Fab Labs SDG/FabLab Contea

This is part of an initiative to map fab labs in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals. This page is open edit.

The aim of Fablab Contea is to create a professional network of young people living in the outskirts of Florence, and to spread digital knowledge in our territory.

Fablab Contea has developed educational projects involving primary to high schools students. We also alphabetize people in electronics and informatics, by participating to fairs, exhibitions and by giving lessons to adults and elder people.We have special attention to the environment and we have developed several recycling and environmental friendly projects. As we leave in a territory full of manufacturing traditions and activities, our projects are mostly focused on digital manufacturing (2.0). Fablab Contea is a place open to anybody willing to study, experience, develop and enjoy digital projects and knowhow. Our dream is to transform the lab into a 2.0 library, where books and knowledge can be shared, together with the use of our softwares and machineries. In 2015 our Fablab, with other labs in Tuscany, founded the association "Fablab toscana" This association guarantees the coordination among the labs and it provides access to a wider range of machineries, training and workshops; it supports in the development of projects and it allows to exchange experiences and to participate to common projects, also with Fablabs of other countries. The association provides knowledge and support in a wide range of technologies: electronics, metalworking, 3D printing, woodworking, IT, laser cutting, home automation, robotic, digital fabrication.