SMEs
Introduction
Learning from Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) is a good way to engage in rapid learning, and this is central to OSE's work. If the SMEs understand open culture, then good collaboration can occur. The most useful SMEs are producers of goods or services that lend themselves to OSE's Extreme Manufacturing Workshops or Extreme Learning Workshops in general. These workshops involve education (knowledge is the most valuable currency in the information age) and production - which are both forms of capital that can provide positive feedback loops in product development that could yield the open source economy.
OSE relies heavily on SMEs to opensource the economy.
SMEs are invited to present Webinars (including presentations during OBI Workshops and OSE Workshops, to become Advisors, to draw up Design Guides. Design Sprints can be used for producing Design Libraries - the last point of development for a Construction Set Approach to open-sourcing civilization - ie, Open Source Blueprints for Civilization - v0.1 forthcoming June 2018.
In order to identify SMEs, we search all possible sources:
- Google, Google Images, Google Books
- Businesses that sell the product
- Organizations involved in the area of endeavor
- Specific tech sites:Hackaday has a lot of useful content, Appropedia, Instructables, Journey to Forever
Requirements
- Use Google Docs, Hangout, Wiki to document your trail, FreeCAD Instructionals
Water Filtration
- This refers to taking surface water (pond, lake, rainwater catchment) and converting it to Potable Grade Water that meets and exceeds internationally accepted standards of purity for potable water.
Hydraulics
- Designing an open source hydraulic cylinder (such as 5" for CEB press, currently $600 to source, and not reliable sourcing)
- Reviewing hydraulic control circuits (many OSE devices) - such as 2-speed tractor control
- Open Source Solenoid Valve for CEB Press
Stepper Motor Controllers
Towards a Design Guide for an Open Source Stepper Motor Controller. RAMBO is the highest power available. Need a system that is infinitely scalable to any number of motors and functions for the CNC Construction Set and Open Source Microfactory.
Gas Control
Towards continuous flow control solenoids in torching applications, starting with open source design of an on-off gas solenoid, and design of a gas control system using off-the-shelf solenoids.
CNC Controls
Workflow for CAD to toolpath generation to Gcode to computer control software using completely open source toolchain. Includes good software interfaces to make this user friendly. Includes encoders. Includes microcontrollers, open source stepper controllers, open source solenoid valves, and other open source components.
CEB Press
Mass production of stabilized CEB block. Design of basic wall system. Earthquake stabilized walls. Basic bonding of courses.
CAD
Generating exploded part animations in FreeCAD. Generating fabrication drawings in FreeCAD. Generating modules in FreeCAD. This can be done r
Electronics
- KiCad 101 instructional. Modifying design files in KiCad from existing CEB Current Downloads
Wiki
- Semantic Mediawiki - Brent Shambaugh
Broadcasting
- Chris Were - discussing Open Broadcaster Software
- Mumble
Aerial Drones
- OpenDroneMap - Stephen Mather - lead dev
Internet and Wireless Communications
CAD
- Yorik van Havre - FreeCAD developer