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. Augmented learning: speed reading (which is probably not very useful), memory boost, book summaries, emptying the mind, smart drugs, understanding world class quality in all disciplines. 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. 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.
Building a 3D printer for plastic. Designing in FreeCAD.
Building a 3D printer for clay.
Building a laser cutter. 2D toolpath software toolchain - Inkscape to dxf to gcode for drawing, engraving, and cutting.
Building CNC Circuit Mill.
Designing Circuits 101 - KiCAD to mill to enclosures.
Making circuits - MIG Welder circuit.
Collabodative Rapid prototyping project for machines with a laser cutter - a MIG welder. Cutting time and printing time calculations. Morning design concept. Afternoon - printing/cutting.
Building a 3D printer for metal.
Building a Lyman Filament Maker.
Building a small plastic grinder, similar to the Precious Plastic version.
Producing filament and grinding waste plastic for recycling.

Collaborative product design project with all hands on deck. Programming, machine design, electronics, graphics, web skill, and marketing skill must be present in team.
Products: (1) 3D printer; (2) CNC circuit mill; (3) solid state MIG welder + gun; (4) power supply; (5) laser cutter attachment; (6) filament maker; (7) clay printing attachment; (8) metal printing attachment; (9) microscope; (10) infrared camera; (11) cordless drill; (12) drone.
Collaborative product development project- developing 12 products for the Open Source Everything Store, including collaboration with the Dev Team
Spawning a submission to HeroX for the products included here as a crowdfunded reward.