

“By personal fabrication, what i mean is ordinary people creating, rather than consuming technology, creating technology to solve local problems.”

Neil Gershenfeld, MIT Center for Bits and Atoms

“If anyone can make anything, anywhere. It fundamentally changes the meaning of business.”

Andy Chatha, President and CEO of ARC Advisory Group

“Digital manufacturing promises to closely couple production design with the manufacturing process. As product mix changes, you have to make changes to your process.”