GVCS Pattern Language

Introduction

To facilitate communication about the RCCS, it is useful to define a set of icons to communicate the components of the RCCS. The point of this is to address that:

• The RCCS is a well-bounded set of items
• Communication about the development of the RCCS, or a new meme for the development of civilization, is a complex topic, and should be simplified. One way to achieve this is via iconography.
• Explainer Videos can be composed using these icons
• Main icon categories can be created: OSA, RepLab, others
• If documented in open document format, these can be utilized by any collaborator worldwide
• Creative use of these icons can lead to lucic explanations of product ecologies, concepts, strategic deployment plans, design of specific RCCS implementation, long-term planning, funding, and publicity, among other purposes

Icon Specifications and Design

• List is comprehensive in so far as the basic pattern language for advanced civilization is concerned
• List is well-bounded; only most essential components are included
• The icon should be a scalable vector graphic, usable in a program such as Inkscape, importable into a program such as Dia for making diagrams
• Templates should be created for easy manipulation of these icons - see this Template Example
• Source code for all diagrams (original file) should be available to anybody for reworking or collaboration purposes - to foster global collaboration
• 3D, manipulable image (stl, or stereolithography) file should be created for every icon
• Icons, .stl files, fabrication procedure documentation, video, 3D Cad, design drawings, concept diagrams, and other documentation should provide a complete set of
• Product Selection Metric sould in general guide the choice of products selected. One criterion is displacement of suffering - if global corporations are the providers, they should be replaced by responsible production. This applies to necessary products that we can't live without, such as paper.
• Product design should follow OSE Specifications
• Discussion regarding the icons should take place at Icons Discussion
• Icons should be designed such that funding proposals and strategic planning is facilitated via use of the icons
• Proposed icon design - color image inside a color border. Border should contain annotation to make the icon self-explanatory. Border color should be selected according to purpose of discussion.
  • General discussion - border color should be black
  • Discussion on status of implementations - border color should reflect the status of development. Red for Prototype I, Yellow for Prototype II, Green for Prototype III.
  • Status of implementation may be specified further - CAD image may represent the CAD design (2D or 3D). A picture may represent the finished product.
• RCCS Levels - RCCS I, RCCS II, RCCS III - may be indicated in border
• Border may make note on cost, status, etc - as needed.

Icon Categories

There may be overlap, but here is a throw-down, organized by main categories.

OSA Passive Produce

Perennial:

• Asparagus
• Rhubarb
• Garlic
• Ramps
• Walking Onions
• Horseradish

Greens:

• Spinach
• Lettuce
• Dill
• Cilantro
• Green onions
• Lamb's quarters
• Dandelion
• Basil
• Stinging Nettles
• Radish
• Peas
• Edible flowers
• Fennel
• Chard
• Kale
• Choi

Cole:

• Cauliflower
• Cabbage
• Brussels Sprouts

Medicinal:

• Comfrey
• Poppy
• Sage, oregano, thyme

Hot summer:

• Tomatoes
• Peppers
• Zucchini
• Cucumber
• Squash
• Okra
• Corn
• Popcorn
• Green beans
• Dried beans
• Eggplant
• Melons

Roots:

• Carrot
• Beet
• Potato/Sweet Potato
• Daikon
• Turnip
• Parsnip
• Celeriac
• Rutabaga
• Jerusalem Artichokes

Indoor (temperate zone):

• Lemon/lime/orange
• Stevia
• Aloe
• Gotu kola
• Bay
• Tea
• Banana
• Fig

Field crop

• Beans
• Corn
• Wheat
• Buckwheat
• Rye
• Oats
• Sunflower for oil
• Sorghum
• Styrian oil pumpkin
• Fish from passive pond

OSA Value-added food products

• Butter
• Eggs
• Milk
• Cheese
• Bread
• Burritos
• Salsa
• Mayonnaise
• Ketchup
• Mustard
• Vinegar
• Horseradish
• Pickled cucumbers
• Fermented beets
• Chicken meat
• Duck meat
• Turkey
• Goose
• Venison
• Beef
• Pork
• Rabbit
• Tomato Sauce
• Pasta
• Apple Juice
• Wine
• Sorghum syrup
• Honey
• Brown sugar
• Maple syrup

OSA Value-added Processing Equipment

• Seed cleaner
• Bagger
• Paper mill
• Flax fiber mill
• Fiber loom
• Food mill for tomato sauce
• Bakery oven
• Large bakery mixer
• Milking Equipment
• Canning oven
• Large food processing stove
• Jar canning

OSA Perennial Agriculture

Berries

• Blueberries
• Raspberries
• Red currants
• Gooseberries
• Oleaster -
• Kiwi
• Grape
• Strawberries
• Elderberry
• Mulberry

Fruit

• Apple
• Pear
• Peach
• Plum
• Asian Pear
• Cherry
• Apricot

Nut

• Chestnut
• Hazelnut
• Ginkgo
• Black walnut
• Pecan
• Hickory
• Hunza apricot pits
• Acorn
• English Walnut

Nursery:

• Compost
• Grafting
• Stoolbeds
• Root Propagation
• Mist Propagation
• Greenhouse
• Shadehouse
• Nursery Beds

Timber Crop

• Poplar - paper and pellets
• Pine - winter breaks
• Willow - paper and pellets

OSA Material Products

Biocrop

• Paper
• Biochar
• Bioplastic
• Potassium hydroxide
• Soap
• Geopolymer

Mining

• Limestone
• Cement
• Clay
• Pottery
• Calcium Carbide
• Glass
• Clay brick
• Compressed Earth Brick
• Electrowinning

Land Management:

• Fencing
• Terracing
• Ponds
• Orchard
• Field Crop
• Grass farming
• Grassland
• Forest
• Trees
• River
• Rain
• Sun

OSA Agricultural Machinery

• LifeTrac Icon
• Agricultural Combine Icon
• Agricultural Spader
• Multipurpose Auger Icon - digging, materials handling
• Hammermill
• Chipper
• Rototiller
• Furrow maker

• Baler
• Seeder
• Brush hog
• Chainsaw
• Stump grinder

Components:

• Sickle bar or rotary cutter
• Materials-handling auger
• Baler compression mechanism
• Baler tie mechanism

Construction

• Compressed Earth Brick press
• Soil pulverizer
• Loader Icon
• Backhoe Icon
• Sawmill Icon
• Cement Mixer Icon
• Trencher Icon - for laying cable
• Mud sprayer
• Roller (for smoothing)

Fuel and Energy

• Pelletizer Icon
• Gasifer - wood gas production
• Heat Exchanger Icon - steam generation for multiple purposes
• Steam engine
• Solar Concentrator
• Biomass Pellets Icon
• Absorption Chiller
• Combined Heat and Power System
• Biogas production
• Car

Water Resources

• Bulldozer for terraforming
• Ponds
• Rooftop catchment
• Well Drilling Rig

Additional Icons

• Land
• Trees
• Water
• Earth
• Wind Turbine
• Laser Cutter Icon

RepLab - the Open Source Fab Lab

GVCS I:

• Induction Furnace Icon
• Hot Rolling Icon - this includes cold rolling, as it's a similar process
• CNC Torch Table Icon
• 3D Printer Icon
• CNC Lathe Icon
• CNC Mill Icon
• Plasma Cutter Icon (power electronics)
• Welder Icon (power electronics)
• Forging Icon
• Extrusion Icon

More:

• 3D Ceramics Printer (this, RepRap, and Router all contribute to CNC casting.
• Laser Cutter Icon
• Cold Cut Saw
• CNC Router Icon - large, for wood work and moldless casting.
• CNC Router for electronics
• Robotic Arm - CNC welding, moldless casting
• Desktop Semiconductor Foundry Icon-Desktop Semiconductor Foundry
• 150 Ton Hole Puncher
• 150 Ton Metal Shear
• Drill Press
• Surface Grinder Icon
• Alloying
• Heat Treating

Components:

Advanced Materials Science:

• Desktop Semiconductor Foundry
• Desktop Metal Smelting

Other Basic Tools

• Acetylene torch
• Multimeter
• Oscilloscope
• Soldering Iron
• Metal Cutoff Saw
• Metal band saw
• Hand drill
• Cordless hand drill
• Air compressor
• Wood cutoff saw
• Circular saw
• Jig saw
• Table saw
• Nail gun
• Spray gun
• Drill bits
• Masonry drill bits
• Punch elements
• Hardened steel metal shear blades

Hand Tools

• Laser Level
• Square
• Chalk
• Tape measure
• Wire Brush
• Calipers
• Dial indicator

Universal Power Components

• Cylinder
• Piston
• Roller pump
• Peristaltic pump
• Submersible pump
• Electric motor
• Electric generator
• Power inverter
• DC welder power supply
• Inverter welder power supply
• Induction furnace power supply
• Plasma cutter power supply
• Solenoid valve
• Hydraulic valve
• Solenoid contactor (relay)
• Battery Charge controller (from varying DC levels)
• Hydraulic motor
• Hydraulic cylinder
• Precision xyz motion - basis of all CNC
  • Gear and rack
  • Screw
  • Rotary motion
• Stepper motor
• Stepper motor controller
• Vacuum pump
• High pressure gas pump (2000 PSI)