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[[Image:GVCS.jpg|thumb|600px|The Global Village Construction Set]] | [[Image:GVCS.jpg|thumb|600px|The Global Village Construction Set]] | ||
*'''Open Source''' - we freely publish our 3d designs, schematics, instructional videos, budgets, and product manuals on our open source wiki and we harness open collaboration with technical contributors. | *'''[[Open Source]]''' - we freely publish our 3d designs, schematics, instructional videos, budgets, and product manuals on our open source wiki and we harness open collaboration with technical contributors. | ||
*'''Low-Cost''' - The cost of making or buying our machines are, on average, 8x cheaper than buying from an Industrial Manufacturer, including an average labor cost of hour for a GVCS fabricator. | *'''Low-Cost''' - The cost of making or buying our machines are, on average, 8x cheaper than buying from an Industrial Manufacturer, including an average labor cost of hour for a GVCS fabricator. | ||
*'''Modular''' - Motors, parts, assemblies, and power units can interchange, where units can be grouped together to diversify the functionality that is achievable from a small set of units. | *'''[[Product Ecologies|Modular]]''' - Motors, parts, assemblies, and power units can interchange, where units can be grouped together to diversify the functionality that is achievable from a small set of units. | ||
*'''User-Serviceable''' - Design-for-disassembly allows the user to take apart, maintain, and fix tools readily without the need to rely on expensive repairmen. | *'''User-Serviceable''' - Design-for-disassembly allows the user to take apart, maintain, and fix tools readily without the need to rely on expensive repairmen. | ||
*'''DIY''' - (do-it-yourself) The user gains control of designing, producing, and modifying the GVCS tool set. | *'''[[RepLab|DIY]]''' - (do-it-yourself) The user gains control of designing, producing, and modifying the GVCS tool set. | ||
*'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' - Metal is an essential component of advanced civilization, and our platform allows for recycling metal into virgin feedstock for producing further GVCS technologies - thereby allowing for cradle-to-cradle manufacturing cycles | *'''Closed Loop Manufacturing''' - Metal is an essential component of advanced civilization, and our platform allows for recycling metal into virgin feedstock for producing further GVCS technologies - thereby allowing for cradle-to-cradle manufacturing cycles | ||
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*'''High Performance''' - Performance standards must match or exceed those of industrial counterparts for the GVCS to be viable. | *'''High Performance''' - Performance standards must match or exceed those of industrial counterparts for the GVCS to be viable. | ||
*'''Flexible Fabrication''' - It has been demonstrated that the flexible use of generalized machinery in appropriate-scale production is a viable alternative to centralized production. | *'''[[Flexible Fabrication]]''' - It has been demonstrated that the flexible use of generalized machinery in appropriate-scale production is a viable alternative to centralized production. | ||
*'''Distributive Economics''' - We encourage the replication of enterprises that derive from the GVCS platform as a route to truly free enterprise - along the ideals of Jeffersonian democracy. | *'''[[Distributive Economics]]''' - We encourage the replication of enterprises that derive from the GVCS platform as a route to truly free enterprise - along the ideals of Jeffersonian democracy. | ||
*'''Industrial Efficiency''' - In order to provide a viable choice for a resilient lifestyle, the GVCS platform matches or exceeds productivity standards of industrial counterparts. | *'''[[OSE Spec|Industrial Efficiency]]''' - In order to provide a viable choice for a resilient lifestyle, the GVCS platform matches or exceeds productivity standards of industrial counterparts. | ||
''see the full [[OSE Spec]]'' | |||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
* [[OSE Spec]] | * [[OSE Spec]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Rollout Plan]] | ||
* [[Development]] | * [[Development]] | ||
* [[Media]] | * [[Media]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Press]] | ||
[[Category: GVCS]] | [[Category: GVCS]] | ||
{{Template:GVCS_List}} | {{Template:GVCS_List}} | ||
Revision as of 17:35, 19 September 2011
Introduction
The Global Village Construction Set is a set of 50 industrial machines that allow for the creation of a small-scale civilization with modern comforts.
Guiding Ideas
- Open Source - we freely publish our 3d designs, schematics, instructional videos, budgets, and product manuals on our open source wiki and we harness open collaboration with technical contributors.
- Low-Cost - The cost of making or buying our machines are, on average, 8x cheaper than buying from an Industrial Manufacturer, including an average labor cost of hour for a GVCS fabricator.
- Modular - Motors, parts, assemblies, and power units can interchange, where units can be grouped together to diversify the functionality that is achievable from a small set of units.
- User-Serviceable - Design-for-disassembly allows the user to take apart, maintain, and fix tools readily without the need to rely on expensive repairmen.
- DIY - (do-it-yourself) The user gains control of designing, producing, and modifying the GVCS tool set.
- Closed Loop Manufacturing - Metal is an essential component of advanced civilization, and our platform allows for recycling metal into virgin feedstock for producing further GVCS technologies - thereby allowing for cradle-to-cradle manufacturing cycles
- High Performance - Performance standards must match or exceed those of industrial counterparts for the GVCS to be viable.
- Flexible Fabrication - It has been demonstrated that the flexible use of generalized machinery in appropriate-scale production is a viable alternative to centralized production.
- Distributive Economics - We encourage the replication of enterprises that derive from the GVCS platform as a route to truly free enterprise - along the ideals of Jeffersonian democracy.
- Industrial Efficiency - In order to provide a viable choice for a resilient lifestyle, the GVCS platform matches or exceeds productivity standards of industrial counterparts.
see the full OSE Spec
See Also