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From: Marcin Jakubowski <opensourceecology@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: Summer of Open Hardware
Friends,
I would like to chime in by saying that we'll be holding our first major
Factor e Farm Convergence (Kansas City Area) on September 1-30 to make
major
strides on the ground with respect to the Global Vilage Construction Set
(GVCS) development. This will be like Foo
Camp<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_Camp>,
except longer, and focused towards on-the-ground prototyping,
development,
and documentation of the GVCS, by invitation only. It will be an Apollo
Program for the GVCS.
Contact me if you're interested in the development - building,
prototyping,
documentation, and other work. You will be expected to lead the
development
of your proposed project during the Convergence. Our goal is to
prototype at
least 10 of the 50 GVCS
machines<http://opensourceecology.org.nyud.net/gvcs.php>,
including supporting hardware such as modern steam engines, stepper
motors,
hydraulic motors, and electrical generators. We expect at least a $100k
budget available for this, via Kickstarter and other crowd funding
initiatives in development. So come to see the tractors rumble, torch
tables
fire, and solar collectors electrify.
This will be an unprecedented sociotechnological phenomenon, dedicated
to
pushing the open source movement forward and to developing a solid
platform
for Distributive
Enterprise<http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Distributive_Enterprise>.
We are looking for everyone from CAD, design, fabrication, prototyping,
videography, natural building, energy, transportation, technical
writing,
graphics and design, media, systems egineering, and other subject matter
experts - all the infrastrcture that takes our prototypes to Full
Product
Release. Read our Crash Course <http://openfarmtech.org/wiki/Crash_Course>and
Blog <http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/>
to see our present status. We are
expecting about 100 people to converge, and we expect a merry and
productive
time with participants from all over the globe.
See my related TED Talk <http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html>,
and print our new
Brochure<http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/2011/04/ose-trifold-brochure/>to
give to your friends. Tweet and spread this message. Join us if you're
interested in creating history.
Thanks for your time. I posted this message here - http://bit.ly/k7VaVe
Marcin
> > Technoserve, and others but my projects were about appropriate
> > technologies.
> > Some idea? How to get sponsors?
- Bryan
http://heybryan.org/
1
512 203 0507
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