Low-resourced communities benefit from 3D-printed electronic systems

Abstract

Imagine that a smart and interconnected sensor system can be formed digitally in an economical and environmentally friendly way. Now imagine that it can be done in South Africa, near low-resourced communities who need these products the most. One need not only imagine – the local design and manufacture of smart sensors and wireless sensor networks are precisely the overarching vision of the Integrated Microelectronic Sensor System Research Programme of the Carl and Emily Fuchs Institute for Microelectronics (CEFIM) in the Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering.