Fablab.blue

FabLab.blue is the HSRW's third FabLab, based at the Cleves campus and complementing the original and Green FabLabs in Kamp-Lintfort. Conceived as a joint venture between all four faculties of the University and collaborating closely with the city management and local social and environmental NGOs, the focus of the FabLab.blue is on sustainable development for the local region, defined geographically by the drainage basin of the Spoy Canal, an old arm of the Rhine River in northern Germany. The FabLab has at its core three facilities: an extensive electronics lab, a traditional FabLab, and a tropical greenhouse facility. These facilities support student teams, including the university's human-powered submarine team, through the ENSPIRE programme, spin-out initiatives in collaboration with the University's StartGlocal programme, and the local community through open lab sessions, workshops and other knowledge transfer activities.