[p2p-research] Progress in P2P Fabrication

Mon Jan 21 13:13:27 CET 2008

I updated the entry in our blog with those 2 links.

Marcin send me a copy of the proposal as well, but I'm afraid I don't know
how to contribute in the text itself.

by the way guys, I am quite impressed by Cloverfield despite the negative
reviews I had read before, it's quite a p2p movie really, I'll blog about it
.... I'm heartened that some people I admire, like John Lebkowski, like the
movie as well

Michel

On Jan 21, 2008 12:44 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> The co-funding funding mechanisms are something that I really hope to
> enable, along with accompanying group evaluation, decision making, and
> community building.
>
> Eventually, we will also figure out a way to enable digital design
> revision control, with a repository for these designs.
>
> Marcin's immediate goal is to create a functioning research and
> development center at his location, too. He's working out a large and
> complex proposal ( http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Proposal_2008)
> , and I am trying to help him simplify it for non-technical audiences here
> http://socialsynergyweb.org/opensourceecology/content/towards-world-class-open-source-research-and-development-facility
>
> Thought Marcin could use diverse feedback from others interested, if any
> of you have time or inclination.
>
> Sam
>
>
>
> On Jan 20, 2008 11:44 PM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Sam,Marcin:
> >
> > I'm posting this tomorrow, see http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/marcin-jakubowskis-open-farm-the-most-important-social-experiment-in-the-world/2008/01/22
> >
> >
> > perhaps you can then add the message below either as a note or as a
> > follow-up?
> >
> > Michel
> >
> > text here, since it is as yet unaccessible:
> >
> > Marcin Jakubowski has written a reply to our earlier thoughtpiece
> > <http://blog.p2pfoundation.net/the-intersection-between-the-immaterial-and-material-economies-how-can-it-work/2008/01/17>linking the peer to peer information economy to the material economy.
> >
> > He writes:
> >
> > "*The answer to the p2p link of immaterial and material economy is
> > integration. This is what we're testing at our lab<http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/>.
> > *
> >
> > *The key summary is: 1. Develop open source design for products
> > voluntarily. 2. Develop fabrication facilities, voluntarily. 3. Optimize
> > everything, voluntarily. 4. Provide goods for market from an open source,
> > optimized, replicable production facility.*
> >
> > *How to do this voluntarily? Funding is needed. That's where a funding
> > mechanism is needed, and that, to me, is the cutting edge of open source
> > economic development. With this funding mechanism, we fund production
> > facilities, optimize, and everyone benefits: low cost, high quality
> > products, that cannot be matched by standard businesses because the open
> > source variant is lean, mean, and optimal. This is what we're working on
> > *."
> >
> > The funding project he mentions above is in fact a 3-year deployment
> > plan for a world-class research center for Open Source Economic Development.
> >
> > His, partially misnamed because misleading 'open farm' project (it is so
> > much more than that, as it combines permaculture with permafacture<http://p2pfoundation.net/Permafacture>,
> > i.e. sustainable manufacturing, is perhaps the most important social
> > experiment in the world.
> >
> > So I would like to use that occasion to give some background to his
> > project. Marcin is an advocate of Neosubsistence<http://www.p2pfoundation.net/Neosubsistence>which should not be mistaken for autarcy or voluntary poverty:
> >
> > He explains:
> >
> > *That is the term "we apply to a lifestyle where people produce tangible
> > (physical) wealth, as opposed to dealing with information in the information
> > economy. We are talking about basics: even though we live in the
> > information economy, we cannot deny the reality that human prosperity is
> > founded on the provision of physical needs upon which the meeting of all
> > higher needs is predicated. Neosubsistence is related to the information
> > economy in that the information economy is a foundation for neosubsistence
> > *"
> >
> > The project is of considerable importance because it represents a
> > concerted effort that is derived from a synthetic understanding of
> > sustainability, and the very concrete effort to build a self-sustaining, but
> > also open and therefore trading global village, which combines local
> > production with cooperation on a global scale around open global design.
> >
> > The project is first of all a farm, with naturally self-replicating
> > plants and animals, but at the same time it is an attempt to combine this
> > this with a self-sustaining environment for the flexible manufacturing
> > towards local needs.
> >
> > Martin's project therefore comprises a reliance on (I'm citing
> > paragraphs from his document):
> >
> > - *Flexible manufacturing*, i.e. a production facility where a small set
> > of non-specialized, general-function machines is capable of producing a
> > wide range of products
> > <http://p2pfoundation.net/Flexible_Specialization> if those machines are
> > operated by skilled labor. It is the opposite of mass production, where
> > unskilled labor and specialized machinery produce large quantities of the
> > same item. When one adds digital fabrication to the flexible fabrication mix
> > – then the skill level on part of the operator is reduced, and the rate of
> > production is increased.
> >
> > - *Digital fabrication*, i.e. the use of computer-controlled fabrication<http://p2pfoundation.net/Digital_Fabrication_Primer>,
> > as instructed by data files that generate tool motions for fabrication
> > operations. Digital fabrication is an emerging byproduct of the computer
> > age. It is becoming more accessible for small scale production, especially
> > as the influence of open source philosophy is releasing much of the know-how
> > into non-proprietary hands. For example, the Multimachine is an open source
> > mill-drill-lathe by itself, but combined with computer numerical control
> > (CNC) of the workpiece table, it becomes a digital fabrication device.
> >
> > - *a global repository of shared open source designs* -* introduces a
> > unique contribution to human prosperity. This contribution is the
> > possibility that data at one location in the world can be translated
> > immediately to a product in any other location.* This means anyone
> > equipped with flexible fabrication capacity can be a producer of just about
> > any manufactured object. The ramifications for localization of economies are
> > profound, and leave the access to raw material feedstocks as the only
> > natural constraint to human prosperity" (end of quotes)
> >
> > Marcin has developed an integrated strategy to build the minimal set of
> > machines that are necessary to construct a community of 100 people, and that
> > can exist in a system of open franchising. This means that the system is
> > conceived to be self-replicating as a totality as well. What this means is
> > *that anybody interested in creating a global village of the same style,
> > will find all the documentation needed to do so, and can rely on the
> > training and assistance of the pioneering communities*.
> >
> > He calls this strategy:neo-commercialization
> >
> > "*Neo-commercialization means that we can both 'commercialize' a product
> > - make it available for sale at competitive prices to others - and help
> > others replicate the enterprise itself. We are interested not only in
> > production, but also in business replication by others, because it's good
> > for the world. The replication goal is grounded firmly on the open source
> > nature of the entire development program*."
> >
> > "*The concept of neo-commercialization embodies both our own ability to
> > produce and earn from the products, as well as our interest to disseminate
> > the products via open franchising. Open franchising means that our products
> > and production processes are under an unrestricted, open license, where
> > users are free to decide for themselves as to how they will use, develop, or
> > market the technologies. There are no strings attached. It is our private
> > interest to have people contribute back to open production capacity, but we
> > are not interested in policing the use of our creations. We are interested
> > in maximum dissemination, because we believe that our products have a
> > beneficial contribution to society. People are free to make living from our
> > products, and modify them how they choose*."
> >
> > *Progress can be monitored at http://www.openfarmtech.org *
> >
> > We are dedicating a full section of our wiki on peer production in the
> > physical sphere, where you can find documentation on many of the
> > underlying principles <http://p2pfoundation.net/Category:Design> that
> > inspire Marcin's project.
> >
> >
> > On Jan 21, 2008 1:06 AM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > To update some of you who expressed interest in this subject:
> > >
> > > Right now I am working with Marci Jakubowski to create an
> > > online/offline stakeholder development community around 16 key technologies:
> > >
> > > HABITAT PACKAGE: CEB Press<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=CEB_Press>-
> > > Sawmill <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Sawmill> - Living
> > > Machines <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Living_Machines> - Modular
> > > Housing Units<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Modular_Housing_Units>- Modular
> > > Greenhouse Units<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Modular_Greenhouse_Units>- Solar
> > > Turbine CHP System<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Solar_Turbine_CHP_System>- AGRICULTURE PACKAGE: Modular
> > > Greenhouse Units<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Modular_Greenhouse_Units>- Orchard
> > > and Nursery<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Orchard_and_Nursery>- Electric
> > > Garden Tractor<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Electric_Garden_Tractor>- Organoponic
> > > Raised Bed Gardening<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Organoponic_Raised_Bed_Gardening>- Agricultural
> > > Microcombine<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Agricultural_Microcombine>-
> > > Bakery <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Bakery> -Dairy
> > > <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Dairy> - Energy Food Bars<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Energy_Food_Bars>- Agricultural
> > > Spader <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Agricultural_Spader> -
> > > Well Drilling Rig<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Well_Drilling_Rig>- Freeze
> > > Dried Fruit Powders<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Freeze_Dried_Fruit_Powders>- Hammer
> > > Mill <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Hammer_Mill> - ENERGY
> > > PACKAGE: Solar Turbine CHP System<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Solar_Turbine_CHP_System>- Compressed
> > > Fuel Gas <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Compressed_Fuel_Gas>- Inverters
> > > & Grid Intertie<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Inverters_%26_Grid_Intertie>- Electric
> > > Motors/Generators<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Electric_Motors/Generators>- Fuel
> > > Alcohol <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Fuel_Alcohol> -
> > > FLEXIBLE INDUSTRY PACKAGE: Multimachine & Flex Fab<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Multimachine_%26_Flex_Fab>- Metal
> > > Casting and Extrusion<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Metal_Casting_and_Extrusion>- Plastic
> > > Extrusion & Molding<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Plastic_Extrusion_%26_Molding>- TRANSPORTATION: Open
> > > Source Car <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Open_Source_Car> -
> > > Electric Motors/Generators<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Electric_Motors/Generators>- Electric
> > > Motor Controls<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Electric_Motor_Controls>- MATERIALS: Aluminum
> > > Extraction From Clays<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Aluminum_Extraction_From_Clays>-
> > > Bioplastics <http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Bioplastics>
> > >
> > > We are going to start a pilot project with the Compressed Earth Block
> > > technology. This is a first prototype:
> > >
> > >
> > > http://socialsynergyweb.org/opensourceecology/content/ceb-prototype-1-fab-0
> > >
> > > Over the next 6 months, we will seek out existing stakeholders,
> > > release design information, and co-develop and co-fund the design, and an
> > > open research and development center based in Missouri that will be open for
> > > international community to visit, for students to attend and pursue
> > > independent study, and for commercial end users, and contractors to buy both
> > > finished products and machines and technology to make the CEB from.
> > >
> > > Some of the technological and economic advantages of flexfab-produced
> > > CEB include:
> > >
> > > CEB - Compresssed Earth Block press<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_earth_block>- regarded as the highest quality natural building method; also used in
> > > upscale housing; does not require curing - so may be built continuously;
> > > lends itself to 100% onsite building material sourcing; excellent thermal,
> > > acoustic, and strength; aka structural masonry. Also usable in fences,
> > > cisterns, road paving, Usable for ovens in a bakery, pond dams, thermal
> > > storage cisterns, silos. Used for barns, dairy plant, bakery building,
> > > additional housing, greenhouses, etc. I would go so far as that could be the
> > > secret weapon of the entire operation. Other connections in diagram:
> > > requires soil to be pulverized, which may be done with the agricultural
> > > spader. May be used for building raised beds, modular building and
> > > greenhouse units. High value flex fab enterprise opportunity for any
> > > entrepreneur interested in fabrication of machine- huge profits are
> > > possible, because other CEBs are expensive ($25k for one of 3-5 brick/minute
> > > performance). Livelihood opportunity for independent builders. Requires as
> > > little as 1 person to operate. OSE design is based on power from tractor
> > > hydraulics - where the tractor is a general tool that can supply power to a
> > > large number of devices. Output with 2 people - a 6 foot high round wall, 20
> > > feet in diameter, 1 foot thick, can be built in one 8 hour day. Fabrication
> > > is simple - after metal is cut - a drill press is required for drilling
> > > holes for design-for-disassembly<http://openfarmtech.org/index.php?title=Design-for-disassembly>structure. Welding is required in a few places where bolting is not
> > > practical, such as the hopper box. Summary: a high performance, rapid,
> > > semi-skilled building technique, which lends itself as a building method for
> > > creating advanced civilizations. Lifetime design.
> > >
> > > ___
> > >
> > > We intend as project/movement/international community to try and
> > > compete *directly* with both outsourced/imported and domestic contracting
> > > and materials suppliers, first with flex fab-produced CEB, and then
> > > eventually with all of the 16 technologies produced above.
> > >
> > > If you are interested in this, I'll keep you informed, and we should
> > > be able to open up this community sometime within the next 2 weeks.
> > > Eventually, I will help Marcin move all of the wiki content over to this
> > > site, and there are, and will be some dynamic tools available for group
> > > decision making, group funding, and declaring relationships, etc.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > Social Synergy
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