RepTab – Open Source Torch Table in MAKE Zine
RepTab, our open source torch table – was featured in the January edition of MAKE Zine. Read the full article online at MAKE. You can follow the history of this development in former blog posts. Read more about RepLab – the Open Source Fab...
Initial Steps to the Open Source Multimachine
You may have read the proposition of turning the LifeTrac tractor auger to a lathe in this post. Here are the initial results of putting together an open source lathe, plus drill and mill combination. The bill of materials is: Total – $800 for lathe,...
Winter Scene
This winter has been colder and more snowy than normal.
Happy New Year!
From post-scarcity communities, open business models, open source tractors, land stewardship, to starting some serious building this year – here’s the latest: If you are liking what you heard in the video, don’t forget to subscribe to...
Dear True Fans: Land Stewardship
Dear True Fans, The next major step to take for Factor e Farm is to put the land in a trust – for creating a permanent site of human heritage. The goal of creating the world’s first, replicable, post-scarcity resilient community is more...
Open Source Induction Furnace
You may have heard us talk about recasting civilization from scrap metal. Metal is the basis of advanced civilization. Scrap metal in refined form can be mined in abundance from heaps of industrial detritus in junkyards and fence rows. This can help us...
Report From the Humanity+ Summit
You can view a video of my presentation on building post-scarcity, resilient communities from the Humanity+ Summit here. This is a short summary of applications of the Global Village Construction Set. This blog post ended up being quite a collection of...
Bold Steps on Land Tenure
Introduction: At this time, we are developing the conceptual and legal structure for holding land, with a particular focus on post-scarcity, resilient communities. This applies immediately to Factor e Farm – to be preserved as a site of human heritage...
Humanity+ Summit
Greetings from sunny California. I’ve arrived for the Humanity+ Summit. I will be presenting on the Resilient Community Construction Set, this time emphasizing the technological aspects for a technophilic audience. I think that the transhumanists...
CEB Machine Production: Rocket Fuel for Post-Scarcity Economic Development?
We have our first sale of The Liberator CEB press. Maureen, one of our True Fans, will get her hands on an automated version of The Liberator – The Liberator Beta v2.0. We are expecting 8-12 bricks per minute for this machine. We’ve also discussed...
