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==In the News== | ==In the News== | ||
* [http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2014/october/unplugged-3d-printing-goes-solar.html Unplugged: 3D Printing Goes Solar] - Michigan Tech News, [http://phys.org/news/2014-10-3d-solar.html Phys.org], [http://investorintel.com/3d-print-press/3d-printing-goes-solar/ Ibvestor Intel] | * [http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2014/october/unplugged-3d-printing-goes-solar.html Unplugged: 3D Printing Goes Solar] - Michigan Tech News, [http://phys.org/news/2014-10-3d-solar.html Phys.org], [http://investorintel.com/3d-print-press/3d-printing-goes-solar/ Ibvestor Intel], [https://www.technology.org/2014/10/14/3d-printing-goes-solar/ Technology.org] | ||
* [http://www.3ders.org/articles/20141012-us-researchers-develop-two-open-source-portable-solar-powered-3d-printers.html US researchers develop two open-source portable solar-powered 3D printers for off-grid communities] - 3Ders | * [http://www.3ders.org/articles/20141012-us-researchers-develop-two-open-source-portable-solar-powered-3d-printers.html US researchers develop two open-source portable solar-powered 3D printers for off-grid communities] - 3Ders | ||
* [http://3dprint.com/18836/solar-3d-printers/ Michigan Tech Researchers Create Two Portable Solar Powered 3D Printer Systems] - 3D Print, [http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?6512-Portable-Solar-Powered-3D-Printers 3D Printboard thread] | * [http://3dprint.com/18836/solar-3d-printers/ Michigan Tech Researchers Create Two Portable Solar Powered 3D Printer Systems] - 3D Print, [http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?6512-Portable-Solar-Powered-3D-Printers 3D Printboard thread] | ||
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* [http://www.cnet.com/news/building-anything-anywhere-starts-with-this-3d-printer/ Building anything, anywhere starts with this 3D printer] - CNET | * [http://www.cnet.com/news/building-anything-anywhere-starts-with-this-3d-printer/ Building anything, anywhere starts with this 3D printer] - CNET | ||
* [http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/solar-3d-printers-take-manufacturing-grid.html Solar 3D printers take manufacturing off the grid] - Treehugger | * [http://www.treehugger.com/gadgets/solar-3d-printers-take-manufacturing-grid.html Solar 3D printers take manufacturing off the grid] - Treehugger | ||
* [http://up.secondwavemedia.com/innovationnews/offgrid101515.aspx Tech professor works on making an off-grid 3D printer] - UP Second Wave | |||
===International=== | ===International=== | ||
* [http://www.additiverse.com/actualites/2014-10-12/imprimante-3d-open-source-portable-et-solaire Imprimante 3D open-source portable et solaire] - Additiverse(France) | * [http://www.additiverse.com/actualites/2014-10-12/imprimante-3d-open-source-portable-et-solaire Imprimante 3D open-source portable et solaire] - Additiverse(France) | ||
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Source
- Debbie L. King, Adegboyega Babasola, Joseph Rozario, and Joshua M. Pearce, “Mobile Open-Source Solar-Powered 3-D Printers for Distributed Manufacturing in Off-Grid Communities,” Challenges in Sustainability 2(1), 18-27 (2014). open access
Abstract
Manufacturing in areas of the developing world that lack electricity severely restricts the technical sophistication of what is produced. More than a billion people with no access to electricity still have access to some imported higher-technologies; however, these often lack customization and often appropriateness for their community. Open source appropriate technology (OSAT) can overcome this challenge, but one of the key impediments to the more rapid development and distribution of OSAT is the lack of means of production beyond a specific technical complexity. This study designs and demonstrates the technical viability of two open-source mobile digital manufacturing facilities powered with solar photovoltaics, and capable of printing customizable OSAT in any community with access to sunlight. The first, designed for community use, such as in schools or makerspaces, is semi-mobile and capable of nearly continuous 3-D printing using RepRap technology, while also powering multiple computers. The second design, which can be completely packed into a standard suitcase, allows for specialist travel from community to community to provide the ability to custom manufacture OSAT as needed, anywhere. These designs not only bring the possibility of complex manufacturing and replacement part fabrication to isolated rural communities lacking access to the electric grid, but they also offer the opportunity to leap-frog the entire conventional manufacturing supply chain, while radically reducing both the cost and the environmental impact of products for developing communities.
Keywords
Appropriate Technology; Distributed Manufacturing; Open Source Hardware; Photovoltaic; Solar Energy; 3D Printing
Build pages
Presentation
- Pearce Prezi on OS Solar-powered 3-D Printing intro in 2012.
Other Versions of Solar Powered 3-D Printers
- Markus Kayser's solar concentrator sand sinter 3D printer: http://www.markuskayser.com/work/solar-sinter/
- Mark Fuller's PV-powered Mendel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzo-M5c_73Y
- The inventor of RepRap, Adrian Bowyer, in a true show of classiness is running his RepRap making factory off solar power and feeding the excess back into the grid.[1]
In the News
- Unplugged: 3D Printing Goes Solar - Michigan Tech News, Phys.org, Ibvestor Intel, Technology.org
- US researchers develop two open-source portable solar-powered 3D printers for off-grid communities - 3Ders
- Michigan Tech Researchers Create Two Portable Solar Powered 3D Printer Systems - 3D Print, 3D Printboard thread
- Solar powered 3D printers invented by researchers - Greentech Lead
- Solar-Powered 3D Printer for Less-Developed Areas of the Globe - Inside 3D Printing
- Michigan Tech Researchers Create Two Portable Solar Powered 3D Printer Systems - 2045
- Portable Solar-Powered 3D Printers Could Change Life in Developing Countries - Softpedia
- A Solar-Powered 3D Printer for Less-Developed Areas of the Globe - 3D Printing Stocks
- 3D Printing Goes Solar - Engineering.com
- Building anything, anywhere starts with this 3D printer - CNET
- Solar 3D printers take manufacturing off the grid - Treehugger
- Tech professor works on making an off-grid 3D printer - UP Second Wave
International
- Imprimante 3D open-source portable et solaire - Additiverse(France)
- Des chercheurs américains développent deux imprimantes 3D open-source portables et solaires pour des collectivités hors réseau électrique - InfoHighTech (France)
- 利用太阳能供电 两款开源3D打印机面世 - OA.ZOL (China)
- 利用太阳能供电 两款开源3D打印机面世 - Digi163 (China)
- La stampante 3D, solare e portatile - Qual Energia (Italy)
- 最新消息：两款开源3D打印机能够利用太阳能供电 - Baidu Tieba (Chinese: 百度贴吧; pinyin: bǎidù tiēbā; is the largest Chinese communication platform provided by the Chinese search engine company, Baidu.