Power Cube Design Rationale

The Power Cube is an interchangeable power source. This design approach satisfies a number of the OSE Specifications OSE_Specifications#GVCS_Specifications.2FCore_Values.

1. Modular. Power Cubes are easily traded out and the design is easily altered. At the same time, there is an overall logic to the design that encourages interoperability.

2. User-Friendly. The Power Cube can be transported without special equipment and swapped out with only a few minutes training.

3. Do-It-Yourself. Build it yourself. Use it yourself. Repair it yourself. Nothing about a Power Cube requires special tools or proprietary information.

4. Resilience. Power Cubes work for you, not against you. If one breaks, you can swap it out in the field and get back to work.

5. Systems Design. The Power Cube does not maximize the performance of any particular machine. Rather, it maximizes the performance of the entire GVCS system of systems.

6. Substitutability. Any GVCS machine designed to accept a Power Cube can just as easily be powered by a commercial equivalent or by manual activity. Additionally, Power Cubes can replace commercial and manual equivalents in non-GVCS applications.

7. Scalability. The concept of the power cube automatically lends itself to smaller versions, larger versions and versions with different power in/out puts.

8. Simplicity. Each Power Cube is composed of the bare minimum components necessary for go-anywhere power production.

9. Sufficiency. The Power Cube is "good enough" but could be augmented to achieve any specified level of performance.

10. Realistic Immediacy. Power Cubes are doing real work right now and the design is already in its fourth version.