From Open Source Ecology: the Global Village Construction Set:
The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is an open technological platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small civilization with modern comforts.Key Features of the GVCS:
Open Source - Low-Cost - Modular - User-Serviceable - DIY - Closed-Loop Manufacturing - High Performance - Heirloom Design - Flexible Fabrication
A modern, comfortable lifestyle relies on a variety of efficient Industrial Machines. If you eat bread, you rely on an Agricultural Combine. If you live in a wood house, you rely on a Sawmill. Each of these machines relies on other machines in order for it to exist. If you distill this complex web of interdependent machines into a reproduceable, simple, closed-loop system, you get these:The GVCS 50:
3d Printer
an additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is printed by laying down successive layers of material, just like a printer except in 3D.
3d Scanner
a device that can generate a 3D digital scan from a real-life object, where the file can be used to reproduce the object in 3D with a device such as the 3D printer or CNC Precision Multimachine.
50 kW Wind Turbine
a device that produces electrical power from wind energy, scalable in units of 50 kW.
Aluminum Extractor from Clay
a device that produces aluminum from clay by dissolving the aluminum from aluminosilicate (clay), and then electrolyzing the resulting compound to form pure aluminum.
Backhoe
a piece of excavating equipment or digger consisting of a digging bucket on the end of a two-part articulated arm for digging trenches or large holes..
Bakery Oven
device for heating various forms of dough into breads and other baked goods.
CNC Circuit Mill
a computer-controlled device that can produce electrical circuits by milling and drilling on copper-clad circuit boards.
CNC Precision Multimachine
a multipurpose, precision CNC machining and metal cutting device for milling, lathing, drilling to make precision parts; includes surface grinding and cold-cut metal sawing.
CNC Torch/Router Table
a computer-controlled cutting table for metal where a moving torch head is used to produce precision metal parts in a fraction of the time that it takes to do so manually....
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