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Introduction and vision with whatt.io

Introduction to whatt.io and the vision to connect products to its own information.

Whatt.io is a combination of a cloud-based product information platform, programming tools and manufacturing methods to integrate RFID tags (NFC)  inside products created mainly with 3D printers.

The vision that whatt.io should accomplish is to enable better circular design and recycling and re-use of products and therefore lower the impact on our environment by re-using and repairing products more often instead of just buying new and trashing the old.

Whatt.io is a passive internet of things solution. It allows for a connection and relationship between manufacturing, material and other vital product information that enables the end-user a better understanding how to assemble, repair, buy spare parts and how to recycle or re-sell the product with all maintenance data intact.

Whatt.io enables a relationship to the products information through our modern smartphones with a simple tap on the item, it opens up the product information in a regular web browser.

Whatt.io will enable buyers of products to know where the material comes from, when and where the product is manufactured, how to assemble and disassemble it and how to repair and recycle the product. Whatt.io is a cradle to grave life cycle product information platform.

Whatt.io is a digital spare part enabler, that allows a user of a product to buy, download and 3D print parts to the product they have bought….

Whatt.io is created to make the world a better place, a place where products can be more sustainable, be used longer and be repaired. It also becomes the enabler for true circularity where products can be disassembled and recycled and reused into other parts due to the knowledge of what materials have been used in the actual product.

Whatt.io favors biomaterials and recycled materials. Transparency about the source of the incoming materials and the knowledge if the materials are recycled, bio-derived and the origin are extremely important facts for making a better purchasing decision based on the true environmental footprint of the product and how much transportation and mining has been involved for the materials.

3D printing and additive manufacturing is the future of manufacturing with potentially democratized and locally based micro factories that will nurture a manufacture on demand on site (or close) instead of mass production and mass transportation (including physically warehouse storage). To enable this more sustainable future we need digital platforms that minimize the production of parts, paper, instructions, shipping etc. The most environmental choice is always to consume less, repair and re-use but for that we need knowledge and information. Whatt.io is a cradle to grave life cycle product information platform.

Welcome to Whatt.io, the internet of things platform for sustainability and circularity.