Archive for April, 2011
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
OSE Trifold Brochure
The official trifold brochure for Open Source Ecology is now available:
You can download this in GIMP or Photoshop and jpg format. There are 2 pages, front and back. If you are printing these, make sure that you use the Rockwell font, which is also included in the download.
As you may see in the trifold, …
10 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,Publicity by Marcin
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Call for Curriculum Developers: University Construction Set
Today I talked to Guerra Freitas, leader of an initiative to build Angola University, the first university in Angola. We discussed the creation of the Department of Open Economic Development based on the GVCS platform. The project is currently at the stage of creating an Institution Development Plan to be submitted to the Angolan …
1 Comment » - Posted in Department of Open Economic Development,Education by Marcin
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Explosion: After the Online TED Talk
The development behind the scenes has been tremendous since my TED Talk went online. In case you missed it, here is the talk:
Here is an update on some of the developments.
I will start on the organizational side.
On an organizational note, I’d like to share a note on the evolution of this project from its …
18 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments by Marcin
Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
CEB Machine Controller: Fabrication Recursion
We have built the complete automatic controller for The Liberator Open Source Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) press a year ago, and have demonsttrated up to 16 brick per minute brick pressing rates. Now we move on to technological recursion of the open source CEB controller technology – by circuit milling our own control circuits …
10 Comments » - Posted in CNC Circuit Mill,Digital Fabrication by Marcin
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
Going Digital: CAM Files for the Open Source Tractor
Last year, we didn’t use any automation in our fabrication procedures. For example, check out the LifeTrac II build. We’re moving to digital fabrication this year. Our work this year will be a test case for optimizing production – to determine whether even your grandma can build industrial-grade tractors in her garage. To do …
18 Comments » - Posted in Digital Fabrication,Fabrication Optimization,Flexible Fabrication,LifeTrac III,Personal Fabrication by Marcin
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Looking for Fabricators
If you are a fabricator, we want you at Factor e Farm. We’re in the middle of a production run of tractors, CEB presses, and soil pulverizers.
Spring is here.
In case you missed my TED Talk, here it is again:
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18 Comments » - Posted in Open Source Ecology by Marcin
Thursday, April 14th, 2011
TED Fellows Talk
My TED Fellows talk is officially online at TED:
You can see our presence on the front page of TED.com today:
Chris Anderson, TED Curator, has even sent me a personal email regarding the talk:
Your project is amazing. Thrilling, actually…It’s people like you who really give me hope for the future.
The feedback so far indicates that …
10 Comments » - Posted in Accomplishments,TED Fellows by Marcin
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011
Workshop Addition
We have just built a 750 square foot workshop addition:
Workshop Addition from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo.
Rosa from Los Angeles is an early adopter who invested in our Tractor-Soil Pulverizer-Compressed Eearth Brick (CEB) Press package – to start a construction business. We will be producing one of the equipment packages for her in our …
3 Comments » - Posted in Construction,Flexible Fabrication,Production by Marcin
Sunday, April 10th, 2011
Cohabitat Gathering 2011 Report
Here is a report from the Cohabitat Gathering 2011, the first international natural building conference in Poland:
Cohabitat Gathering 2011 from dobraidea on Vimeo.
Here are some interviews, including Pawel Sroczynski, the lead organizer of the Cohabitat Group.
You can see more pictures from the event at my Flickr. Here is another report from the event videographer. …
