Week 1 - Monday 17th
Today in class we were introduced to the Massey University class of Foundation Fabricate, also known as the Fab lab. The f irst order of business for the first class of the semester, was a general greeting and a code of conduct for the class. We were told as a class unit that, in a nutshell, that any discriminant behaviour wouldn't be tolerated and that we should all be as nice and as welcoming to each other as possible. [Insert an excerpt from the code of conduct here] Moving on with the class as there were only two hours of allotted time to spare, we moved straight into a tour of the Fab lab space, going past the main "hang out spot" as I like to call it at least, into the second of the three rooms. The blue room, jokingly referred to as the green room as half the walls are painted yellow; was filled with 3D printers of small and large variety, a laser cutter and couple other bits floating around. 8 printers were evenly spread out over the expanse of two shelves and o...