Open Source Ecology

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OSE Developing Blueprint for Building Industrial Machines in Post-Apocalypse Era

Paula Rooney | ZD Net | November 29, 2011

Are some in the open source world taking the 2012 apocalypse warnings too seriously? Can’t say, but one organization called Open Source Ecology deems it logical to prepare for the possibility of a catastrophic event on earth. The group is developing what it calls a “Global Village Construction Set” that enables the quick “fabrication”of 50 various industrial machines should civilization as we know it come to an end.

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Steam Punks

Jeffrey Winters | Mechanical Engineering | June 1, 2012

How many of your possessions could you make yourself? A couple of amateur engineers  are working to design and build a set of tools that would enable the self-reliant to make everything they need. Read More »