@article{BailisDillahuntMuelleretal.2017, author = {Bailis, Peter and Dillahunt, Tawanna and M{\"u}ller, Stefanie and Baudisch, Patrick}, title = {Research for Practice: Technology for Underserved Communities; Personal Fabrication}, series = {Communications of the ACM / Association for Computing Machinery}, volume = {60}, journal = {Communications of the ACM / Association for Computing Machinery}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York}, issn = {0001-0782}, doi = {10.1145/3080188}, pages = {46 -- 49}, year = {2017}, abstract = {THIS INSTALLMENT OF Research for Practice provides curated reading guides to technology for underserved communities and to new developments in personal fabrication. First, Tawanna Dillahunt describes design considerations and technology for underserved and impoverished communities. Designing for the more than 1.6 billion impoverished individuals worldwide requires special consideration of community needs, constraints, and context. Her selections span protocols for poor-quality communication networks, community-driven content generation, and resource and public service discovery. Second, Stefanie Mueller and Patrick Baudisch provide an overview of recent advances in personal fabrication (for example, 3D printers).}, language = {en} }