open hardware presentation
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PodCamp Toronto 2011
Open Hardware, Concept to Reality:
WeCare Solar Suitcase Case Study
PresentationGlenn McKnightIEEE HIC - Sat. Feb 26, 2011
Interesting times
Open Source becoming the Hero in Action Flicks!
Our Approach
Crowdsourcing it ain't
Background
IEEE Humanitarian Technology Challenge formed from the cooperation between the IEEE Foundation and the UN Foundation
Three key focuses: Reliable Electricity, Data Connectivity and Individual Patient Records
IEEE HIC launched a student competition to create an Open Hardware version of the small scale solar suitcase
Project Challenge
Lack of Electricity
1.6 billion people lack access to electricity
2.4 billion lack access to fuels for cooking and heating
300,000 health facilities are without electricity
Maternal Deaths
1/2 million deaths per year
99% of deaths found in developing countries
For every death, 20 more women suffer severe complication from childbirth
Solar Suitcase
WeCare Solar Suitcase being delivered at a Northern Nigerian health clinic
Challenge is modifying the design, components etc to reduce the size and cost of the unit
Open Source design
Open Hardware Competition
Creation of student competition inviting engineering teams to create their own Open (Source) Hardware approach to improve the WSS design and subsequently improve access to for rural clinics in the poorest regions in the world to reliable electricity
Open Hardware model makes it possible for the founders of the platform, WE CARE Solar, to benefit by the new designs
Why Open Hardware?
Shared solutions that are open and not limited by restrictive licencing
Build on the shared knowledge of six separate teams providing their own interpretation of the project
Reduce the cost of complete system
Leverage the existing student networks to promote solutions
Next Steps
Incorporation of new designs into the current WeCare Solar specification
Adaption of the design based upon local supply of components
Local training initiatives to build kits
Spur local technical and humanitarian partnerships ie. HackLab-To and International Women's Groups
Engineering for Change
http://www.youtube.com/user/engineeringforchange
IEEE HIC http://www.slideshare.net/gmcknight/ieee-canada-hic-presentation
More info on HIC
IEEE Humanitarian Initiative Committee
http://ieeecanadahic.oc.ieee.org/members-dashboard
WeCare Solar
.Http://www.wecaresolar.org
Links
WECARE Solar. http://www.wecaresolar.com/mission
HIC, IEEE Canada Humanitarian Initiatives Committee. http://ieee.ca/hic/
Laura Stachel: Solar Saves Lives, PopTech 2010 presentation. http://www.poptech.org/popcasts/laura_stachel_solar_saves_lives
Debora Barnes-Josiah, Cynthia Myntti, Antoine Augustin, The 'three delays' as a framework for examining maternal mortality in Haiti, Social Science & Medicine, Volume 46, Issue 8, 15April 1998, Pages 981-993. (accessed January, 2011)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6VBF-3TT01W3-5/2/0a4382e6f6602a6424bce2c457fbfbcb