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The Precious Plastic project provides open source designs and instruction manuals for the free sharing of cheap DIY machinery to recycle plastics everywhere
Tthe miniaturization of farm machinery may be the agricultural-tech counter-trend that actually encourages smaller, more diverse farms.
A on change how we view plastics: from a waste product that is clogging up our oceans, landfills and animals, to a valuable resource for makers
Ecosystems are defined as the third pillar of organizational theory, and they need to be addressed differently from markets and hierarchies
Repair groups have formed The Repair Coalition, a lobbying and advocacy group that will focus on reforming the DMCA.
A thought module proposed by Bob Haugen, via email: “Most such discussions (about Economic Calculation) miss what I talked about here: The short version is that the people who are still talking about the calculation problem do not seem to understand how planning and replanning is done now in capitalist supply chains (as well as …
“POC21 was an international innovation community, that started as an innovation camp. The camp brought together 100+ makers, designers, engineers, scientists and geeks. In late summer 2015, we joined forces in a stunning French castle to prototype a fossil free, zero waste society. Our ultimate goal was to overcome the destructive consumer culture and make …
Excerpted from a fascinating essay by Johan Soderbergh: “The paper on Darwinian Marxism proposes a thought experiment in which the output of a self-printing 3D printer is compared with an injection moulding machine, a standard industrial tool for the mass production of consumer goods. In the long run, and provided that the question of exhaustible …
“When the earth is ravaged and the animals are dying, a new tribe of people shall come unto the earth from many colors, classes, creeds and who by their actions and deeds shall make the earth green again. They will be known as the warriors of the rainbow.” – Old Native American Prophecy In a …
Excerpted from a text from co-organizer Jean Noël Montagné, without associated pictures, sent via te what-the-flok email list, September 2015, announcing a festival on the subject: (english text from native french speaker, not corrected) “I am the founder of a hackerspace in Nice, france, called Nicelab, ” Open Laboratory of Nice”. I started collaborations with …
* Article: Transforming the Productive Base of the Economy Through the Open Design Commons and Distributed Manufacturing. By George Dafermos. Journal of Peer Production, 2015 From a special issue of the JPP journal, dedicated to the FLOK Society Project proposals, which are now continued by the Commons Transition Project. Summary: “This policy document examines the …
* PhD Thesis: Economic aspects of additive manufacturing: benefits, costs and energy consumption. Martin Baumers. Doctor of Philosophy of Loughborough University, 2012. From the abstract: “Additive Manufacturing (AM) refers to the use of a group of technologies capable of combining material layer-by-layer to manufacture geometrically complex products in a single digitally controlled process step, entirely …
Watch this short introductory film about SourceMap:
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During the mid-1980s, a Yugoslavian radio show broadcast computer software live so that listeners could record games and electronic journals onto cassettes.
The Xarxa de Ciència, Tècnica i Tecnologia (XCTIT), which means “Network of Science, Technique and Technology”, is the committee of the Catalan Integral Cooperative (CIC) that is responsible for the development of tools and machines adapted to the...
A very interesting PhD thesis by Cindy Kohtala (2016).
JUSTA is a holistic network that connects indigenous artisans, global designers, and sustainable projects
Excerpted from Jason Koebler: “Repair groups from across the industry announced that they have formed The Repair Coalition, a lobbying and advocacy group that will focus on reforming the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to preserve the “right to repair” anything from cell phones and computers to tractors, watches, refrigerators, and cars. It will also focus …
A series on true accelerationist technologies that will be instrumental against biospheric destruction. “With sustainability at the core of the design, parts can be manufactured directly from digital files at ‘Microfactories’, reducing the costs and carbon footprint associated with molding, casting and machine use. Users could recycle parts indefinitely, replacing damaged bodywork or upgrading as …
We are republishing this editorial from Jutta Steiner from Provenance: “Every physical object we buy comes with a story: a journey of people, places and materials. But these stories often remain hidden in sprawling, complex supply chains and the information presented to consumers is rarely more than marketing that can mask sad truths. Now, more …
Excerpted from Open Source Ecology: “Even if your machines are making and repairing other of your machines, eventually you will come to a broken machine that can’t be made or repaired by the other machines in your possession. Who do you call? Why not call your own competent little self? For most people, the difference …
The idea of POC21 is to invent inexpensive, modular household devices, farm tools and energy systems that can be replicated cheaply and shared by anyone.
* Article: Pearce, J.M. (2015) Quantifying the Value of Open Source Hardware Development. Modern Economy, 6, 1-11. doi: 10.4236/me.2015.61001. open access From the abstract: “With the maturation of digital manufacturing technologies like 3-D printing, a new paradigm is emerging of distributed manufacturing in both scientific equipment and consumer goods. Hardware released under free licenses is …
I will participate at the poc21.cc event on August 20-22 and feel very honoured to be in the presence of so many pioneers. POC21 brings together open source makers that are inventing sustainable production and manufacturing. Here’s the description of the event, followed by a well-produced and must-see trailer: “Starting August 15th, POC21 innovation camp …
We see the internet not as a given or a ‘essentialized technology’, but as a locus of struggle between different values and usages, determined by the design of the systems, ‘by whom and for whom’. Right now the internet is the result of a mix of influences, the original military research and public funding, the mentalities of the scientists who worked on it, the influence of private investors and designers, and the influence of the choices of the public and user communities. The internet we would want would be significantly more ‘socialized’, made sustainable, and used for a fundamental transition of the mode of production, i.e. creating and distributing value.
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