BFI Challenge & Global Village Construction Set in 2 Minutes
Here is the short Explainer Video about the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) that we promised – pure inspiration: Global Village Construction Set in 2 Minutes from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo. The quality is amazing. Credits go to Isaiah...
Report from Seattle
Continuing from the last blog post – the trip and Post-Scarcity Escape Velocity presentation (download here, 3.4M PDF) was breakthrough. The presentation was well-received – as the message of the Global Village Construction Set/Resilient Community...
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....
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. — Hey everyone, I been here just...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
