Open Source Hardware Development Method
We are working on a methodology for accelerating open source hardware development, and we are calling out open hardware practitioners to collaborate: (note: you can re-edit the video above to help us improve it by downloading the image/voice assets and...
Open Source Hardware Enterprise Model: Distributive Enterprise
Distribution of wealth, or poverty, is one of the most pressing global grand challenges remaining today. The 85 Richest People In The World Have As Much Wealth As The 3.5 Billion Poorest. This issue appears worth solving. What is required to make distributed...
OSE 4 Year Review
It’s been quite a ride over the last 4 years. We introduced the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) on the world stage at TED in 2011: Critics of the open source economy point out that “Open source is a system of development that doesn’t...
MicroHouse prep continues
Days 38-43 Factor e Farm interns did a lot of prep work for the MicroHouse workshop, which Founding Director Marcin Jakubowski decided to push back to the second week of August due to weather and scheduling conflicts. A small group of interns...
Power Cube almost built
Days 35-37 Last weekend’s Power Cube workshop was a multi-faceted learning experience. Workshop attendees Luke and Lourdes Crowley learned the ins and outs of the PowerCube v7 and the Micro Power Cube. At the same time, the interns...
Micro Power Cube workshop begins
Day 34 On top of celebrating the fourth of July with food, music and fireworks, Factor e Farm also hosted the first day of this weekend’s Power Cube/Micro Power Cube workshop yesterday. Founding Director Marcin Jakubowski had interns...
New week, new oven :D
Days 30-33 Founding Director Marcin Jakubowski had interns focus their efforts this week on preparing for both the MicroHouse workshop coming up at the end of this month and the Power Cube workshop taking place now. Victor Macul, Emily Dixon,...
Soffit done, interns visit KC
Days 26-30 The interns spent Thursday and Friday finishing up the projects they started earlier in the week. Now the Hab Lab‘s soffit is complete and the Solar Cabins are almost ready to be lived in. Founding Director Marcin Jakubowski...
Farm infrastructure build out
Day 25 In the morning, interns continued to revise their instruction manuals for the modules and overall assembly of the CEB brick press to clarify and streamline future builds. When individual module manuals are completed (CEB Press modules), the team...
