OSE Proposal

• HABITAT: CEB Press - Sawmill - Living Machines - Modular Housing Units
  
• AGROECOLOGY: LifeTrac Multi Purpose Tractor - MicroTrac - Power Cube - Agricultural Spader - Agricultural Microcombine - Hammer Mill - Well Drilling Rig - Organoponic Raised Bed Gardening - Orchard and Nursery - Modular Greenhouse Units - Bakery - Dairy - Energy Food Bars - Freeze Dried Fruit Powders
  
• ENERGY: Pyrolysis Oil - Babington Burner - Solar Combined Heat Power System - Steam Engine Construction Set - Solar Turbine - Electric Motors/Generators - Inverters & Grid Intertie - Batteries
  
• FLEXIBLE INDUSTRY: Lathe - Torch Table - Multimachine & Flex Fab - Plastic Extrusion & Molding - Metal Casting and Extrusion
  
• TRANSPORT: Open Source Car
  
• MATERIALS: Bioplastics

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OSE Proposal - Towards a World Class Open Source Research and Development Facility

By: Factor e Team Email: joseph (dot) dolittle (at) gmail (dot) com Skype: marcin_ose 1.16.08-v0.12

OUTLINE

Abstract

(should write an Introduction here to clarify context of this work. Keys are localization, peer-to-peer economy, open source economic development, Global Villages)

1. Vision
2. Economic Base
3. Product Selection Metric
   1. Metric Development
   2. The Metric
   3. Specific Product Selection for the Global Village Construction Set
      1. Components
      2. Product Rating for Components
4. IV. Product Ecology
   1. Product Ecology: Open Source Technology Pattern Language
   2. Product Ecology: Symbolic Representation for the 16 Technologies
   3. Product Ecology: Interaction of the 16 Technologies with a Land-Based Global Village and with the Global Economy
      1. Sample Product Ecology 1: Energy - Solar Turbine Combined Heat and Power (CHP) System
      2. Solar Concentrators
      3. Transportation: Cars, Tractors, and Other Self-propelled Devices
      4. Skid Loader
      5. Sawmill Ecology
      6. Biofuels: Fuel Alcohol, Compressed Wood Gas, and Biodiesel
      7. Solar Power
   4. Flexible Fabrication: How all the Generative Components are Created
      1. CNC Multimachine
      2. XYZ Table
      3. Plastic Extruder
      4. Metal Casting
      5. Circuit Fabrication
5. Enterprise Models
   1. Open Source Model According to OSE Specifications
   2. Neo-Commercialization
   3. Neo-Commercialization Funding Model
   4. Economic Analysis: CEB
   5. Sawmill Concept
   6. Solar Turbine Grid Intertie Concept
   7. Skid Loader Concept
   8. Open Source Nursery Concept
6. Facility Replication
   1. Capitalization
   2. Ongoing Costs
   3. Time Frames
7. Facility Self-Sufficiency Program
8. Facility Building Plan
9. Deployment Strategy for the OSE Product Cycle
10. The Challenge for You

APPENDIX A: GENERAL DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY APPENDIX B: EDUCATION PROGRAM APPENDIX B1: FLEXIBLE FABRICATION CURRICULUM APPENDIX C: TECHNOLOGIES BEYOND THE SCOPE APPENDIX D: METRIC NOTES APPENDIX E: GRAND CALL TO ARMS