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Open Source Ecology: free technology for agriculture and industry

Marcin Jakubowski is the founder of a project called Open Source Ecology , which has as its purpose the creation of prototype machines, open source and low-cost, necessary for sustainable agriculture and small industrial activities.

These devices are designed to last and be made ​​much money, much less than similar products on the market, but most easily installed by anyone with a DIY spirit.
What can I say ...! A revolutionary design that can open up significant opportunities and scenarios, available to all and respect for the environment!

Who better than Marcin Jakubowski can explain the emergence and development of this project?
Here is a translation of ' intervention on Ted , the site where you can also find an ' interesting discussion on the subject .

Hi, my name is Marcin ... farmer and technologist. I was born in Poland, now living in the United States.
I started a group called Open Source Ecology . We identified the 50 most important cars that we consider essential to modern life, things ranging from tractors, to bakeries, to makers of circuits. So we set out to create an open source version you do it yourself (DIY), that everyone can build and maintain at a fraction of the cost. We call it the Global Village Construction Set (Global Village Construction Set).
So let me tell you a story. I ended my 20 years with a PhD in fusion energy, and I discovered that it was useless. I had no practical skills.
The world of options presented to me, and I've picked. I guess you can call the consumer's lifestyle.
So I started a farm in Missouri and I know the economy of a farm. I bought a tractor ... and then it broke. I paid for repair ... and broke again. Then I broke too soon.
I understand that the tools really appropriate, low cost, I needed to start a farm and a sustainable facility, simply did not exist. I need tools that were robust, modular, and highly efficient and optimized, low-cost, made ​​with local materials and recycled materials that will last a lifetime, not designed to become obsolete.
I discovered that I would have had to be constructed by me. So I did ... and then I tested, and found that industrial productivity could be achieved only on a small scale. So I published the 3D designs, patterns, instructions and videos for quotes in a wiki (openfarmtech.org) .
Then they started to be alive supporters from all over the world, with prototypes of new machines, during visits dedicated to the project.
So far abbimo prototypes of 8 of 50 machines. And now the project is starting to grow by itself.
We know that open source has had success with tools for knowledge management and creativity and the same is happening with the hardware. We are focusing on the hardware because the hardware that can change people's lives in very tangible ways. If we can lower the barriers to the cultivation, manufacture and production, then we could unleash massive amounts of human potential, and this not only for the developing world.
Our instruments are designed for American farmers and entrepreneurs. We have found great interest from these people, who now begin the construction activity, production of parts, organic CSA, or simply by selling power to the grid.
Our goal is a repository of published projects, clear, complete, that a single DVD can actually be a kit to start a civilization.
In one day I planted a hundred trees.
5000 I pressed brick with earth beneath my feet and I built a tractor in 6 days.
From what I've seen this is just the beginning.
If this idea is really good, then the implications are significant.
A greater distribution of the means of production, a supply chain environment, and a new and important culture of DIY can hope to transcend the artificial scarcity.
We are exploring the limits of what we can all do to create a better world with new technologies, open source hardware.
Thanks

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