Innovate 3D | Projects to Help the World
Innovate3D is committed to supporting the world's poorest areas. If you believe your invention may benefit needy people somewhere in the the world, please contact us. We'd like to introduce new inventions to parts of the world where they would do the most good. We may even be able to provide our services at a discount.
Project Rwanda
Innovate3D is currently working on supporting Rwanda with technology to provide a better living for its population. Rwanda would like to create a state-of-the-art technology center, which will not only foster creative solutions to the hardship of life and work but also facilitate growth of manufacturing.
After the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, estimated to have caused 800,000 deaths, Rwanda is now growing. The population has resurged. In fact, with 11 million inhabitants in a country the size of Maryland, Rwanda is the most densely populated country in Africa. It is farm country, with 90% of the population living by subsistence farming. 60% of the population are below the poverty line.
Despite problems and poverty, Rwanda is determined to succeed. With technology. This is where Innovate3D comes in.
What We Do
Innovate3D is collaborating with Gasabo3D to establish a technology center modeled after MIT's FabLab. This center, once completed, will be able to design, prototype, test, and manufacture solutions, including the below:
Prototype Water Transporter
Rwanda lacks running water. It's mainly the woman's job to bring water home. Designing and building a prototype water transporter will simplify daily life for many people.
Reverse Engineering
Thanks to reverse engineering, a plow blade can replaced, or even improved. Broken linkage in a factory can also be replaced.
Improve Existing Designs
UsingSolidWorks, a vintage rice thresher can be modeled. Then, reproducing this out-of-production machine as a 3D model allowed for improvements to the original design.
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