Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Philip Fairweather
President and CEO
Invention Intention 3rd Dimension
3D Printing & International Business Strategies
Chicago ~ India ~ Los Angeles
Invention Intention 3rd Dimension: Reducing Violence in Chicago with Technology
"Let's not just imagine high school students from Chicago's west and south sides working on 3D printers, let's teach them how to build them, NOW."
-- Philip Fairweather, President and CEO, Invention Intention 3rd Dimension
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Chicago, Illinois -- Making the Internet of Things (IoT), cutting-edge technological design tools of the future available in every high school serving low-income communities in Chicago--is a game changer. Invention Intention 3rd Dimension (ii3D) proposes the introduction of 3D Printing concepts into the classrooms of targeted urban areas, thereby, changing the educational and financial landscape of those communities.
By getting on the front end of an emerging technology, participants can be a factor in driving the entrepreneurial and workforce opportunities, in their communities. Instead of chasing a train that has already left the station, we are proposing replacing counterproductive behavior with the chance to be involved with creative technological development. It's been shown that the utilization of 3D Printing Technology will reduce violence in underserved communities by providing economic alternatives to recidivism and by increasing the technical job skills of the residents in those areas.
Heading up this project is Philip Fairweather, a lifelong entrepreneur and the successful patented inventor of a sports training product that builds speed, endurance and vertical jump height. He has also counseled over 800 businesses and has been instrumental in training over 400 start-ups.
Under his direction, the proposed initiative will by December 2015 have taken the first steps toward steamrolling this vision into a fully-developed 3D maker lab ready for introduction to recruited schools and non-profit organizations.
The program template calls for building active partnerships with representatives from schools and non-profits and teaching each of them to assemble 3D printers. Upon completion, each organization will then inherit the printer. Invention Intention 3rd Dimension obligations don't end there, but continues until they've completed a functioning maker lab and have begun developing their own STEM programs.
High-risk youth ages 16 and up will go through a training and qualification process in order to obtain practical skills in design, advanced manufacturing and entrepreneurship. This will also include developing anatomical models to learn anatomy and biomechanics, as well as, biological models to enhance their studies of plant life and animals. One of the major goals of this program is for members to learn to how proto-type their own ideas, and support the local manufacturing base in and around Chicago.
Additionally, the current partnership with The Chicago Chapter of the American Legion will allow the program to tap into the talents and entrepreneurial spirit of chapter's veterans and provide students with additional life skill sets that can help them achieve self-sufficiency.
Currently in conjunction with The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign's Maker Lab and Market Place Literacy Program, Mr. Fairweather is helping to develop what will be an accredited Maker Literacy Curriculum. This will allow students, either in school or after school, to acquire college credits and begin developing skill sets in advanced manufacturing, invention and entrepreneurship. In tandem, He is currently in discussions with Northern Illinois University's Engineering Department to develop a scholarship pipeline for students who complete the program.
Invention Intention 3rd Dimension has launched at Kickstarter.com and is the offshoot of another project in which the participants are currently learning on low-end Makerbot 3D Printers.
The initial capital investment requirement is about $40K. This is the minimum amount required to upgrade to multi-material printers. Acquiring these printers will allow for the production of higher quality products and for the setup of prototypes in several schools. II3D is attempting to acquire funding from people, who truly believe in their goals and understand the power of this evolving technology.
If you can envision 3D Maker Lab in EVERY high school in the most under served high schools in Chicago, then, they want and need you on their team. If you don't do it, who will?
This won't happen without you!!! Ask yourself, can any of us truly afford to lose another generation to violence? YOU are the game changer, so, let's make this happen.
Find out more and support this initiative at: www.kickstarter.com/
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