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A project log for Polyformer - Ideal Filament Recycler

The ideal machine for recycling plastic bottles into 3D printer filament. Team Members: Reiten Cheng (Project Founder), Swaleh Owais

swaleh-owaisSwaleh Owais 12/22/2022 at 23:550 Comments

Just wrapped up the Prototypes for Humanity conference. Definitely one of the best experiences of my life. I would strongly encourage any hackers reading this log to apply for the event next year.

The next step is to deploy some Polyformers at our partner makerspaces in Rwanda. Big shoutout to Hackaday as we are funding this trip with the Hackaday prize money. I have one fully assembled Polyformer and kits to build three more. I have identified two makerspaces so far (ECC Rwanda and Makerspace Kigali)  to deploy the machines at. I am still investigating centers to send the remaining two machines, so if you have any ideas let me know!

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