14 DAY TRIAL // The low cost of manufacturing is one of the main assets of 3D printing technology, and a number of 3D printing organizations have decided that it is high time the masses start to feel the effects.
Thus, Thingarage, plus MakeTank, ActionAid, Vectorealism and Impact Hub Florence have joined forces and launched the 3DPRINTforAID contest.
Essentially, it's a competition in which contestants will have to come up with up to three designs for products that could help the needy all around the world.
The projects will need to possess great functionality, innovative design elements, simplicity of use, great potential for social profit, and have very low production costs.
Essentially, it's like saying that it shouldn't be about just 3D printed prosthetics anymore. And the projects should have both a physical impact and an effect (a positive one, of course) on social life.
A team of judges representing all five sponsor companies will choose the winners on September 25, 2014. The prize will be free construction of the first prototype, travel expenses for one person to attend Rome Maker Faire (2 to 4 October 2014), interview and a video on Thingarage, MakeTank and Vectorealism blogs, and mention in the press releases that will be issued after the Awarding Ceremony.