Tolocar

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Location	Ukraine
Links	https://tolocar.org/

The Tolocar project sends mobile makerspaces into Ukraine to support, train, and equip local communities.

Toloka is a traditional way of showing solidarity through the provision of physical support in Ukraine. With that in mind, German and Ukrainian partners with support from the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) co-created the Tolocar project just a few weeks after the start of the full-scale Russian* invasion of Ukraine. The goal of the project is to support both the emergency relief activities, and the development of a participatory innovation ecosystem for the socio-economic recovery of Ukraine.

With a fleet of mobile makerspaces at its core, Tolocar brings together experts from the fields of making, distributed manufacturing, and urban planning with civil society organizations in Ukraine to:

▶ Harness Ukraine's digital innovation capacity to meet urgent humanitarian needs

▶ Strengthen decentralized production systems at partner locations, such as displaced businesses, makerspaces or community workshops

▶ Support both new and existing stationary makerspaces

▶ Develop the capacities of Ukrainian makers and makerspace managers

▶ Expand the reach of Ukrainian makers by connecting them to national, regional, and global maker networks

What is a Tolocar?[edit | edit source]

A Tolocar is a converted van that offers the possibilities of a makerspace or fablab on wheels.

This means they bring the capacity of high end manufacturing or diagnosis technologies to the point of need. But crucially they remain plugged into a world wide community of diverse domain experts who can bring their collective intelligence to bear in ways that complement conventional relief or rebuilding efforts.

The aim is to enable communities to replicate some of the capabilities and so to catalyze rebuilding efforts and establish support networks.

How To Tolocar. Playbook for Mobile Makerspaces[edit | edit source]

With the playbook, the Tolocar project showcases different interpretations of what mobile makerspaces are, shares use cases and equipment lists, and introduces the different qualities of the team which have been essential to the successful implementation of the project. The PDF version can be found on the Tolocar website, but it is also available as a living document / open edit version on Appropedia.

Projects on Appropedia[edit | edit source]

Insulate Izyum

Insulate Izyum is a project by Insulate Ukraine that aims to design emergency home built solutions to replace damaged windows due to the socio-political situation in the country. Double or triple-glazed cellophane windows can be designed within ten minutes to be used as a temporary emergency solution to low temperatures in Ukraine.

Open Source Machine Tools

Open source machine tools refer to a category of manufacturing equipment whose designs, specifications, and software are made freely accessible to the public under an open license.

MICU Mobile Intensive Care Unit

A Mobile Intensive Care Unit (MICU) was designed by CADUS in collaboration with MetaLab as part of the project Tolocar. Mobile Makerspaces in Ukraine. The core element of transforming a bus into a MICU is the Stretcher Attachment Bracket.

Water Filtration System (Tolocar)

This project is to develop a standardised process of localisation, sourcing, manufacturing of solar powered water filters.

Big Pellet 3D Printer (Tolocar)

This project aims to create a working prototype of a small universal pellet extruder that works in horizontal and vertical orientation. You can 3D print in a vertical position. Extrude filaments or inject plastic into a mold in a horizontal position.

Re-birth Bricks in Action (Tolocar)

This project aims to enable the reuse of construction debris for the reconstruction of populated areas, and to promote the development and growth of the culture of re-birth.

Designing for Play (Tolocar)

Project description

Maslow4 (Open Source CNC router)

Maslow4 is a compact large format CNC router. It is the latest design in Maslow CNC family (as of 2023). It’s the next generation and complete redesign of the original Maslow.

WeArm Prosthetic

WeArm is an open source low-cost, low-complexity prosthetic device with human-like range of motion and touch feedback.

Administration of the FABLAB workshop

В даному проекті ми вирішили закумулювати досвід двох українських майстерень (OstrivLab та відкритого цеху "Парасолька") в адмініструванні та управлінні.

3D Printed Smart-House Model

This is an IoT (Internet of Things) project that shows how the technology can be used in a home environment to make new useful systems and also improve on the existing ones.

Other Tolocar content[edit | edit source]

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Page data

Authors	Victoria Wenzelmann
License	CC-BY-SA-4.0
Organizations	Tolocar
Language	English (en)
Translations	Chinese, Ukrainian
Related	4 subpages, 57 pages link here
Impact	789 page views
Created	January 27, 2023 by Emilio Velis
Modified	February 28, 2024 by Felipe Schenone
Cite as	Victoria Wenzelmann (2023–2024). "Tolocar". Appropedia. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
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