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Siebinga, R. (author)Kamworks is a social enterprise with a vision to improve access to electricity in Cambodia’s rural areas by selling solar products to the local population. Their main product, a solar home system, fulfils a household’s basic electricity needs. Creating an improved generation of solar home systems can contribute to further development of the...master thesis 2016
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Polman, H.H. (author)The eave tube project in Ivory Coast is set up by In2Care and is currently funded by a grant from the European Union and the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation. In2Care developed a new method to make housing mosquito-proof and simultaneously target mosquitoes with insecticide as they try to enter the house. The test study in Ivory Coast should show...master thesis 2016
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Paauwen, L. (author)For the past 60 years the warning triangle’s form and function remained virtually unchanged. However, the context in which it operates is significantly changed in terms of traffic density. The opportunity of creating a new context fitting solution emerged. The Austrian company Alarius who initiated this thesis project, envisions truck drivers to...master thesis 2016
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Iwamoto, R. (author)In low-resource settings, like Uganda in Africa, fever is commonly measured by means of tactile contact with skin. However, for patients, caregivers and healthcare workers, self-assessment of fever is significantly inaccurate. Inadequate healthcare leads patients to be over-diagnosed with malaria and therefore over-treated with antimalarial...master thesis 2016
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Schlepers, R. (author)This thesis describes the development of a digital timetemperature indicator for Médecins Sans Frontières, which is supposed to help them to improve monitoring the journey of cold chain items.master thesis 2016
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Franken, P. (author)This master thesis describes the process behind the development of a mass producible micro gasification cookstove. The context in which this project was executed in was Vietnam. Starting with an extensive analysis on Vietnamese cooking traditions, different cookstoves in the market and gasifiers that are already being produced worldwide. It is...master thesis 2016
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Van Schaik, P. (author)This master thesis describes the research for and design of a Pay-as-you-go (PAYG) model for SolarWorks! in South Africa and Zimbabwe. Modern energy services (like electricity) contribute positively to the economic development, welfare and health situation in Africa, but the products like Solar Home Systems (SHS) are often too expensive to...master thesis 2015
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A sturdy wind-powered rotary displacement pump suitable to Developing Regions (field case Palestina)Fekkes, M.E. (author)The peristaltic pump is promising to the developing world: the easiest to produce, with an excellent match to a wind rotor, and thus able to independently irrigate fields and fill water basins. From the basins users can use a siphon, rather than a bucket. Water could be accessible all day, close to homes and effortless. A prototype of the pump...master thesis 2015
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Jones, R.R. (author)A mitad is a type of stove used to prepare traditional Ethiopian flatbread called injera. Current electrical mitads are energy inefficient and account for over 8% of Ethiopia’s national electricity consumption. The Magic Mitad bakes high quality injeras and uses up to 45% less electricity. This will help bakeries and households to cut costs and...master thesis 2015
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Van Zonneveld, P.S. (author)Hortimotion is a startup company, developing automated solutions for horticultural environments. With the robot initially being developed around the cleanligh UV light, this graduation project focussed on identifying and designing a new application for the robot. This because the focus had shifted away from the cleanlight UV light, for good...master thesis 2015
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Ramirez Herrera, S.L. (author)Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of children’s deaths before they can celebrate their fifth birthday. The majority of pneumonia cases and deaths caused by it are concentrated on the poorest regions of the world; having India the burden of leading both lists. For this reason, UNICEF and the WHO, have made of this issue a priority on their...master thesis 2015
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Telgen, T. (author)This report guided reader though the research the leads to development of a mobile bioprocessing installation for human feces. It starts off with literature research on the why and how a bio processing can aid in improving sanitation for people in developing countries and solve both the health and environmental issues that are a consequence of...master thesis 2015
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Van de Schoor, A.L. (author)This report describes the design process that led to the concept of the portable power network with the name ‘Volt city’. The project is executed for the Danish startup company Volt, that currently operates mostly in the festival market. They have developed a product service system in which people can get a mobile device charger at the start of...master thesis 2015
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De Gruijter, H.O. (author)An estimated 780 million people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water. This gravity-fed water filter system enables low-income households in developing countries to treat contaminated water and safely store it. The product is tailored to the specific needs of the end-customer, making water treatment simple, safe and affordable. Users can...master thesis 2015
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Akkerman, L.M. (author)A new product development process for Blackstarbikes BV, a company in bamboo bicycles. An eco-efficient value creation method (with the use of the eco-costs/value ratio) is used to design a balance bicycle for young children.master thesis 2015
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Vastert, P.M. (author)Worldwide, roughly five billion people do not have the funds for purchasing an electric washing machine or the means (piped water and an electricity connection) to operate one. As a result, mostly housewives are left washing their clothes by hand. This is a labour-intensive and time-consuming task, commonly taking place on a daily basis. Not...master thesis 2015
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Stokman, F. (author)This master thesis describes a graduation project that is elaborated for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) innovation project Sweden. MSF is an independent, international, medical humanitarian organization. The organization is specialized in providing humanitarian aid in (developing) countries. The goal of this project is to find a solution for the...master thesis 2014
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Yao, J. (author)The report describes the design of a Mobile Honey Processing Center (MHPC) for rural Tanzanian beekeepers. Many of them earn very little money due to the lack of honey processing facilities and relevant services. The MHPC can be used to alleviate the existing problems of low quality honey and low honey production in order to assist the...master thesis 2014
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Schakelaar, T. (author)The availability of adequate sanitation is something that is taken for granted in most parts of the Western world. It is hard to imagine living in a situation without a proper toilet and sewage. Still, a third of Earth’s population does not have this luxury. The consequences are contaminated water and food, leading to diseases that ultimately...master thesis 2014
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Douma, A.C. (author)This master thesis concerns the design of a market entry strategy for a hand-powered washing machine by startup HyperWash in the state of Gujarat, India. This product is to offer an affordable alternative to the backbreaking and lengthy current manual laundry practice of many low-income Gujarati housewives. By doing so it fills the gap that the...master thesis 2014