Welcome to Fab Lab ICC |
About Us
Fab Lab ICC is located in the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship on the main campus of Independence Community College in Independence, Kansas. The Fab Lab is a creative space providing community members and students access to advanced manufacturing and digital fabrication tools for:
- Making things for fun
- Learning academic and vocational skills;
- Developing innovations and inventions;
- Creating businesses and items for business promotion; and
- Producing personalized products.
Fab Lab ICC belongs to the International Fab Lab network, obtaining our charter in March of 2014 when there were 200 Fab Labs in the global network initiated by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). We were the first such fab lab at a Kansas community college when we opened on October 1, 2014. As of May 2018, there were 1278 Fab Labs in the world on every continent except Antartica. Activities, classes and seminars include not only training to operate the lab equipment, but also instruction in Entrepreneurial Mindset featuring the Ice House Entrepreneurship program and creativity and design inspired by the methodology of the Stanford University Design School, (“d.school”).
Access to Fab Lab ICC and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship is available to Community members, entrepreneurs, business owners and and students through:
Low-cost annual memberships for community members;
Enrollment in related ICC courses or community classes/seminars;
Participation in Youth Boot and STEM camps and
Student tours from area educational institutions.
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Our collection of tools and coaching for all those looking to launch, grow or re-invent a business, whether full time or part time.
Directions to Fab Lab ICC:
Fab Lab ICC
2564 Brookside Dr-3884 CR 3730
Independence KS 67301
N 37d 00.772'
W 95d 43.361'
Elevation 784ft
From Independence, the intersection of US 75 and US 160 (corner of West Main and South 10th Street (Walgreens), come south 1.8 mi. to the convenience store at S. 10th and West College Avenue. Turn right and head west 0.7 mi. to the corner of Brookside and West College Ave. (ICC water tower at the corner). Turn left and head south 0.2 mi. to the Cessna Learning Center. Please come to the parking lot south of the building and enter through the east-facing door at the southeast corner.
From ICC West, head east 1.5 mi. on West Main St. to South 10th Street. From South 10th Street, come south 1.8 mi. to the convenience store at S. 10th and West College Avenue. Turn right and head west 0.7 mi. to the corner of Brookside and West College Ave. (ICC water tower at the corner). Turn left and head south 0.2 mi. to the Cessna Learning Center. Please come to the parking lot south of the building and enter through the east-facing door at the southeast corner.
From Coffeyville, the corner of highway 166 and CR 3900, come north through Dearing to the convenience store at S. 10th (CR 3900) and West College Avenue. Turn left and head west to the corner of Brookside and West College Ave. (ICC water tower at the corner). Turn left and head south to the Cessna Learning Center. Please come to the parking lot south of the building and enter through the east-facing door at the southeast corner.