Field Ready Year in Review
2017 has been a great year for Field Ready and we have high expectations for 2018. Below are some of our highlights from the past year....
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Nov 29, 20171 min read
Global Entrepreneurship Summit
Dara Dotz attended the 8th Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad, India November 28-30. GES is the preeminent annual...
Nov 7, 20171 min read
Exponential Medicine Conference
Field Ready's Dara Dotz recently spoke at the Exponential Medicine conference in San Diego, California. The conference is an immersive,...
Oct 15, 20171 min read
Field Ready and Global Handwashing Day
In acute emergencies, children face a disproportionate risk of disease due to various factors perpetuated by poor water quality, lack of...
Oct 2, 20171 min read
USAID's Global Innovation Week
This week, USAID and a range of partners held the Global Innovation Week in Washington, D.C. Field Ready was invited to present in the...
Aug 30, 20172 min read
Candy Floss/Cotton Candy Inspired Technology: Polyfloss Factory
Polyfloss is an innovative plastic recycling process, inspired by the principle of candy-floss machines. It transforms neglected waste...
Jul 27, 20171 min read
An Update on Our Work in Syria
Field Ready has been working in Syria in a variety of capacities to promote search and rescue capabilities. There are four primary staff...
Jul 18, 20173 min read
What might a local manufacturing kit look like?
What might a local manufacturing kit look like? What's in the box? This depends on what we are trying to make and where. We've been...
May 18, 20172 min read
Field Ready’s work on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Disaster Prevention and Preparedness (DPP) and
Getting ahead of the curve is a nice idea in theory but this is often neglected in practice. In humanitarian aid, activities like risk...
May 3, 20174 min read
‘Better’ Results are a Key Part of Field Ready’s Approach
An essential set of goals for any innovative endeavor is ‘cheaper, faster, better.’ But how these goals can be measured and evaluated is...
Apr 11, 20172 min read
Why we're using Kits to scale up local manufactuing
We've been thinking about our theory of change with help from the Humanitarian Innovation Fund recently, and this has helped us clarify...
Jan 11, 20172 min read
Scaling up local production: introducing our new 'kits' program
Field Ready enables our most useful designs to be replicated in other places; by anyone, anywhere and at anytime. This is done by...
Nov 30, 20161 min read
Field Ready Selected "Journey to Scale" Winner
Field Ready is one of three organizations selected in a very competitive global process for a prestigious new initiative from the...
Nov 8, 20163 min read
Measuring Material Tensile Strength
Have you ever tried to measure tensile strength for materials? Often, the process requires a test machine in a lab that could cost more...
Sep 29, 20162 min read
Designing 3D Printable Medical Devices
Field Ready has been working with World Vision to start developing a catalogue of 3D printable medical items that can be made in Health...
Sep 22, 20161 min read
Field Ready Prints 430 Spare Parts for World Vision Distribution
World Vision Nepal recently procured 430 improved cook stoves from South African-based company African Clean Energy to distribute as part...
Aug 23, 20161 min read
The Humanitarian Sector Meets Its Makers: FAB12 Conference
An exciting new era is arising, with many more opportunities for collaboration between humanitarians and makers. In mid-August, the...
Jul 7, 20161 min read
First Test of Pipe Fitting App for 3D Printing Means Safe Water Pipe Fittings in Nepal
Lack of available safe water pipe fittings is a key issue Field Ready has identified in Nepal. In IDP camps improvised pipe fittings were...
Jun 29, 20162 min read
Field Ready Speaks with MSF: Delhi Scientific Day & Toronto Logistics Conference
Recently Field Ready was invited to speak at two Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) conferences. The first was the Scientific Day held in...
Jun 17, 20161 min read
Injection molding used for mass production
Catastrophe can happen in the middle of the night…when tens of thousands of people need help, urgently. The earth shakes and people are...
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