With headquarters in the capital of Rio de Janeiro which includes a Makerspace, space dedicated to learning about issues related to the world of robotics, woodworking, software, hardware and creativity, Olabi acts as a lightning rod for thinkers to interact with "doers" and doers to interact with thinkers around grand challenges and societal problems. Olabi intends to be a space not only for people to get their hands dirty and experiment, but also for people to think about how to apply what they do in the lab to real problems in society and find solutions. Olabi also intends to be a hub to bring together key to discuss critically important questions on how technology is impacting our lives and the very real implications for the society we live in. We believe that technology deployed from a context of open knowledge can be a powerful tool to affect change and have long-lasting social and environmental impacts. To this end, Olabi works to constantly leverage its national and international partners in order to stimulate and advance discussions, experiments and projects in this realm.