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Enter the 3D4D Challenge to Win $100K and Change the World
3D printing is revolutionizing the way we create products, by enabling the factory to be within the community.
Do you have a transformational idea that could leverage 3D printing technologies to deliver real social benefits in the developing world? If so, submit your idea to the 3D for Development Challenge, or 3D4D Challenge. The final winner announcement will be made the 3D Print Show on October 19.
In the developing world, internet retailing is in its infancy. Could 3D printing fill the gap?
The Challenge aims to find transformational uses for additive technology that deliver real social benefit in the developing world. We want to encourage collaboration between the ‘tech’ community and individuals and organisations trying to address major social challenges in the developing world.
The winning idea will be the one that stands out because:
- It clearly and measurably addresses a significant social need e,g, improving the incomes of some of the world’s poorest people or improving access to clean water or energy.
- It demonstrates real technical innovation. In other words, it brings together leading edge thinking across mobile, web, manufacturing and solar technologies.
- It clearly demonstrates that there is a sustainable business model that underpins the idea; not simply a reliance on continual donor funding.
In order to enter the 3d4d Challenge, you must submit a concept statement outlining your idea. Your concept statement must cover the need to be addressed and the evidence that you have available to demonstrate the need exists. The application should also explain what makes the use of 3D printing technology innovative in the context of this need. Finally, the application should explain how the project could become sustainable and over what period of time.’
The closing date for applications is 31st July 2012. We will let you know if you have been chosen as a finalist for the Challenge shortly after the entry deadline date. If you do not hear from us within one month of that date, please assume that your entry has been unsuccessful.
Watch the video below for full details behind the challenge.
Developing world photo by PhOtOnQuAnTiQuE used under Creative Commons license.
Designed to Win: 3D Printing Could Help Athletes Break World Records
Will 3D printing make a difference at the next Olympics?
French designer Luc Fusaro has developed a new technique for custom-fitted track shoes using 3D printing. His project, called “Designed to Win”, produces the lightest sprint footwear ever made at just 96 grams and is fitted to match the physical properties of the runner’s foot.
3D printing is the only way to create shoes this light and with such a perfect, custom fit.
Fusaro’s approach utilises a similar approach using bespoke manufacturing processes. Following 3D scanning of the athlete’s feet, a “one shot” full sprint shoe is produced, complete with traction elements and shoelace features, and is the very first sprint shoe fully made with additive manufacturing. The SLS (selective laser sintering) process, known for being ideal for a constantly changing design process, is also one of the strongest in the range of additive manufacturing.
Fusaro claims that the shoes can improve running performance up to 3.5%, which should enable top athletes to break world records in track.
The video below shows how the shoes are made and depicts athletes testing the shoes.
Via Luc Fusaro and PSFK.
Top 3D Printing Headlines Last Week: Dinosaurs, Action Figures, Organs, Olympics
A roundup of the top news On 3D Printing brought you from July 2 to July 8.
Monday, July 2
- Video: 3D Printing for Dummies; A Very Basic Introduction
- Top 10 Countdown: Most Popular 3D Printing Stories in June 2012
Tuesday, July 3
Wednesday, July 4
Thursday, July 5
- How Leading Scientists Across Fields are Embracing 3D Printing
- Always Wanted Your Own Action Figure? 3D Print Your Face [Video]
Friday, July 6
Always Wanted Your Own Action Figure? 3D Print Your Face [Video]
Have you always wanted your own action figure that you — er, your kids — could play with?
ThatsMyFace.com lets you upload two photos and then uses 3D printing to create an action figure head with your face on it. These heads are designed to fit 12″ action figure bodies with HotToys neck types but can be adapted to fit other figurine bodies as well. Custom head sizes can be requested.
Watch the video below for a demo of various realistic faces.
TechCrunch TV Takes a Tour of MakerBot with Bre Pettis
TechCrunch writer John Biggs takes a tour of Brooklyn-based MakerBot with founder and CEO Bre Pettis.
It’s been months in the making, but here it is: the first episode of TechCrunch Makers, featuring Bre Pettis of Makerbot. We visited Bre’s downtown Brooklyn factory where he and the rest of team design, build, and ship hundreds of Makerbots a week.
Our goal for this series is to highlight hardware entrepreneurs – folks who are building something cool and making the world a cooler place while doing it. Look for upcoming episodes on distilling in the city, reanimated farms, and Arduino.
Our favorite part of the video is when John Biggs realizes that MakerBot machines are actually assembled onsite, as opposed to some factory in China. In a tongue-and-cheek reference to people buying eggs and not knowing a chicken is involved, Bre responds ”these are my glorious chickens.”
Via TechCrunch.
