Gross Printed Product_Catalysts For Change Zone of Future Innovtion

1. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B © 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B March 2013 Foresight Engine Game Analysis: 25 Zones of Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundation www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation Contact: Tessa Finlev, tfinlev@iftf.org

3. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Around the world, 3D printers are emerging as a potentially major disruption to manufacturing, production, and trade. Bringing the power to print and manufacture goods to impoverished and isolated households and communities has huge implications for poverty alleviation efforts in and of itself. But when combined with advances in recycling and reuse processes, the impacts will be unprecedented. Think of a community without waste removal systems— covered in the scourge of plastic bags tossed into the air, wreaking havoc on livestock, farming, and beyond. Now think of individuals melting down recovered plastic and, for example, printing them into useful components for locally made agricultural machines. 3 12 | GPP | Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

4. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Players grappled with the power of 3D printers and how they might be used to build new paths out of poverty. Ideas ranged from the wacky to the cautionary. Some imagined printing entire cities once the capacity for large-scale printing has been fully scaled. Others worried about how to provide the necessary inputs to 3D printing. Many ideas were more pragmatic: some suggested ways in which recycled materials could be used as inputs to printers, simultaneously dealing with waste issues as well as resource issues. One player highlighted the need to include programing and CAD skills training alongside 3D printer distribution. 4 12 | GPP | From the Players © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B

5. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 5 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing.* Canada** *Cards have been lightly edited for readability. **Player location was self selected.

6. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 6 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada

7. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 7 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA

8. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 8 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China

9. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 9 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Would be good, if we had city- sized 3D printers (working on it). Unfortunately, they're quite small right now, not large enough for building Canada Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway

10. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 10 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Publicly-accessible 3D printers Canada Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway Would be good, if we had city- sized 3D printers (working on it). Unfortunately, they're quite small right now, not large enough for building Canada

11. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 11 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game http://i.materialise.com/blog/en try/recycling-3d-printing- materials-4-possible-solutions is the recyclability of plastic. Canada Publicly-accessible 3D printers Canada Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway Would be good, if we had city- sized 3D printers (working on it). Unfortunately, they're quite small right now, not large enough for building Canada

12. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 12 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Love the idea, but 3D printers are still costly, require computers, CAD and skill. Perhaps rapid prototyping with simple materials? USA Publicly-accessible 3D printers Canada http://i.materialise.com/blog/e ntry/recycling-3d-printing- materials-4-possible-solutions is the recyclability of plastic. Canada Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway Would be good, if we had city- sized 3D printers (working on it). Unfortunately, they're quite small right now, not large enough for building Canada

13. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 13 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Publicly-accessible 3D printers Canada http://i.materialise.com/blog/e ntry/recycling-3d-printing- materials-4-possible-solutions is the recyclability of plastic. Canada Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway Would be good, if we had city- sized 3D printers (working on it). Unfortunately, they're quite small right now, not large enough for building Canada Start community competitions/demos that turn trash into treasures. Local parks and weekly events would generate different thinking at home. USA Love the idea, but 3D printers are still costly, require computers, CAD and skill. Perhaps rapid prototyping with simple materials? USA

14. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 14 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Upcycling Centres for villages, towns and cities: Community based centres by locals for self-help and innovation. Germany Publicly-accessible 3D printers Canada http://i.materialise.com/blog/e ntry/recycling-3d-printing- materials-4-possible-solutions is the recyclability of plastic. Canada Love the idea, but 3D printers are still costly, require computers, CAD and skill. Perhaps rapid prototyping with simple materials? USA Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway Would be good, if we had city- sized 3D printers (working on it). Unfortunately, they're quite small right now, not large enough for building Canada Start community competitions/demos that turn trash into treasures. Local parks and weekly events would generate different thinking at home. USA

15. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 15 12 | GPP | Micro-forecasts from the Game Publicly-accessible 3D printers Canada http://i.materialise.com/blog/e ntry/recycling-3d-printing- materials-4-possible-solutions is the recyclability of plastic. Canada Love the idea, but 3D printers are still costly, require computers, CAD and skill. Perhaps rapid prototyping with simple materials? USA Some of the plastic can be melted down and reused in 3D printing. Canada 3D printers are fine, but you still need materials to print. lets work on inventing a home recycling machine waste in = raw materials out USA Introduce 3D printers to schools and have children and students build own offline and online narratives around it China ...and with 3D-printing we could create healthy food on a molecular level which would require no effort of human labor. Norway Would be good, if we had city- sized 3D printers (working on it). Unfortunately, they're quite small right now, not large enough for building Canada Start community competitions/demos that turn trash into treasures. Local parks and weekly events would generate different thinking at home. USA Upcycling Centres for villages, towns and cities: Community based centres by locals for self-help and innovation. Germany

17. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 17 Solar Sinter is a 3D printing project that aims to make manufacturing possible in the desert, utilizing only the sun and the sand. Using solar panels for power, these printers sinter the sand into a solid material that can then be printed into a wide array of objects. The 3D4D Challenge 3D4D Challenge finalist Roy Ombatti wants to provide properly shaped 3D printed shoes that prevent further deterioration for people suffering from foot infections and deformities caused by the Jigger Fly in his home country of Kenya. 12 | GPP | Signals from the Present Solar Sinter Image Source: www.3d4dchallenge.org/finalistsImage Source: www.markuskayser.com/work/solarsinter

18. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 18 Italian inventor Enrico Dini has successfully printed a full size two-story building using only sand and an inorganic building compound. This development takes some of the expertise out of building houses—the only skill needed to run this printer is a basic understanding of CAD. 12 | GPP | Signals from the Present 3D Printed House Image Source: www.gizmag.com/d-shape-3d-printer/21594

19. © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B © 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B March 2013 Foresight Engine Game Analysis: 25 Zones of Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B A project by Institute for the Future and The Rockefeller Foundation www.iftf.org/our-work/global-landscape/catalysts-for-change/catalysts-zones-of-innovation Contact: Tessa Finlev, tfinlev@iftf.org

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