HUMANITARIAN DIGITAL MANUFACTURING
Manufacturers
CURRENT STATE OF MANUFACTURING CO 2 Exports & Imports from Trade, 2014
DIGITAL MANUFACTURING Technologies: Can also be combined with: • - Laser Cutting • - Vacuum Forming • - CNC Milling • - Metal Casting • - Plasma Cutting • - Electronics • - 3D Printing • - Carpentry • - Arduino/Raspberry Pi • - Injection moulding • - Digital design software • - Metalworking
DIGITAL DESIGNS • - Easily replicable • - Open source - Relatively quick to make • • - Transfer files around the world in seconds $10 Otoscope (Right) developed in Nepal, since used in Syria, Iraq, Turkey and Kenya.
DIGITAL DESIGNS TO REAL AID ITEMS
3D PRINTING Globally: Leading efforts to incorporate 3DP into humanitarian sector with focus on manufacturing aid items at point of need. Nepal: Under DFID’s Frontier T echnology Livestreaming project Field Ready has: • - Mapped all sector actors • - Designed dozens of items for humanitarian use - Printed hundreds of items • - Identified areas of need and potential impact • • - Pioneered ‘active’ needs assessment methodology
ADDING CAPACITY • Added production capacity to needs assessments for partners. • A portable 3D printer capable of producing useful humanitarian aid items will range from $500 to $2000 USD. It can run off battery power, solar or mains. • Field Ready have used 3D printers across the world and technicians can use them with basic training.
MEDICAL SECTOR SUPPORT • Nepal, Syria and Kenya: Low cost spares and repairs in medical facilities using 3D printing and basic electronics. • Developed low-cost medical devices otherwise unaffordable.
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT Products under development include: • - Fluid Warmer • - Syringe Destroyer • - Vein finder • - Otoscope Benefits • Locally produced • Maintained easily • 50-90% cheaper
FOOD Timor Leste : Fixing drip irrigation systems. Syria & Jordan : Low-cost hydroponics systems for displaced people. •
WASH Iraq: Surprising Incentives – pictured left, 3D printed toys in soaps, co-designed with kids in refugee camps, increased handwashing uptake by 240% Nepal & South Pacific: Research ongoing into 3D Printed Water Pipe Fittings for emergency deployment, repairs and contexts where supply chains and markets have broken down.
SHELTER • Reconstruction housing models (Right) designed in Nepal. • Designs used for Malawi flood response in 2017 and for reconstruction after the Nepal Gorkha Earthquakes. • Now the models are available to download for free online.
RESCUE TECH • Low-cost, locally produced Search and Rescue Equipment – International Standard • Delivered 200 heavy lift airbags in Syria and Nepal. • Capable of lifting 5000kg each. • Costs 1/10 th of the commercial alternative. • Saved 8 lives in Syria in last 12 months
POWER • Re-established power supplies in US Virgin Islands • Reclaiming damaged solar panels after Hurricane Maria • Highly effective for displaced people • Model for future responses
LIVELIHOODS Digital Manufacturing as an enabling technology Nepal : Pictured right is the cookstove air supply disk made by Madhukar KC – digitally designed and 3D printed by Field Ready 20,000 ordered and government contracts as a result
TRAINING Field Ready offer training and facilitation for partners in: • Rapid Prototyping • Product Development • Design Thinking • Collaborative Design • Needs Assessment • Risk Assessment • Market Assessment
WHAT NEXT?
MAKERSPACES • - Makerspaces and FabLabs • - Nepal, Iraq, Turkey and Jordan, • - Focus on displaced and refugee populations. • Education: 3D printing & Digital Manufacturing forms a vital part of engineering education around the world now and provides the best way for users to take advantage of rapid prototyping and digital designs.
MAKERSPACES CONTINUED • - New solutions • - Community engagement and participation in problem solving • - Livelihoods opportunities • - Spreading skills • - Resilience
THE MAKERNET Encompasses: • Digital Manufacturing, • Digital Design, • Innovation, • Exponential Technologies, • Circular Economy, • Online Sharing, • Open Source Hardware, • Smart contracts, • Electronic payments, • Blockchain
MAKERNET – UNDERPINNED BY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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