The digital manufacturing process has been designed and developed by Giuseppe Santangelo (filament production), Fabio Topani (3D printing and modifications to 3D printers) and Claudio Becchetti (mathematical study to identify the correct production conditions) that are engineers-professionals with a wide experience in various industrial and scientific areas. Further experiments are in progress at the University of Roma Tre (prof. Federica Pascucci).
This project is part of the wider Crowd4africa project created by a team of 20 volunteer professionals (engineers, professors, doctors, entrepreneurs, ....) who dedicate their free time to support students in advanced technical courses and in tec-humanitarian projects. From four years the volunteers t design and build innovative technology courses for young people. Last year, for example, the course Making Drones, present at the Maker Faire 2015, taught to 60 students to build and fly their own professional drone.