Archives for Jan,2012

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Organizational Development 2012

I would like to announce that I am now officially a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow. This is a major development for Open Source Ecology, as the Fellowship provides a total of $360k of direct funding for the project.  I have blogged about my application 3...

Ironworker Prototype II Design Update

Hello world, This is an update for the Ironworker prototype 2. By next Friday, Feb. 3, I will have completed the remainder of the sketchup design, and the official OSE Proposal, and will be posting both in another blog post. This will include my calculations...

Quick Connect Wheels Update

We have just installed the quick connect wheels on the tractor and have been testing them with success for the past week. These can be attached/released from the tractor in under 5 minutes by turning a cam lock and loosening two large bolts. The significance...

LifeTrac Quick Connect Wheel Challenge Results

We put up a crowd design challenge at GrabCAD a few weeks ago – for LifeTrac IV – Quick Connect Wheels. The basic problem was: how do you design wheel assemblies for a tractor that can be taken on and off in under 5 minutes – for interchangeability...