WHAT'S THE
CONCEPT
The design of open source hardware was born in
this context with the aim of bringing people closer, and as much as possible, to the materials available to them. This was the starting point for the definition of the project: to reuse the waste materials from the rapid prototyping laboratory in order to obtain a new production process with low energy and resources content.
The PLA is a material with which objects are made in a very short period of time thanks to 3D printing. Hence also the definition of the name of the project: TooFastToPast, which refers to the material used, usually printed 3D very quickly, and so quickly thrown if something goes wrong. In addition to the wrong printed objects, the main source of waste are the filaments that are 'residues' of the reels. When the reels are about to finish, and the amount of filament is no longer sufficient to make a new product, the remaining material is thrown away.