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This page is for members who are working on the collaboration project with [http://www.uah.edu/student_life/organizations/ewb-uah/ Engineers Without Borders - UAH] ([http://groups.google.com/group/ewbuahsv EWB-UAH Google Group]). We are working on the development of a low-cost alternative to the [http://www.hipporoller.org/ water hippo] using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology appropriate technologies] for the rural African environment of Zambia and local resources and labor to support the local economy. | This page is for members who are working on the collaboration project with [http://www.uah.edu/student_life/organizations/ewb-uah/ Engineers Without Borders - UAH] ([http://groups.google.com/group/ewbuahsv EWB-UAH Google Group]). We are working on the development of a low-cost alternative to the [http://www.hipporoller.org/ water hippo] using [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology appropriate technologies] for the rural African environment of Zambia and local resources and labor to support the local economy. | ||
| + | ===Status=== | ||
| + | * To Dos | ||
| + | ** Get information from EWB on available resources and labor in area. - Spacefelix | ||
| + | * 8/20/10 - EWB and the Makers have started collaboration on the project. Discussed with the Makers on concepts for the water hippo hack. | ||
| + | ==Calendar== | ||
| + | ==Design Considerations== | ||
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| + | ==Concepts== | ||
| + | * Recycled Hippo - The EWB team has noted that there are many plastic barrels left about from the shipping of oil, kerosene, gasoline or vegetable oil. These barrels are often picked up by the locals, cleaned out and reused for various purposes. If we can check a typical barrel out, we can provide directions on how to clean it out and hack it into a water hippo. | ||
| + | * Water Centipede - A series of 10 liter volume segments that are linked together like the segments of a centipede. Plastic caps could be molded to have corresponding mate points to achieve this. Also, the plastic caps could be used to cap rubber inner tube segments to form a container. Ports on the caps will allow for filling. As the centipede is segmented, it will be easier to carry and fill each segment to a body of water that is on low ground compared to the hippo. The end pieces of the centipede will be attached to a rope or yoke to allow the assembly to be rolled on the ground. As the caps and the inner tubes can be disassembled and compressed, shipping is eased. | ||
| + | * Wooden Water Cart - Craft a water cart of wood for carrying wooden or clay water jars. May require beasts of burden to roll and will depend on available resources. | ||
| + | * Woven Water Hippo - Make a roller that has a wooden container, but has been woven over for reinforcement and easy of rolling. | ||
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| + | ==Interested People== | ||
| + | * Spacefelix - EWB Liaison, Maker | ||
| + | * Your Name Here | ||
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This page is for members who are working on the collaboration project with Engineers Without Borders - UAH (EWB-UAH Google Group). We are working on the development of a low-cost alternative to the water hippo using appropriate technologies for the rural African environment of Zambia and local resources and labor to support the local economy.
Status
- To Dos
- Get information from EWB on available resources and labor in area. - Spacefelix
- 8/20/10 - EWB and the Makers have started collaboration on the project. Discussed with the Makers on concepts for the water hippo hack.
Calendar
Design Considerations
Concepts
- Recycled Hippo - The EWB team has noted that there are many plastic barrels left about from the shipping of oil, kerosene, gasoline or vegetable oil. These barrels are often picked up by the locals, cleaned out and reused for various purposes. If we can check a typical barrel out, we can provide directions on how to clean it out and hack it into a water hippo.
- Water Centipede - A series of 10 liter volume segments that are linked together like the segments of a centipede. Plastic caps could be molded to have corresponding mate points to achieve this. Also, the plastic caps could be used to cap rubber inner tube segments to form a container. Ports on the caps will allow for filling. As the centipede is segmented, it will be easier to carry and fill each segment to a body of water that is on low ground compared to the hippo. The end pieces of the centipede will be attached to a rope or yoke to allow the assembly to be rolled on the ground. As the caps and the inner tubes can be disassembled and compressed, shipping is eased.
- Wooden Water Cart - Craft a water cart of wood for carrying wooden or clay water jars. May require beasts of burden to roll and will depend on available resources.
- Woven Water Hippo - Make a roller that has a wooden container, but has been woven over for reinforcement and easy of rolling.
Interested People
- Spacefelix - EWB Liaison, Maker
- Your Name Here
