davethebrave
February 2nd, 2013, 06:45 PM
I don't know how many of you have been following the Open Source Ecology (http://opensourceecology.org/) project, but they have been making some insane leaps lately.
Dec 18th 2012 was a momentous day for us - when we achieved the one day production of our automated CEB (compressed earth brick) press. We now aim to crazy-optimize the production of each of the 50 GVCS (Global Village Construction Set) machines to a single day of production. Our methods are hypermodularity, simplicity of design, and digital fabrication, combined with a core value proposition of 100% open source design. Based on these results, I feel proud that OSE received distinction as Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year in 2012.
It's come a long way since the TED Talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html), and it was already impressive then! This is a shining star in the limitless void of our future's night sky, IMHO. I love to throw money at these guys because I can't be involved (although I'm broke and between jobs at the moment), but I plan to involve myself with them more directly at some point, since a human's direct involvement is worth a lot more than the amount of money I'm able to contribute.
What do you people think?
Dec 18th 2012 was a momentous day for us - when we achieved the one day production of our automated CEB (compressed earth brick) press. We now aim to crazy-optimize the production of each of the 50 GVCS (Global Village Construction Set) machines to a single day of production. Our methods are hypermodularity, simplicity of design, and digital fabrication, combined with a core value proposition of 100% open source design. Based on these results, I feel proud that OSE received distinction as Time Magazine’s Best Inventions of the Year in 2012.
It's come a long way since the TED Talk (http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html), and it was already impressive then! This is a shining star in the limitless void of our future's night sky, IMHO. I love to throw money at these guys because I can't be involved (although I'm broke and between jobs at the moment), but I plan to involve myself with them more directly at some point, since a human's direct involvement is worth a lot more than the amount of money I'm able to contribute.
What do you people think?