GVCS Pattern Language

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Introduction

To facilitate communication about the RCCS, it is useful to define a set of icons to communicate the components of the RCCS. The point of this is to address that:

  • The RCCS is a well-bounded set of items
  • Communication about the development of the RCCS, or a new meme for the development of civilization, is a complex topic, and should be simplified. One way to achieve this is via iconography.
  • Explainer Videos can be composed using these icons
  • Main icon categories can be created: OSA, RepLab, others
  • If documented in open document format, these can be utilized by any collaborator worldwide
  • Creative use of these icons can lead to lucic explanations of product ecologies, concepts, strategic deployment plans, design of specific RCCS implementation, long-term planning, funding, and publicity, among other purposes

Icon Specifications and Design

  • List is comprehensive in so far as the basic pattern language for advanced civilization is concerned
  • List is well-bounded; only most essential components are included
  • The icon should be a scalable vector graphic, usable in a program such as Inkscape, importable into a program such as Dia for making diagrams
  • Templates should be created for easy manipulation of these icons - see this Template Example
  • Source code for all diagrams (original file) should be available to anybody for reworking or collaboration purposes - to foster global collaboration
  • 3D, manipulable image (stl, or stereolithography) file should be created for every icon
  • Icons, .stl files, fabrication procedure documentation, video, 3D Cad, design drawings, concept diagrams, and other documentation should provide a complete set of
  • Product Selection Metric sould in general guide the choice of products selected. One criterion is displacement of suffering - if global corporations are the providers, they should be replaced by responsible production. This applies to necessary products that we can't live without, such as paper.
  • Product design should follow OSE Specifications
  • Discussion regarding the icons should take place at Icons Discussion
  • Icons should be designed such that funding proposals and strategic planning is facilitated via use of the icons
  • Proposed icon design - color image inside a color border. Border should contain annotation to make the icon self-explanatory. Border color should be selected according to purpose of discussion.
    • General discussion - border color should be black
    • Discussion on status of implementations - border color should reflect the status of development. Red for Prototype I, Yellow for Prototype II, Green for Prototype III.
    • Status of implementation may be specified further - CAD image may represent the CAD design (2D or 3D). A picture may represent the finished product.
  • RCCS Levels - RCCS I, RCCS II, RCCS III - may be indicated in border
  • Border may make note on cost, status, etc - as needed.

Icon Categories

There may be overlap, but here is a throw-down, organized by main categories.

OSA Passive Produce

Perennial:

  • Asparagus
  • Rhubarb
  • Garlic
  • Ramps
  • Walking Onions
  • Horseradish

Greens:

  • Spinach
  • Lettuce
  • Dill
  • Cilantro
  • Green onions
  • Lamb's quarters
  • Dandelion
  • Basil
  • Stinging Nettles
  • Radish
  • Peas
  • Edible flowers
  • Fennel
  • Chard
  • Kale
  • Choi

Cole:

  • Cauliflower
  • Cabbage
  • Brussels Sprouts

Medicinal:

  • Comfrey
  • Poppy
  • Sage, oregano, thyme


Hot summer:

  • Tomatoes
  • Peppers
  • Zucchini
  • Cucumber
  • Squash
  • Okra
  • Corn
  • Popcorn
  • Green beans
  • Dried beans
  • Eggplant
  • Melons


Roots:

  • Carrot
  • Beet
  • Potato/Sweet Potato
  • Daikon
  • Turnip
  • Parsnip
  • Celeriac
  • Rutabaga
  • Jerusalem Artichokes

Indoor (temperate zone):

  • Lemon/lime/orange
  • Stevia
  • Aloe
  • Gotu kola
  • Bay
  • Tea
  • Banana
  • Fig


Field crop

  • Beans
  • Corn
  • Wheat
  • Buckwheat
  • Rye
  • Oats
  • Sunflower for oil
  • Sorghum
  • Styrian oil pumpkin
  • Fish from passive pond

OSA Value-added food products

  • Butter
  • Eggs
  • Milk
  • Cheese
  • Bread
  • Burritos
  • Salsa
  • Mayonnaise
  • Ketchup
  • Mustard
  • Vinegar
  • Horseradish
  • Pickled cucumbers
  • Fermented beets
  • Chicken meat
  • Duck meat
  • Turkey
  • Goose
  • Venison
  • Beef
  • Pork
  • Rabbit
  • Tomato Sauce
  • Pasta
  • Apple Juice
  • Wine
  • Sorghum syrup
  • Honey
  • Brown sugar
  • Maple syrup

OSA Value-added Processing Equipment

  • Seed cleaner
  • Bagger
  • Paper mill
  • Flax fiber mill
  • Fiber loom
  • Food mill for tomato sauce
  • Bakery oven
  • Large bakery mixer
  • Milking Equipment
  • Canning oven
  • Large food processing stove
  • Jar canning

OSA Perennial Agriculture

Berries

  • Blueberries
  • Raspberries
  • Red currants
  • Gooseberries
  • Oleaster -
  • Kiwi
  • Grape
  • Strawberries
  • Elderberry
  • Mulberry

Fruit

  • Apple
  • Pear
  • Peach
  • Plum
  • Asian Pear
  • Cherry
  • Apricot

Nut

  • Chestnut
  • Hazelnut
  • Ginkgo
  • Black walnut
  • Pecan
  • Hickory
  • Hunza apricot pits
  • Acorn
  • English Walnut

Nursery:

  • Compost
  • Grafting
  • Stoolbeds
  • Root Propagation
  • Mist Propagation
  • Greenhouse
  • Shadehouse
  • Nursery Beds

Timber Crop

  • Poplar - paper and pellets
  • Pine - winter breaks
  • Willow - paper and pellets

OSA Material Products

Biocrop

  • Paper
  • Biochar
  • Bioplastic
  • Potassium hydroxide
  • Soap
  • Geopolymer

Mining

  • Limestone
  • Cement
  • Clay
  • Pottery
  • Calcium Carbide
  • Glass
  • Clay brick
  • Compressed Earth Brick
  • Electrowinning

Land Management:

  • Fencing
  • Terracing
  • Ponds
  • Orchard
  • Field Crop
  • Grass farming
  • Grassland
  • Forest
  • Trees
  • River
  • Rain
  • Sun

OSA Agricultural Machinery

  • Baler
  • Seeder
  • Brush hog
  • Chainsaw
  • Stump grinder

Components:

  • Sickle bar or rotary cutter
  • Materials-handling auger
  • Baler compression mechanism
  • Baler tie mechanism

Construction

Fuel and Energy

Water Resources

  • Bulldozer for terraforming
  • Ponds
  • Rooftop catchment
  • Well Drilling Rig

Additional Icons

  • Land
  • Trees
  • Water
  • Earth
  • Wind Turbine
  • Laser Cutter Icon

RepLab - the Open Source Fab Lab

GVCS I:

More:

Components:

Advanced Materials Science:

  • Desktop Semiconductor Foundry
  • Desktop Metal Smelting

Other Basic Tools

  • Acetylene torch
  • Multimeter
  • Oscilloscope
  • Soldering Iron
  • Metal Cutoff Saw
  • Metal band saw
  • Hand drill
  • Cordless hand drill
  • Air compressor
  • Wood cutoff saw
  • Circular saw
  • Jig saw
  • Table saw
  • Nail gun
  • Spray gun
  • Drill bits
  • Masonry drill bits
  • Punch elements
  • Hardened steel metal shear blades

Hand Tools

  • Laser Level
  • Square
  • Chalk
  • Tape measure
  • Wire Brush
  • Calipers
  • Dial indicator

Universal Power Components

  • Cylinder
  • Piston
  • Roller pump
  • Peristaltic pump
  • Submersible pump
  • Electric motor
  • Electric generator
  • Power inverter
  • DC welder power supply
  • Inverter welder power supply
  • Induction furnace power supply
  • Plasma cutter power supply
  • Solenoid valve
  • Hydraulic valve
  • Solenoid contactor (relay)
  • Battery Charge controller (from varying DC levels)
  • Hydraulic motor
  • Hydraulic cylinder
  • Precision xyz motion - basis of all CNC
    • Gear and rack
    • Screw
    • Rotary motion
  • Stepper motor
  • Stepper motor controller
  • Vacuum pump
  • High pressure gas pump (2000 PSI)
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