Low-cost 3D Printing for Science, Education and Sustainable Development Trieste May2013
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This document summarizes a competition called the 3D4D Challenge that was created to promote the use of 3D printing for social innovation in developing countries. It provided funding and mentorship to six finalist projects, including WOOF which aims to utilize waste plastic to create sanitation products in Mexico. The winner, WOOF, works with a partner organization to address local water and sanitation issues through their 3D printing technology. The document discusses both the opportunities of 3D printing for developing communities through applications like recycling waste plastic into 3D printer filament, as well as ongoing challenges to make the technology widely accessible and sustainable.
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- 1. ‘ A new model for community business - How 3D printing is contributing to social innovation’ William Hoyle techfortrade
- 2. About techfortrade • UK registered charity, established in 2011 • Supporting innovation in emerging communication technologies to facilitate trade and alleviate poverty for the world’s poorest communities. • Other initiatives include http://mfarm.co.ke
- 3. “Hi Phil, just been reading about 3D Printing in the Economist – sounds amazing” “I was wondering, what do you think 3D Printing could do for the developing world?” September 21st 2011
- 4. Its all about High Value & Low Volume Its all about digital data, 3D CAD, CT & MRI Its all about personalisation and consumer trends Its all about product efficiency and light weight Its all about sustainable supply chains Its all about web integration and co-creation Its about stockless supply chains and distributed manufacturing …….. Blah, blah, blah “…. Let me tell you about AM/3DP”
- 5. But the developing world?
- 6. It’s all about the BOP (base of the pyramid) 2.6 billion under $3k/year = $7 trillion 1.4 billion at $3k - $20k = $18.5 trillion = $25.5 trillion
- 7. A market with unique characteristics
- 8. And so……. - The 3D4D Challenge was born
- 9. Simple principle Give people a mechanism to apply from anywhere Short list the best 5 or 6 ideas Raise awareness of 3DP in developing markets Assign the best proposals mentors and $1,500 Bring the finalist together to hone their skills Let the finalists pitch to a panel of experts 1 2 3 4 5 6 + $100,000.00 to test the business case! 7
- 10. 253 charities, NGO’s, students & entrepreneurs Romania Kenya USA South Africa
- 11. Facilitated idea generation process Spare Parts Water / Irrigation Personalisation Bits & Bobs Power Healthcare Education / skills Dr Kamau Gachigi
- 12. Recycling waste into fair trade feed stock 100 Kg of sorted plastic waste = $1.00 1Kg of ABS filament = $25.00 Up lift ratio = 2,500 : 1
- 13. Hydroponics, Irrigation & connectors
- 14. Condom machines – broken mechanisms
- 15. Boris Kogan (Israel) – small scale easy to manufacture 3D Printed robotic greenhouse to increase food production WOOF (USA) – Enabling waste plastic to be reprocessed and manufactured on large scale 3DP machines into products required in day to day sanitation (3DP toilet ) EN3D Project (Canada) – 3D Printed solar tracker to increase efficiency of sustainable energy generation Fripp Design & Research (UK) – 3D Printing of soft tissue prosthesis (noses, ears) for congenital and trauma patients Just 3D Print (India) – Recycling of waste materials into economically and sustainable feedstock for 3D Printing community workers Roy Ombatti (Kenya) – 3D Printed patient specific footwear for sufferers of Jigger Fly infestation Colalight (UK) – Community assembled cola bottle based solar lamp with parts made using 3D Printing The short list
- 16. Washington Open Object Fabricators (Woof)
- 17. Why did they win? 25/ 02/ 2013 14:593D printing: A third- world dimension | The Economist Page 1 of 2http:/ / www.economist.com/ news/ science- and- technology/ 21565577- new…cturing- technique- could- help- poor- countries- well- rich- ones/ print Nov 3rd 2012 | Seattle |From the print edition 3D printing A third-world dimension A new manufacturing technique could help poor countries as well as rich ones “Milk float” gets a whole, new meaning EVERY summer, Seattle holds a raft race in Green Lake, a park that is the eponymous home of the water the rafts must cross. Entries for the Milk Carton Derby have to be made from old plastic milk bottles. The result is a wonderfully Heath-Robinson collection of improvised craft. But this year one stood out: the entry from the University of Washington’s engineering department actually looked like a boat. The students who built it, Matthew Rogge, Bethany Weeks and Brandon Bowman, had shredded and melted their bottles, and then used a 3D printer to print themselves a plastic vessel. No doubt the Milk-Carton-Derby rules will be tightened next year—though in the end, the team came only second. But they did come first in a competition that mattered more. On October 19th they won $100,000 in the 3D4D Challenge, organised by a charity called techfortrade. In this section Reprints • WOOF’s technology creates new areas of employment by enabling waste plastic to be utilized as material for product creation • The project team are working with Water for Humans (WFH) • Address local issues in water and sanitation in Oaxaca, Mexico
- 19. Our other finalists continue to make progress! six months later Just 3D Printing
- 20. Haiti Communitere - Port au Prince We’re finding new collaborators
- 21. New initiatives are emerging daily!
- 22. Joshua Pearce, Associate Professor in the Dep’t of Materials Science & Engineering, and in the Dep’t of Electrical & Computer Engineering, at Michigan Technological University: ‘One of our other major projects is building an open source RecycleBot, which can turn waste plastic into 3D filament ink. This has the potential to make it easier for waste pickers in developing nations to recycle plastic into high-value items for sale or simply to provide for their own needs. The use of a sustainable energy source and recycled filament not only holds the potential to help impoverished people but also improves the ecological performance of 3D printing.’ ‘Our goal is for people to literally “print themselves out of poverty” no matter where they live’ The potential for BOP markets…
- 23. Challenges and opportunities Building and sharing the product library Affordability and access to equipment Filament recycling Off-grid printing Sharing business models working together as a new community!
- 24. We’re determined to build on our learning Follow us on Twitter at #3d4dchallenge
Editor's Notes
- A need to maintain with limited tools A desire to consume with limited infrastructure A desire to learn with limited resources Developing and hungry for technology & change
- Mention, MakerBot, Grabcad & Econolyst
- In other words, a community business….
- In the middle of Port au Prince, nestled between the UN, the airport, and Cite Soleil–Haiti’s largest slum–groups of international development workers, volunteers, and Haitian community leaders are working on improving life in Haiti through the maker ethic. Founded immediately after the 2010 earthquake, Haiti Communitere has been on the ground for the past three years, serving as a community, networking and shared-overhead space for both international NGOs and Haitian groups. Their current focus is on developing their Resource Center, a community workshop, computer lab, and conference space that also serves as Haiti’s only makerspace. Much of the focus here is on hacking recycled materials to meet the needs of the local population. Haiti Communitere has model homes of strawbale and shipping containers, composting toilets, and extensive gardens. They have three large current projects going right now. First, Makerbot generously donated a 3D printer and local staff is getting trained on it as we speak. The first application will be printing umbilical clamps, as our partners at a local hospital have resorted to using rubber gloves as umbilical clamps. The other two projects focus on upscaling trash. Former gang members from Cite Soleil have been coming to the workshop twice a week to experiment with making benches, chairs, and art out of old tires and other trash to put in schools and public spaces around the slum. Harvey Lacey, an inventor from Texas, designed bricks made out of compressed styrofoam trash, and brought them to Haiti Communitere’s makerspace to experiment. The compressed bricks are lightweight, flexible, and a model house built from the bricks stood up to a simulated 8.2 earthquake. Groups of interested Haitians are collecting the Styrofoam that chokes Haiti’s waterways and turning it into homes and composting toilets. Most importantly, the makerspace serves as one of Port au Prince’s only safe spaces for community members to work, share ideas, and experiment with improving their lives. As community leader Robillard Louino explains: “This workshop was the reason that many young men and women in Cite Soleil woke up every morning. It gave them a purpose, a place to go, an activity that made them feel dignified.” Haiti Communitere is trying a new model of development, one based on collaboration and the maker ethic and we are asking the international maker community to help us reach our goals. The makerspaces’s yearly rent is coming up and organizers are calling for a global konbit–a traditional form of Haitian communal labor–to help keep the workshop space alive. They have launched an indiegogo campaign to raise funds and are asking the international community for support.