Do-It-Yourself Lab (DIY Lab)
VA has started a satellite lab in Pune city called Do-It-Yourself (DI) lab. IT has workplace , fabrication tools, agricultureal setup, biogas, solar systems, electronics, 3D printing.
VA organises regular workshop for school students and Makers from Pune.
D-I- lab also hosts Makers meet in Pune. D-I-Y lab can be used with prior permission. Write for permission to vapabal@gmail.com with subject ‘Using D-I- lab’.
Dr.Neil Greshenfeld, (Director, Center of Bits and atoms ,MIT (USA)) who created the Fab Lab, described Vigyan Ashram as ‘Fab Lab – 0’.
VA-Fab lab was established through the interaction between Dr.Kalbag and Dr. Dr.Neil Greshenfeld in 2002. It was started in a small 40 sq.ft room.
VA made slow and steady progress to master the use of Fab Lab to solve rural problems.
Some of the successful projects developed in the Fab labs are as follows :
- LED lighting solution
- Egg incubator
- Precision Agri control devices
- Sanitary incinerator
- UV water filter