Archive for October, 2009
Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Pressing Times
Time is ticking before Product Release of The Liberator. Some last minute adjustments are forthcoming, before we release Beta Version 1.0. Here are some scenes from field testing.
First, we carry it over to the work place with the LifeTrac forks. LifeTrac makes for Air CEB, but The Liberator Prototype II weighs 1922 pounds total.
The …
5 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Compressed Earth Block Press,Open Source Product Development Pipeline,Product Release by Marcin
Sunday, October 25th, 2009
First Dedicated Project Visit Comes to a Close
As of 10/24/09, I am no longer on site at FeF. I would like to thank:
Marcin for giving me the opportunity to excel
Inga for her support
The Review Team: Vinay, Ralf, Lucas, and Jeb
The audience out there listening
Ok, onto the goods. This is the list of things I was supposed to complete. It turned …
10 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology,Open Source Economic Development,Torch Table by Lawrence
Wednesday, October 21st, 2009
Best Arduino Programming Primer in the World
Arduino is an open source electronic microcontroller. We are using it to automate our Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) press – for automatic control that doesn’t require a human operator to runthe machine. The RepRap open source 3D printer also uses Arduino to handle its controls.
Arduino is based on the C++ programming language. Our present …
8 Comments » - Posted in Arduino,Information Architecture by Marcin
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Dear True Fans
I would like to share today’s letter to our True Fans with the greater world. It provides the latest insights on the Factor e Farm experiment.
Dear True Fans and Supporters,
First of all, thank you all for your unwavering support. You have all demonstrated commitment to our work by putting your money and your time …
11 Comments » - Posted in 1000 True Fans - 1000 Global Villages,Challenges,Collaboration Platform,Factor e Farm,Global Village Construction Set,Infrastructure,Open Collaboration,Open Everything,People,Post-scarcity,Product Release,Proposals,Viral Village by Marcin
Wednesday, October 14th, 2009
Open Source Business Models Essays
I’ve been researching and musing over how open source and business go together like two slices of bread. The contraption tastes good only if the stuff in between meshes well. Over the next few days I want to cover three main themes:
What is Free and Open Source Software all about, where did it come …
10 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Lawrence
Saturday, October 10th, 2009
Exciting Times: Nearing Product Release
We are starting biweekly OSE Global Conference Calls – beginning Wednesday, October, 14, at 11:00 AM GMT-6 (Central USA time zone). Why? Because we are nearing critical decision forks in this open source project. Read on.
These are exciting times as we near product release for the high-performance, open source, Compressed Earch Brick (CEB) press. …
11 Comments » - Posted in Collaboration Platform,Collaborators,Compressed Earth Block Press,Global Village Construction Set,Interviews,Open Source Economic Development,Open Source Product Development Pipeline,Organizational Development,Post-scarcity,Viral Village by Marcin
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Free Society Conference in Sweden
I was invited to present at the Free Society Conference and Nordic Summit 2009 (FSCONS) – November 13-15, 2009, in Gothenburg, Sweden. This is an exciting chance to connect to the Swedish open source and Global Villages contacts. Please contact me if you would like to meet or if you have any other interesting …
No Comments » - Posted in Global Village Construction Set,Open Collaboration,Open Source Product Development Pipeline,Post-scarcity,Presentations,Tour by Marcin
Wednesday, October 7th, 2009
Automatic CEB Controls v1.0
The last remaining step of our open source CEB Press Prototype II development is installation of automatic controls. This means that instead of a person actuating the hydraulic cylinders in the proper sequence as seen before, we will do this with electric solenoid valves sequenced by a computer. We have succeeded in building a …
4 Comments » - Posted in Arduino,Automation,Compressed Earth Block Press by Marcin
Sunday, October 4th, 2009
One Month Project Visit: Take Two
The second month of my Dedicated Project Visit started last week. This month will focus on three main tasks that each build on the work completed successfully last month.
Work out any problems in the torch table built last month, now referred to as Prototype 1.
Incorporate changes into a new design that reduces …
1 Comment » - Posted in Torch Table by Lawrence
Thursday, October 1st, 2009
CEB Automation
The next phase of CEB development is automation, and October is the month to do it. We’ll be publishing video of the manual CEB II in action with Soil Pulverizer and Slurry Mixer in operation – within a week. We will try this with stack-as-you go on a sample shed structure. Our experiment will …
