[p2p-research] Self-Repair manifesto

[Michel Bauwens]

thanks Sam!

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 8:39 PM, Samuel Rose <samuel.rose at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:47 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Yes Bill, a great project,
> > http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto
> >
> >
> > Chris: can you post that poster?
> >
> > Sam, Kevin, Eric: any chance for intelligent commentary that I can post
> > later?
> >
>
>
> This is really similar to the idea some of us in MI, USA came up with
> in 2008 at a "startup weekend" event, called "Exploded View/Void and
> Infringe". I am glad someone is doing something like this.
>
> Others may disagree with me, but I see *this* as a *crucial* use-case
> for systems like https://github.com/kanzure/skdb and
> http://tangiblebit.com/
>
> Specifically, above and beyond fixing and repairing mass produced
> physical objects, I see that when people figure out what materials are
> useful and re-usable in existing discarded mass produced goods, that
> they can document the dis-assembly and processing of those materials
> for use use as raw (or processed) material in new types of production.
>
> The only *problem* (as ever) that I personally can currently see with
> ifixit in particular as a website is that it does not appear to
> implement an open standards-based "API" for talking to systems like
> SKDB and Tangible Bit. ifixit  *really* need an open standards based
> API on their site, today.
>
> A similar, and perhaps competing site at http://bildr.org happened to
> choose Free/Libre Open source software in the form of Media Wiki as
> the part of their architecture. This turned out to be a good choice,
> because what they walked away with was a fairly robust API that allows
> for Creating, Reading, Updating of records.
>
> example
> http://wiki.bildr.org/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&titles=API|Main%20Page&rvprop=timestamp|user|comment|content
>
> Furthermore, within Media wiki (and really almost any wiki) it is
> possible to create a vary simple and standard way to enter information
> so that it can be recognized/parsed. translated if needed, and re-used
> outside of the original location. In turn, the possibility should
> exist to contribute back to a resource like ifixit or bildr in the
> same way from the outside (such as from another wiki, or website, or
> database, etc).
>
>
>
> > Michel
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 2:05 AM, jwilliamgibson <
> jwilliamgibson at ca.rr.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Dear Michel,
> >>
> >> The P2P community needs a heads-up about a new group. Their goal is to
> >> make all manufactured goods such as cars and appliances and electornic
> >> gizmos amenable to self-repair. Part of their manifesto calls
> >> for manufacturers to make instructions for self-repair readily available
> to
> >> users. In my reading, self-repair groups would become P2P communities.
> >>
> >> See what you think.
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto
> >
> >
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