Open Source Ecology ( OSE ) is a network of farmers, engineers, architects and supporters, whose main goal is the eventual manufacturing of the Global Village Construction Set ( GVCS ). As described by Open Source Ecology "the GVCS is an open technological platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 types of industrial machines that it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts". Groups in Oberlin , Ohio , Pennsylvania , New York and California are developing blueprints, and building prototypes in order to test them on the Factor e Farm in rural Missouri . 3D-Print.com reports that OSE has been experimenting with RepRap 3-D printers , as suggested by academics for sustainable development .
15-506: Marcin Jakubowski founded the group in 2003. In the final year of his doctoral thesis at the University of Wisconsin , he felt that his work was too closed off from the world's problems, and he wanted to go a different way. After graduation, he devoted himself entirely to OSE. OSE made it to the world stage in 2011 when Jakubowski presented his Global Village Construction Set TED Talk . Soon,
30-657: A Global Village Construction Set product was created by another group was in October 2011; Jason Smith with James Slade and his organization Creation Flame developed a functioning open source CEB press. Marcin Jakubowski Marcin Jakubowski (born 1972) founded Open Source Ecology (OSE) in 2003. Jakubowski is an advocate of open source hardware as a foundation for the open source economy – particularly distributed manufacturing , open source agriculture , and open source product development . OSE made it to
45-603: A collaboration on the Open Building Institute started in 2016. After receiving a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison , Jakubowski founded the Open Source Ecology project. He has been working on this from 2004 until present, at the company headquarters – Factor e Farm , in the Kansas City area. Most prototyping and development occur at this facility. This includes the work on housing with
60-570: A high-powered alternating current electric motor . High strength carbon steel blades and dies of various shapes are used to work the metal. The machine itself is made of very heavy steel to handle the enormous force that can be generated during use. Ironworkers are rated according to the force they can generate in tons; ratings usually start at 20 tons and go as high as 220 tons. Mechanical ironworkers are mostly used in productions with low temperature in winter (up to −20 °C (−4 °F)) and are considered to be faster. Another reason to choose
75-510: Is now used for machines made by various manufacturers, including the Edwards Manufacturing Company , and may be an example of a genericized trademark . The Ironworker machines made by Edwards evolved from the manually-operated metal shear it produced in the 1930s, which was a single blade attached to a long-handled lever which gave its operator enough leverage to cut through metal. Modern systems use hydraulic rams powered by
90-594: The GVCS won Make magazine's Green Project Contest. The Internet blogs Gizmodo and Grist produced detailed features on OSE. Jakubowski has since become a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow (2012) and TED Senior Fellow (2012). Open Source Ecology is also developing in Europe as OSE Germany. This is an independent effort based on OSE's principles. In 2016, OSE and the Open Building Institute joined forces to make affordable, ecological housing widely accessible. The initiative has prototyped
105-534: The Open Building Institute, whose goal is to make affordable, ecological housing widely accessible. This biographical article relating to a computer specialist in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ironworker (machine) An Ironworker is a class of machine that can shear, notch, and punch holes in steel plate and profiles . Ironworkers generate force using mechanical advantage or hydraulic systems . The name
120-540: The Seed Eco-Home – a 1400 square foot home with the help of 50 people in a 5-day period – demonstrating that OSE's Extreme Manufacturing techniques can be applied to rapid swarm builds of large structures. Materials for the Seed Eco-Home cost around US$ 30,000 in 2016, though the cost went up to approximately US$ 50,000 in 2022 due to rising lumber prices . Further, OBI has prototyped the Aquaponic Greenhouse – which
135-1962: The Shuttleworth Foundation and is a semifinalist in the Focus Forward Film Festival. The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) comprises 50 industrial machines: Compressed earth block press v4 · Concrete mixer · Sawmill · Bulldozer · Backhoe Tractor : LifeTrac v3 · Seeder · Hay rake · Microtractor · Rototiller · Spader · Hay cutter · Trencher · Bakery oven · Dairy milking machine · Micro combine harvester · Baler · Well- drilling rig Multimachine · Ironworker · Laser cutter · Welder · Plasma cutter · Induction furnace · CNC torch table · Metal roller · Wire and rod mill · Press forge · Universal rotor · Drill press · 3D printer · 3D scanner · CNC circuit mill · Industrial robot · Woodchipper / Hammermill Power Cube : PowerCube v7 · Gasifier burner · Solar concentrator · Electric motor / generator · Hydraulic motor · Nickel–iron battery · Steam engine · Steam generator · Wind turbine · Pelletizer · Universal power supply Aluminium extractor · Bioplastic extruder Car · Truck The first time
150-674: The mechanical construction is when cutting of large profiles (up to 300 mm (12 in) and bigger) is needed. Most hydraulicals can't cut this size. The disadvantages are the higher power consumption (sometimes double for the same job), the noise and the safety concerns. Ironworkers are built with safety in mind, but they still present hazards that must be addressed and thoroughly considered before they are purchased. Most of them have at least 4 stations that require boundaries around them to safely produce parts. They can shear flat plate , angle iron , round and square bar stock as well as punch plates, angles, I-beam and channel iron . Some have
165-405: The vision of collaborative design of real products. In 2018, the project achieved 33% completion . In 2014, 12 of the 50 machines were designed, blueprinted, and prototyped, with four of those reaching the documentation stage. In October 2011 a Kickstarter fundraising campaign collected US$ 63,573 for project expenses and the construction of a training facility. The project has been funded by
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#1733084623131180-739: The world stage in 2011 when Jakubowski gave a TED Talk . on the Global Village Construction Set . Shortly after, the GVCS won Make magazine's "Green Project Contest". The Internet blogs Gizmodo and Grist produced detailed features on OSE. Jakubowski has since become a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow (2012) and TED Senior Fellow (2012). Marcin Jakubowski born in Poznań , Poland . Jakubowski and Catarina Mota were married on 27 December 2013 at Grand Central Station in New York City . They are collaborating on open hardware projects, with
195-475: Was also built in 5 days with 50 people. The Factor e Farm is the headquarters where the machines are prototyped and tested. The farm also serves as a prototype. Using the Open Source Ecology principles, Four prototype modules have been built as a home. An added greenhouse demonstrates how a family can grow vegetables and fish. Outside, there is also a large garden including fruit trees. For 2020, OSE
210-491: Was planning its most ambitious collaborative design effort by hosting an Incentive Challenge on the HeroX platform – to produce a professional grade, open source, 3D printed cordless drill that can be manufactured in distributed locations around the world. This project is intended to provide a proof-of-concept for the efficiency of open source development applied to hardware – in addition to its proven success with software. This effort
225-429: Was postponed due to COVID-19, and OSE has pivoted to a product release of the Seed Eco-Home in 2021 to address the need for affordable, ecological housing. In 2019, OSE updated its vision to collaborative design for a transparent and inclusive economy of abundance. This reflects a shift from open source to open source and collaborative design . OSE began running its Open Source Microfactory STEAM Camps to emphasize
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