Archive for 2010
Saturday, October 16th, 2010
Economy in a Box: Reaching Post-Scarcity Escape Velocity
We have been invited to Seattle, Washingon, USA, to present at OpenUp – a new forum focusing on open source topics. We have dubbed OpenUp as the TED for Open Source in a previous post. Our thanks go to Thomas Becker, co-founder, for inviting us. Thom has also started Lastwear, the open source clothing …
1 Comment » - Posted in Post-scarcity,Presentations by Marcin
Friday, October 15th, 2010
Modular CEB Construction
Meet Scott – who is now here on his Dedicated Project Visit, focusing on preparation for CEB construction. We are evolving a Modular Building System based on CEBs, the next fork after our initial directions.
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Hey everyone,
I been here just over two weeks now and I am becoming more and more comfortable with the daily …
7 Comments » - Posted in CEB Modular Construction Units,Construction by Marcin
Thursday, October 14th, 2010
Open Source Power Cube – Prototype II
We have completed Prototype II of the Power Cube – a universal, self-contained hydraulic power source. This power unit contains hydraulic quick-connects so that any other mechanical power device may be connected. A single Power Cube I (18 hp) has been used to power LifeTrac II as shown in the last post. Power Cube …
3 Comments » - Posted in Power Cube,Power Cube II by Marcin
Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Open Source Soil Pulverizer – Prototype II
We have finished the second prototype of the open source soil pulverizer – an important labor-saving device for soil-handling in CEB construction. It is useful because it combines digging-pulverizing-loading the CEB press in one device. See the fabrication and the first test run:
Open Source Soil Pulverizer Prototype II from Marcin Jakubowski on Vimeo.
It should …
18 Comments » - Posted in OSE Label,OSE License for Post-Scarcity Economics,Post-scarcity,Soil Pulverizer by Marcin
Monday, October 4th, 2010
LifeTrac II Fabrication
For those of you who are interested in replicating LifeTrac II – the second prototype of OSE’s open source tractor – here is the fabrication documentation that we have so far. This is meant to be used by dedicated co-developer-builders, who can contribute to improving the design. We still have to build Prototype III, …
4 Comments » - Posted in LifeTrac II,Quick Attach Plate by Marcin
Friday, October 1st, 2010
Distributed Generation
Our recent developments in steam power are exciting. We are committing to the first prototype of a stationary, distributed power generator. This is our high-appropriate technology route to biomass-based power systems, while higher tech, proprietary systems like the Cyclone steam engine have already proven several improvements over gasoline engines: (1), higher efficiency; (2) clean …
8 Comments » - Posted in Modern Steam Power by Marcin
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 …
