Torch Table Day 2
We’ve returned to the torch table after a long hiatus since the December 9 blog post on the topic. CEB press digital fabrication is the goal. My goal is to spend noon to six PM every day until the thing is built. Here are some 3D pictures, which...
Breakthrough, Where Are You?
People, we’re going through some major organizational development at Factor e Farm. We’re struggling with an approach and method for delivering the open source village. The Factor e Live Distillations are complete – though I will publish...
Need for an OSE Social Networking Site
Our goal is to build the world’s first replicable self sufficient post-industrial global village. In support of that goal, we need people that can integrate research and design and build the necessary technology while collaborating with other people...
Factor e Live Distillations – Part 10 – Community Supported Production
This episode covers the basic economic model of Factor e Farm. It is Community Supported Production (CSP) with two parts: Manufacturing (CSM) and Agriculture (CSA). It is permaculture and permafacture in one. We’re a replicable, vertically integrated,...
Factor e Live Distillations – Part 9 – Open Collaborative Development
It’s been over a year since we started the openfarmtech.org wiki, with Vinay’s assistance. This wiki turned out to be a messy hairball in terms of organization. It’s time to clean it up, and move forward on the collaborative social...
Factor e Live Distillations – Part 8 – Solar Power Generator
It has been almost a month since we started the Factor e Live Distillations series and the 1000 True Fans – 1000 Global Villages campaign. We have gathered 24 True Fans so far. We have 2 more episodes to go – on the open source product development...
Factor e Live Distillations – Part 7 – Local Food Systems
In today’s episode, we discuss the OSE program for agriculture. What did we learn so far, and how can we apply this to creating local food systems? We are proposing the integration of perennial agriculture, living gene bank, open source equipment,...
Sawmill Developments
Work on the open source sawmill is moving forward. I’ve been using Blender to visualize the sawmill in 3D, in order to help in the design phase: We’re getting ready to start building. What’s in it for you? The sawmill proposal at the...
Steam Dreams
I’m in the process of designing a simple 3kW steam engine for both a combined heat-and-power gasifier system and our solar power generator system. I can’t help but think about the future possibility of small-scale steam power for both stationary...
