Design for Developing Nations
The following are videos of projects focused at designing for developing nations, done in Spring 2012. Students also had to deploy the design to a person or household in a developed country and have them use it for a week in order to gain critical reflection on their life and life in a developing country.
- LAVO: a toilet for women in developing countries
- Mobile Blackboard: a foldable blackboard that can connect with other similar designs
- Tote-all: a backpack designed to be used for modular carrying
- Wottle: a self-filtering water bottle
- Travel Pack: a flexible pack for carrying various items
- Food Storage: an alternative to underground food storage
- Solarain: a water collection and solar purification system
- Collect-a-bin: a basket and collection mechanism for garbage
- Singulus: waste collection basket with compartments
- Solair: a solar powered fan
- Bikeboard: a board attachment for a bike for carrying additional people
- Bike Clamp: a clamp for attaching parts to bicycles