Archive for September, 2010
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Land Steam Record
Several people at the Steam Automobile Club of America meeting are working on the Land Steam Record – a race for the top speed in a steam car. The current record is 148 mph, set in 2009 by the British. Here is an interview with Chuk Williams, lead developer for the US Land Steam …
3 Comments » - Posted in Modern Steam Power by Marcin
Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
Cyclone Technologies
Modern steam power is here.
We met Harry Schoell – lead technical developer from Cyclone Technologies – as one of the many experts at the Steam Automobile Club of America Meeting. Cyclone Technologies appears to have the world’s first modern steam engine since many decades. We would like to point out some of the …
15 Comments » - Posted in Modern Steam Power,Steam Engine Construction Set by Marcin
Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
Steam Engine Electric Generator
We just got back from the 2010 Steam Automobile Club of America (SACA) meeting. I presented a brief talk on Open Source Ecology’s proposal for the scalable, steam-powered, electrical generator that we discussed in a former post. This talk puts the power generator in context with other OSE product ecologies. It also discusses further …
18 Comments » - Posted in Modern Steam Power,Steam Engine Construction Set by Marcin
Monday, September 20th, 2010
LifeTrac Prototype II Completed
On September 14, we finished the loader arms for LifeTrac II – completing the second prototype of the open source tractor:
LifeTrac Prototype II Completed from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo.
We have not been able to post sooner because we have been away at the Steam Automobile Club of America Meeting. We will cover the exciting …
14 Comments » - Posted in LifeTrac II by Marcin
Monday, September 13th, 2010
Steady Growth
We have been supported 100% by crowd funding, and one month ago we announced the doubling campaign for the 1000 True Fans subscription program. We are now at 132 True Fans, as of Sep. 13, 2010, or a 32% increase over the month:
The red dot marks the announcement of the Doubling Campaign one month …
9 Comments » - Posted in 1000 True Fans - 1000 Global Villages by Marcin
Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Extreme Traction: Open Source Wheel Tracks
After the initial test drive two weeks ago – we have built and tested wheel tracks for LifeTrac Prototype II, the hydrauilically-driven, open source tractor. Now LifeTrac is able to handle extremely rough terrain – which would otherwise halt other wheeled vehicles, including LifeTrac I. LifeTrac II can go over sizable humps and holes …
