I was lately contacted for a noble project, backed by an Italian institute. Interestingly, it asks for help, not money: we have got the 3D mini-factories funded, we are asking the 3D printers community to identify, create and share 3Dfiles of objects that could be appropriate in low-resource settings like the two African Hospital chosen for the project.
It is a utter shame to me that “[they] have not received yet answer from @Thingiverse1 and other websites/companies.”
I mean, wellknow repositories could host a few competitions related to USEFUL designs for developing countries for example. Yes I like bird houses for sure, but there are also other important stuff to fix in the world as well. It would be so easy to set up a few of these goals when you already host competitions!
I did not read all and everything about this humanitarian project but:
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their the idea of mini factories sent in developing countries is obviously a good idea, and a better one than having only 3D printers sent: “Each mini factory is consisting of a pellet shredder, an extruder, three 3D printers (one large one), a 3D acquisition system and two PCs.” (+ tutorials, tools and spare parts).
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they upcycle existing plastic waste, reducing local pollution
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their crowdfunding is over and successful (see below, it is not an utopia and they do not ask for more money afaik)
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they are just asking the public and makers to tell about, or make useful DESIGNS primarily adapted to developing countries: "Now that we got the printers we need 3Dfiles!”
So please, forward and tell!
More info here:
https://twitter.com/crowd4africa
http://www.crowd4africa.org
My first thoughts fly to @3D_Hubs or @YouMagine , but I certainly omit a lot of players here, and most notably every one of us 