3D Printing for Development in the Global South

The 3D4D Challenge

• Author(s): T. Birtchnell, William Hoyle,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 133
• ISBN_10: 1137365668
  ISBN_13: 9781137365668
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness , Business & Economics / Development / General , Business & Economics / Production & Operations Management , Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries , Business & Economics / Corporate Finance / Venture Capital , Social Science / Sociology / General , Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development , Business & Economics / Research & Development , Business & Economics / Corporate Finance / General ,

Description:... Birtchnell and Hoyle explore how printers, designs, materials and infrastructures all need to be 'just right' in order for meaningful social change to happen with appropriate scale. The 3D4D Challenge suggests 3D printing could reach scale in the Global South, even perhaps having the same impact as the mobile phone or microfinance in development.