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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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...
