Maker Faire
OSE is at Maker Faire! http://www.makerfairekc.com Watch the center stage live! http://www.makerfairekc.com/live/ Yesterday we were taking online questions for the speakers from the IRC and MakerFaire Live channels. Come watch some awesome speakers and...
Steam Engine Technical Drawings
I completed the first pass on the Steam Engine technical drawings a bit over a week ago. These are 2D drawings that specify each of the parts that make up the engine. This is a fairly major milestone in the steam engine project, since it enables CAD drawings...
Internet Relay Chat
Want to get involved in Open Source Ecology, but don’t know how? Join us on IRC With this online chatroom, we’ll try to have onsite Factor e Farm people on throughout the day dishing out updates from Factor E Farm, along with tasks ranging from CAD...
Submission to the Open Hardware Summit
The second annual Open Source Hardware Summit is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2011 in New York City. The summit examines open hardware and its relation to other issues, such as software, design, business, and law. Since I can’t make it out to Factor...
OSE Europe Launch and Jeremy Blum – OS Electronics London Interview
Hi all. It’s been a while since my last post but I’m proud to be able to make a return with great news. There are now plans for an “Open Source Ecology Europe” project (also visit the OSEE facebook page) and to kick start the idea...
Dedicated Documentation Project Visits
The next main phase at Factor e Farm is renewed focus on documentation. This emerged from our production run, where we learned that we could get perhaps 30-50% more accomplished if we had professional-quality fabrication drawings, detailed fabrication...
June 1 Production Run Update
Here is a quick update. Production Run Update – June 1, 2011 from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo. Here are some notes from Vann Miller on his 2 weeks stay: Vann Miller Project Visit from Open Source Ecology on Vimeo. Mike Hill is our Fabricator In...
