Goals

50% open source product development and livelihood outcome, and an intended transition to 100%

Curriculum

Deep dive into soft and hard skills of making a better world, framed within the work of open source ecology.

You 101. Before transforming the world, youust transform yourself. Habits of effective people. Positive psychology. Personal and political ponerology. Health, sleep, food. Human augmentation. Integrated humans.
Leadership and Open Source Leadership 101. Influence and personal power. Powerlessness. Tipping point.
One Day MBA 101. Institutions of the economy and survey of economic thought. Size of the economy. The open source economy. Accounting, legal, operations, recruiting, marketing. Open ledgers. Open source product development.
State of World Transformation 101. Survey of thought on freedom. Critical gaps in society's infrastructures and how to address each. Grounded in historical study of power, institutions, and change. Economic institutions and transformation. Tipping point.
Psychology, Self-Determination Theory. Logic - mental models and general Semantics, information theory, numeracy, mental models. How people think and how they behave. Esteem. Empathy. Peak performance. Mastery. Growth mindset. Top grading. Understanding world class and state of art in all disciplines. Myths vs generally accepted as true. Energy, environment, resources, and society.

Session includes day visit from outsiders who can also participate in the workshop, for added energy.

This period includes the technology basics for rapid prototyping and the open source microfactory.

Survey of technology. The bearing. Manufacturing, and history of technology. Wood, steel, silicon. Water, rocks, sand (silicon, glass), carbon, sunlight, soil food web. Integration and distribution vs new technology. Summary of the 18 lectures.
3D - Building a 3D printer for plastic, clay, and steel. 3 days. Designing in FreeCAD.
Building a laser cutter. 2D toolpath software toolchain - Inkscape to dxf to gcode for drawing, engraving, and cutting.
Collabodative Rapid prototyping project for machines with a laser cutter - choose microtractor, tractor, soil mixer, or Power Cube. Cutting time and printing time calculations. Morning design concept. Afternoon - printing/cutting.
Building CNC Circuit Mill.
Designing Circuits 101 - KiCAD to mill to enclosures
Making circuits - 12V power supply, non-amplifying Inverter, or small induction furnace.
Building a Lyman Filament Maker.
Building a small plastic grinder.
Producing filament, grinding, recycling.

Collaborative product development exercise. Developing a product for the Open Source Everything Store. Significant product, including Dev Team, and submission to HeroX.