Lab2

Stakeholder analysis enables the engineers, designers and entrepreneurs to know the resources that stakeholders have the access to. This helps the designers to create something that will fit the need of the respective stakeholder. A socially responsible design must include: · Sustainability · Negligible or no harm to the environment. · Affordable. · Globally usable. · A need
 * Shelter ** - The very bare minimum human need is of a house. It provides security and a sense of belonging. The global village shelters are very noble, practical and cheap solutions to the problem of not having a home. They are made from bio-degradable material, they are prefabricated and can last up to 18 months. They require no tools to assemble and are easy to deploy. They’ve solved housing issues in Grenada and Afghanistan and were used in the hurricane hit Mississippi regions.
 * Health ** - Not having proper healthcare in the third world countries is a major setback. The areas are very susceptible to diseases and don’t have easy access to medicines and such. Internet Village Motoman Network is one such project that creates a network between the underserved and the developed countries via the internet. This project has taken a good start in Cambodia where a visiting nurse examines the patients via digitally photographing them and then relays this information to physicians using a solar powered computer, who then respond with appropriate treatment.
 * Water ** - One of the main reasons for poor health in the developing countries is the lack of water. Clean water is a bare essential for human life which these countries lack. Lifestraw makes it easier for these countries to have clean water readily available. Lifestraw is a water purification tool which is completely portable. By using materials like polystyrene and halogen-based resin it can turn any surface water into clean drinking water. This is a huge help in terms of preventing the disease from happening in the first place.
 * Education ** - The importance of education cannot be stressed enough. It must be one of the first steps in terms of breaking the poverty barrier. Without education, a decent living is a mere dream. One laptop per child is a laptop designed especially for children to enhance their education or in many countries start it. They are about 100 dollars each and have educational tools that inform and education to the children of the developing countries.
 * Energy **** - ** More than 2.4 billion people lack access to fuel for cooking and heating. Without having a proper infrastructure, providing these less fortunate people is tricky. Mexico developed a concept called Solar Dish Kitchen which was made using bicycle parts and parabolic mirrors. It basically catches the natural light from the sun and concentrates its energy to create fire which can be used in houses to cook. The local government has further plans to expand this prototype and build more of the Solar Dish Kitchens around the country.
 * Transport ** - Most of the developing countries have yet to see motorized transportation as a regular everyday process. They are still using bicycles, tricycles, handcarts and similar other means. This has a negative impact towards the farmers of these countries. The pot-in-pot cooler is a simply designed, low-cost solution which by using a simple design enables farmers to be able to store their crops for longer which means high revenue in the long run.