OSE

Open Source Ecology/Marcin Jakubowski (US)

 

Nr.123

OSE/Factor E Farm

Category

work & education

Group, Project

Factor E Farm

Link

http://openfarmtech.org/weblog/

Nation, Target Area

USA, worldwide

Plan

the Factor E Farm presents their newest developments

Size of the Group

ca. 100

Internal Issues

large booth, worklab-situation, outdoor-action

Factor E Farm: "We are not a factory farm. Agricola sum. We are farmer scientists. Our life is an experiment: living sustainably, high appropriate tech, on the cheap. Why e? It is a transcendental number. We aim to transcend. We push towards open source. Factor 10 reduction in price. Or at least e. Ten times cheaper means ten times the freedom. Evolve to freedom. In these pages you will find the unfolding story of how we started with raw land, and what we are up to on an ongoing basis. This is the first experiment of Open Source Ecology. The challenge is to see how far we can reach into human prosperity on a small scale. Can we create advanced, largely self-sufficient civilization on the scale of a farm? What else is needed?"

The Liberator - the open source, high performance (6 brick per minute), manually-loaded and controlled CEB press. The Liberator - the open source, high performance (6 brick per minute), manually-loaded and controlled CEB press.
 OS(open source)Trac Wheel Drive Hydraulic Circuit OS(open source)Trac Wheel Drive Hydraulic Circuit
Engine, Wheel, Hydraulics Addition Engine, Wheel, Hydraulics Addition
The OSTrac is an open source tractor/ loader. It is an articulated tractor that steers by bending in the middle. It also has a flexible coupling between the front and back, so that the wheels stay on the ground at all times. The OSTrac is an open source tractor/ loader. It is an articulated tractor that steers by bending in the middle. It also has a flexible coupling between the front and back, so that the wheels stay on the ground at all times.