3D Printing for Development in the Global South: The 3D4D Challenge
Birtchnell, Thomas, Hoyle, William
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Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 145 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; KCM; KJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 330.
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Pivot
Condition
New
Number of Pages
133
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137365651
SKU
V9781137365651
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Birtchnell, Thomas, Hoyle, William
Thomas Birtchnell is Lecturer in the Department of Geography and Sustainable Communities at the University of Wollongong, Australia. Previously he was Research Associate at the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe), Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of Indovation: Innovation and a Global Knowledge Economy in India (2013). William Hoyle is the founding CEO of UK charity Techfortrade. ... Read more
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