Archive for July, 2010
Friday, July 9th, 2010
Open Source Chicken Incubator – Working Prototype Complete
Last year, we have begun work on the automatic, open source chicken incubator – Hexahatch. It did not work well, primarily because the big rotor was too heavy. This year’s design – Hexahatch v2.0 – was changed to a simpler, still-air design, with a flat disk as the rotor for turning the eggs. We …
7 Comments » - Posted in Agroecotechnology,Animals,Automation,Open Source Agroecology (OSA),Open Source Chicken Incubator,Project Reports by William
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
TED for Open Source and Open Source Clothing
Thomas Becker just signed up as a True Fan, after finding out about our work through John Robb’s blog, Global Guerillas. He is the “owner” of Lastwear – an open source clothing company based in Seattle, USA. The Last in Lastwear refers to lasting – just as Life in LifeTrac refers to lifetime …
2 Comments » - Posted in Collaboration Platform,Fiber,Global Swadeshi,Open Source Agroecology (OSA),Open Source Clothing by Marcin
Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Open Source Drill Press: Prototype 1
Fabrication optimization for The Liberator open source CEB press involves designing and deploying four, heavy duty, open source fabrication tools: (1) drill press for drilling 1″ and larger holes directly in metal without pre-drilling; (2) 120 ton hole puncher/ironworker for punching up to 1.5″ holes in 1″ thick metal, and shearing up to 12″ …
16 Comments » - Posted in Compressed Earth Block Press,Open Source Drill Press,RepLab,The Liberator by Marcin
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
3 Minute Video on Factor e Farm and The Liberator
Sean is here for a part of the summer to gather footage for his documentary on the beginnings of Factor e Farm. The time lapses in the last blog post are also part of his work. Here is a 3 minute video about Factor e Farm and The Liberator open source CEB press.
We are …
11 Comments » - Posted in Compressed Earth Block Press,Documentation,The Liberator by Marcin
Monday, July 5th, 2010
Open Source Tractor Update
William has been here for 2 months already, and here’s his second Dedicated Project Visit report. Don’t miss this video if you want to see 3D models and a time-lapse video of LifeTrac II – the second prototype of the open source tractor – coming together. You can read about our first prototype …
2 Comments » - Posted in Dedicated Project Visits,LifeTrac II,Project Reports by Marcin
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
Economy in a Box Presentation Report
Two weeks ago we presented on the Economy in a Box at Noisebridge in San Francisco, California – organized by the Bay Area Community Exchange. This is the most up to date report on the thinking and progress of Factor e Farm and Open Source Ecology, and is a 30 minutes (plus Q&A) worth …
