mel jacobson on mon 20 feb 12
this is amazing. it is what i believe with all my heart.
it is what we need in clay, life...the future.
this is not some goofy politician talking about
`solindra solar panels`. open source is going to
change the world.
http://www.ted.com/talks/m=
arcin_jakubowski.html
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
clayart page below:
http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
Greg Relaford on mon 20 feb 12
Agreed. This is one of the most powerful concepts out there. There are a
lot of people out there working along these lines. I'm posting a few that
I've been following below:
Open source wheelchair design...low cost, better fit for conditions,
locally built and repairable:
http://www.whirlwindwheelchair.org/index.htm
Open Source prosthetics design:
http://openprosthetics.org/
"NonVisual Desktop Access (NVDA) is a free and open source screen reader
for the Microsoft Windows operating system. "
http://www.nvda-project.org/
A Wikipedia type website with projects described:
http://www.appropedia.org/Welcome_to_Appropedia
Seed-Savers
http://www.seedsavers.org/Content.aspx?src=3Dsavingheirlooms.htm
While not strictly speaking open source, it's not closed source...warming
system for newborns in very rural areas:
http://embraceglobal.org/
Of course, Potters for Peace:
http://www.pottersforpeace.org/
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 8:05 AM, David Hendley wrote:
> This is really inspiring Mel. This is exactly what we conversed about,
> in relation to being an artist/potter last week:
> Back when I was first starting as a potter, I built a potters wheel,
> extruder, pug mill, and kiln for well under one thousand dollars.
> A thousand $$ and I was in business for myself. This is also
> the mission of Potters for Peace.
>
> It is exciting to see this concept expanded to cover more complex
> machinery, which, once broken down, is really not so complex
> after all. Of course, as a rural farmer/forest land owner, I and my
> neighbors have always thought along these lines.
>
> If Mel's original link did not work for you, try this:
> http://www.ted.com/talks/**marcin_jakubowski.htmls/marcin_jakubowski.html>
>
> David Hendley
> david@farmpots.com
> http://www.farmpots.com
> http://www.thewahooligans.com
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> this is amazing. it is what i believe with all my heart.
>> it is what we need in clay, life...the future.
>>
>> this is not some goofy politician talking about
>> `solindra solar panels`. open source is going to
>> change the world.
>> lks/marcin_jakubowski.html>
>> >http://**www.ted.com/talks/marcin_**jakubowski.htmltalks/marcin_jakubowski.html>
>>
>
Earl Krueger on mon 20 feb 12
What I really like is the concept of a "power module". Want to use the
tractor? Attach the pm and go. Time to pug clay? Attach the pm and go.
Having experience from the farm with quick coupling hydraulics I can see
that this concept is a winner.
Now that I am a city dweller and not as spry and strong as i used to be the
size of the machines is a little too large, but some could easily be scaled
down to city lot size. Let's see, I could use a tiller and a power wagon
and a chipper and a trash compactor and a snow plow and a ... Better get
those welding skills back in shape.
Earl...
Dream a little dream with me.
David Hendley on mon 20 feb 12
This is really inspiring Mel. This is exactly what we conversed about,
in relation to being an artist/potter last week:
Back when I was first starting as a potter, I built a potters wheel,
extruder, pug mill, and kiln for well under one thousand dollars.
A thousand $$ and I was in business for myself. This is also
the mission of Potters for Peace.
It is exciting to see this concept expanded to cover more complex
machinery, which, once broken down, is really not so complex
after all. Of course, as a rural farmer/forest land owner, I and my
neighbors have always thought along these lines.
If Mel's original link did not work for you, try this:
http://www.ted.com/talks/marcin_jakubowski.html
David Hendley
david@farmpots.com
http://www.farmpots.com
http://www.thewahooligans.com
----- Original Message -----
> this is amazing. it is what i believe with all my heart.
> it is what we need in clay, life...the future.
>
> this is not some goofy politician talking about
> `solindra solar panels`. open source is going to
> change the world.
> http://www.ted.com/talks=
/marcin_jakubowski.html
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