[p2p-research] Fwd: [ME-09] Re: Mapping the Open Manufacturing Ecosystem

Thu Jan 7 07:21:17 CET 2010

Hi Eric,

do you know more entries that should go under the heading:

- http://p2pfoundation.net/Open_Source_Construction_Material

Thanks for sending suggestions,

Michel

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From: Erik de Bruijn <info at erikdebruijn.nl>
Date: Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 11:32 PM
Subject: [ME-09] Re: Mapping the Open Manufacturing Ecosystem
To: Media Ecology Workshop '09 <media-ecology-workshop-09 at googlegroups.com>

You should probably also add:
- Makerbeam - open source construction material (Sam Putman,
Sam at Makerbeam.com)
- Fab at Home (Hod Lipson and Evan Malone, are very hard to reach though)
- Makerbot of course, but you could leave it under the RepRap
heading... (it's derived from it and uses many components and software
in common)
- Contraptor
- Open3DP (Not necessarily open source but promoting open
collaboration, Gerald barnett at u.washington.edu and Mark Ganter
<ganter at uw.edu> )
 They released an open source 3D printer done with a group a students
(See Personal 3D printer on thingiverse here:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:815
, still alpha))
- http://homemade3dprinter.blogspot.com/ (openly shared, not sure
about license)
- http://groups.yahoo.com/phrase/3d-printer (unsure about diffusion)
- http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/~minides/<http://users.soe.ucsc.edu/%7Eminides/>(openly
shared 3D mineral
printer, project not very active)
- CandyFab from Evil Mad Scientists (started around 2007?) www.candyfab.org
(limited diffusion)
- RepTab by Open Source Ecology - a CNC plasma torch table (cuts
through steel)
- MultiMachine: open source drill press, milling machine, lathe, etc.
all-in-one system (unsure about diffusion)
- Microfactories, like oomlout's wire cutting system:
http://blog.thingiverse.com/2009/02/11/new-year-new-things/ (not
diffused, though)
- ... I can look up more of them if it's useful...

And obviously there are many examples of open source CNC systems,
since this technology have been around for a very long time. Please
update me if you have the document improved, it would be a useful data
source for me as well as soon as it's more complete! Perhaps you could
share it with my (edit rights)? (if so, use erikdebruijn1 at gmail.com)

Erik de Bruijn
http://blog.erikdebruijn.nl/

On Jan 5, 7:20 pm, Suresh Fernando <sur... at radical-inclusion.com>
wrote:
> Hey Folks,
>
> In looking through the member list for this group, I note that many of you
> are a part of the Open Manufacturing Ecosystem.
>
> In case you are not aware, OpenKollab,
> <http://mudball.net/openkollab/> the Forward
> Foundation <http://forwardfound.org/>and the P2P Foundation
> <http://p2pfoundation.net>are collaborating on mapping out this space in
> some detail.
>
> In mapping the ecosystem we are interested in understanding
>
>    - What the various projects in this space are working
>    - What the goals of the projects are
>    - What relationships they have with each other (common technologies,
>    processes, markets, people etc.)
>    - What possibilities there are for projects to work together
>    - Etc.
>
> The following spreadsheet is what we plan to use to gather data:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AiJ9wl9qbZEzdGRYY2YzRlhHemVMT...
>
> The reason that we are mapping the ecosystem is
>
>    - We are looking for candidate projects for the OpenKollab Ecosystem
>    Pooled Fund <http://www.slideshare.net/sureshf/openkollab-pooled-fund>
>    - We will be able to develop research and intelligence on how P2P
>    networks are structured and how they function. This intelligence can
then be
>    used to develop visual maps and other sorts of 'views' of the space
that can
>    then be used to connect work being done in this area with work that is
being
>    done in other ecosystems.
>    - We can help to build collaborative infrastructure and processes to
help
>    these networks function more effectively.
>
> Candidate projects will be those that bear some relation to each other and
> where we can identify synergy or mutual interdependence. Since you are all
> working on distributed manufacturing projects, there is clearly some
> relationship.
>
> *The question is whether you are willing to come together and work
together
> to make it possible for us to support you by helping you to raise money.*
>
> In short, we believe that the work that is being done in this space good
> benefit from better financing methodologies so we are working towards
> developing a model to make this happen.
>
> Let me know your thoughts and whether you would be willing to collaborate
> with us on this initiative.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Suresh Fernando
>
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> BLOG:http://sureshfernando.wordpress.com
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