HM Spotlight: Jon Rushton
You’re right, we don’t do these spotlights so often. But then comes along a story that asks to be shared. Introducing Jon Rushton,...
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3D Printing Spare Parts for Medical Devices
If something needs wood to fix it, the carpenter can do it. If something needs metal, he has local fabricators he can call on. But until...
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Docubricks Review
During this MakerNet phase two, one of the areas we’ve been exploring is a collaborative platform(s) for sharing (and finding) designs of...
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Wevolver Platform Review
During this MakerNet phase two, one of the areas we’ve been exploring is a collaborative platform(s) for sharing (and finding) designs of...
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Distributing Contracts: Experiments in Nepal
In our last blog post, we talked about the interviews we are doing with aid agencies to understand what systems could support them to...
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Feedback #1: Humanitarian Item Testing
Alright, so you’ve seen a number of announcements from HM these past couple of months. If you saw the Makernet introduction announcement,...
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Exploring "field readiness" of items
Our MakerNet journey these past several weeks has focused on key areas for Field Ready and the consortium as well as for others...
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How can we support aid agencies to buy locally manufactured goods?
*This post originally appeared in Makernet.global 11/15/17. In our quest to catalyse more local manufacturing around the world, one of...
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Humanitarian Items Testing
We believe we can only go far together! Help test humanitarian items...
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How do you find local manufacturers? A survey of Mapping Initiatives
The vast majority of the world’s small-scale manufacturers do not have any presence on the internet. They get their business from passing...
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