The MicroHouse, the Tractor, and the Spark That Changes Everything
MicroHouse Build With the kickoff for the MicroHouse build only four days away (Sept. 28), preparations are in high gear. Chris Reinhart has put together materials lists for each module (see log), with diagrams. Gravel arrived on September 23, and Marcin...
OSE Update for September 16
Open Source Ecology is busy on many fronts. The first is that our Compressed Earth Brick Microhouse build is almost here. MicroHouse Build The MicroHouse foundation is ready for the build September 28-Oct. 4! See Chris Reinhart’s Log for details...
Microhouse Update
From Chris, our construction manager: During the last few days of September and the first week of October we will be constructing a prototype house, using prototype machines, and using a prototype process: swarming construction. Numerous volunteers, with...
The 6-in-60 Report, the New CEB Press, and a Call for DPVs
Summing Up the 6-in-60 The 6-in-60 Production Report video is as close as you can get to the 6-in-60 Campaign without your safety glasses. And it’s one to share. Watch as the Open Source Ecology team, including Dedicated Project Visitors (DPVs) and...
HydraFabber Technical Update: Laser Cutter Design for Review, CNC Circuit Mill Ready for Build
Open Source Ecology’s HydraFabber, now in development, is a foldable, portable combination 3D printer, CNC circuit mill, and laser cutter. Its purposes will be to enable 2D and 3D rapid prototyping for open source machine design and to mill circuits...
Progress on the MicroHouse
MicroHouse Construction Manager Chris Reinhart is moving forward on the OSE Microhouse design. The Microhouse is a modular, low-cost, simple-but-comfortable, Compressed Earth Brick (CEB) house design. It is designed such that the different parts of the...
6-in-60 Video Update and Optimizing the Development Process
For an exciting taste of the action at Open Source Ecology’s HabLab, follow the ups and downs of the 6-in-60 Campaign in our no-holds-barred video update, part one. Watch Dedicated Project Visitors (DPVs) from Berea College help us to take new OSE...
Lifetrac 5 Tractor Delivered, DPV Updates
This week the LifeTrac 5 Tractor was shipped to New Orleans. With the build of this most recent LifeTrac design complete, we are in the process of setting up LifeTrac 5 on GrabCAD, an Open Engineering platform. Meanwhile, development of the documentation...
Lifetrac 5 Ready to Roll, Microhouse Coming Soon
Download LifeTrac 5 CAD files and documentation here. When filmmaker Ian Midgley went in search of world changers, he found Open Source Ecology and Our School at Blair Grocery. And then he imagined what could happen when two different visionary projects...
The Spark Update, OSE Car Ready for Review, and Much More
OSE is Teaming up with The Spark Documentary Team and with Our School at Blair Grocery to Produce a Tractor in One Day Preparations for The Spark tractor build are in full swing. On Sunday, filmmaker Ian Midgley and his film crew arrived, and Monday marked...
