kochi chief minister pinarayi vijayan will throw open super fab lab a technical prototyping platform for design fabrication at integrated startup complex isc in kochi on saturdayaccording to ksum the super fab lab set up in collaboration with massachusetts institute of technology mit will aid researchers innovators and developers in design and development of product prototypesa mini version of the fab lab would also be opened at palakkad on the same day the remote inauguration of the lab in kochi would be done by chief minister from palakkad electronics it principal secretary m sivasankar will present a report on fab lab startup ecosystemthe super fab lab at isc will have stateoftheart machines worth more than rs 7 crore in an area of 10000 square feet the state currently has two electronic fab labs functioning at thiruvananthapuram and kochi the super fab lab in kochi is expected to make isc one of the countrys most soughtafter investment hubsksum ceo saji gopinath said the startup missions collaboration with mit will also allow keralas hardware startups to use the super fab lab and work with researchers of mits centre for bits and atoms on an mtm machine that make projectthe mini fab lab in palakkad will allow students to learn digital fabrication and experiment with the technology which combines computeraided design with additive and subtractive manufacturing there are around 20 such facilities in the state