Modular CEB Construction: Prototype Structure Results for 2010
Here’s an update on our progress in modular CEB construction. In a previous post we’ve seen the beginning of CEB columns and foundations. These are part of an experimental modular CEB construction method. Final Construction 2010 from Marcin...
Update
I just got back from the OSE California Tour, and we have a number of updates to publish. This includes conclusion of our construction work, the California Tour, early investors, TED Fellows, and other news that we assure are worth the wait. My apologies...
Construction Time
We have finally started construction after spending most of the year developing equipment. We finished the CEB press on Tuesday. The open source Tractor, CEB press, Power Cube, and Soil Pulverizer are now in action. The main obstacle of soil handling...
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,...
