This page is an archive of iMAL's wiki that operated between 2012 and 2022. It documented projects, residencies and workshops mostly taking place at iMAL's Fablab.

Older & newer Fablab projects are now found at fablab.imal.org

Fabbing

Membres : Léa Galland, Marie-Lise Moetwil, Maelle Gillet, Sophie Michel Désigné Imal : Marie-Lise Moetwil Description : Sur les murs/murs de la communication, nous démarrons de la prise qui est un élément fréquent et lorsque qu’elle est utilisée, des câbles électriques...
----3d printing is imperfect, and those imperfections (partly) define the aesthetic of 3D printing in the early 2010s. So let's play with that!Inspiration:Dr. Thomas Modeen - Comet Vase Craig Bonsignore - When a 3,890 layer 3D print goes wrong...   Be Your Own Souvenir by...
This is not a piece of art, even not an invention, but a pretext to play a lot with electronics, programming, and laser cutting of course! This work is based on the work of petRockBlock exposed on his blog. The idea is to use a Raspberry Pi for emulating old arcade cabinet games – do you...
Connaissez vous le TeteOcarré generator? Cette petite application flash développée par Zanorg et popularisée en son temps par Boulet permet de créer de petites caricatures carrées (on peut donc parler de carrécatures) de vous même, de vos proches ou de votre patron link...
link datasculpture visualizing Google Analytics data about visit of iMal.org webpage. The data represents one year cycle with events being visualised as a peaks or falls. Significant events are visible, some of them caused by activity towards public...
Pour Pâques, j'ai décidé de ne rien acheter à mes enfants. Par contre, il me semblait pertinent de leur offrir quelque chose d'imaginé et de fabriqué au FabLab pour me donner un premier challenge: n'y connaissant encore rien il y a 2 mois, je trouvais l'idée positive. Le résultat: un chapeau...
School project: model scale of a Finish Sauna
School project on the Pyramid of Vision (Cone de Vision): Volumes and Slices.The modeling has been done with OpenSCAD.  
Glow in the dark!(Part of 'The Radiator' project)
The objective of this project was to make an 'ice radiator' based on a 3D printed model.The obvious solution is to make a silicone mold around a 3D object. I had not to much experience with that process and I didn't want to waste expensive silicone for testing; furthermore the size of the object...
3D printed cube / grid structures for a school project: Urban disruption on 10 square meters.
A very simple Rasberry Pi Wooden/Acrylic based on the Pibow design.
You've look carefully at all the printer software's option, but you want to go further. You can directly write or edit the gcode. Those are human understandable commands.For example, I want to print a model and insert something during the printing process. The printer need to stop at a certain...
A quick study model made with the Lasercutter for the ongoing competition 'Gaucheret', which Urban Platfrom (the office I work for) is participating in. The model is based of a 3D model I made; the buildings were "unfolded" within sketchup using the 'flattery' plugin. The unfolded models were then...
Interview exclusif deThomas Van Bouwel,architecte chez UrbanPlatform, réalisé à iMAL le 4 mars 2014 par Thérèse Kanyange (stagiaire en Relations Publiques à iMAL).1. Comment avez-vous été amené à connaître les nouvelles technologies de fabrication numérique ?C'est grâce à iMAL et à travers l'...
Some projects made end of 2012 - beginning 2013 by people asking for a temporary access to the lab (commercial or not).Ledarabesk paper light by brXerland shown at ZWITWART+ Wor[l]d festival (8-9/2/2013)Fashion accessories prototypes by Byram Tunez lasercut in bioplastics (an eco-friendly...
Work in progressTube-like effect with an hidden RGB Led controlled with Arduino and I2C protocol.An old radio.Steampunk accessories on the top to hide some wire and to stylized the radio.A part of the 3D model for this project :The printing progress : Printed and then painted to have a better...
This is a nice case for your Raspberry Pi. It use one of ther aspect of MDF : it's a little flexible.This is fully inspired of link need :MDF 3 mmNo screw, no glue.Print the file.Then assemble the part and insert your Raspberry PiOn the top side, you can easily...
This is a comparison of the same model printed with a Makerbot Replicator2 and a Form1. This model need to be the exact dimension. Parts like motors, cables and screw can perfectly fit.First of all you can print thread with the form1, it's almost impossible with the replicator, ultimaker and thing-...
A 3D-printed 4x4x4 matrix pen-holder.
An old style frame with a computer. A slideshow controled by a Raspberry Pi.  Design a box, add holes : for the screen, for the ventilation, and to access some wire. Think also on the back plate to adjust the fixing for the screen. On most screen there is a Vesa norm, here it's 4 holes for 3mm...
Here's a simple way to fold paper.We have to make dot lines that we can cut later with the lazer cutter. First select the normal line  that you want to fold (here the diameter of the circle) Go to panel "style de contour" (Ctrl-Shift-F),  click on "Pointillés" and chose a pattern...
A quick study model for an ongoing competition concerning the refurbishment of an old garage in Evere. The first version was based on the original plans which date back to 1935. The second version was made after visiting the site, when we realized the concrete beams where actually concrete arches.