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.
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...
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...
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: Subscribe to support us if you like...
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...
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...
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...
Cohabitat Gathering Trailer
Greetings from Poland. Here is a trailer for tomorrow’s Cohabitat Gathering conference:
Darwin is Alive
It has been long ago that we reported on our 3D printing adventures – see Hydraraptor’s Second Child. We are pleased to report that our copy of RepRap open source 3D printer has shown its first meaningful prints, thanks to our collaborator...
