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In this chapter, case studies are given of various actors relevant to the technologies, designs, materials, and infrastructures of 3D printing. These actors are dubbed in this book ‘indicators’ and forerunners’ because they give a guide to how this niche innovation might scale up to become socially significant. From a 3D printing go-to-guy’ to an entrepreneurial philanthropic venture to turn stone powder into jewellery, the case studies in this chapter draw on insights from research in the Global South. The forerunners include iLab//Haiti, a project to encourage a community 3D printer, and the Ethical Filament Foundation, a project to turn landfill into plastic wire filament.
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Birtchnell, T., Hoyle, W. (2014). 3D4D Indicators and Forerunners. In: 3D Printing for Development in the Global South: The 3D4D Challenge. Palgrave Pivot, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137365668_7
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