Archive for August, 2010
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
LifeTrac II Update
We are making good progress on LifeTrac – Prototype II of the open source tractor. We have managed to fund its completion via crowd funding. We’ve got just about all the parts in, including hydraulic components. We will use Power Cube Protype I as the initial power source. After completing the frame, the next …
2 Comments » - Posted in Documentation,Global Village Construction Set,LifeTrac,LifeTrac II by Marcin
Sunday, August 8th, 2010
Technical Description of the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS)
We are hot on the pursuit of a powerful 2-minute Explainer Video about the GVCS, which may be used not only to clarify the concept in general, but which may also assist in: (1), our application to the Buckminster Fuller Challenge; (2), recruiting of 1000 True Fans; (3) Kickstarter, and others. We have the …
20 Comments » - Posted in 1000 True Fans - 1000 Global Villages,Global Village Construction Set by Marcin
Friday, August 6th, 2010
Buckminster Fuller Challenge
We are producing an application for the Buckminster Fuller Challenge this year.
The Buckminster Fuller Challenge from Buckminster Fuller Institute on Vimeo.
Brandin Watson, one of our collaborators, has volunteered to take the lead on writing the application for us. Here are his words:
As was briefly mentioned in a previous post, we will be entering into …
2 Comments » - Posted in Collaboration Platform,Collaborators,Crowdsource Funding,Open Source Product Development Pipeline,Volunteers by Marcin
Friday, August 6th, 2010
100 More Fruit Trees and Update
We just planted out 100 more fruit trees – which we grafted back in spring. We upgraded the string trimmer to a chain, mowed down a path, planted, fertilized, and mulched heavily:
Regarding the funding baskets deployed 2 weeks ago in our progress update, thank you to everyone who donated. Here’s the present status:
As …
5 Comments » - Posted in Farm Equipment,Local Food Systems,Open Source Agroecology (OSA),Open Source Nursery,Permaculture,String Trimmer by Marcin
Sunday, August 1st, 2010
Solar Village 2010 Update
Construction should start at Factor e Farm on about September 1. Out of nowhere, one of our readers from Germany produced this 3D walk-through of the CEB house that Will and I drew up in Qcad in 2D:
The 3D walkthrough is this:
Solar Village 2010 in 3D from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo.
Sound track credit – …
