Technical Resources

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Technical Resources in this context are all websites, businesses, manufacturers, organisations etc that provide information, services, materials or technology associated with the requirements of RBE or RBE-like implementation projects. The purpose of this page is, in conjunction with Sister Projects, keeping a comprehensive list of such resources for quick access when needed.

Contents

Websites

Guides

Commercial Educational Services

Machinery vendors and catalogs

Nutrition

Agriculture

Permaculture

Construction

Solar Technologies

Industry

New to review

(All the following were obtained from http://psslink.freeforums.net/thread/2/objectives)

Medical

Tools & Manufacturing

  • Cargo Container Based machine shop: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZQYEkGpCw

Movements & Organizations

  • ATTAC Anti Globalization: www.attac.org/
  • AntiCapitalist Initiative: anticapitalists.org/
  • Center for a new american dream: www.newdream.org/
  • Craftivism, Activism through arts & crafts: craftivist-collective.com/about/
  • Znet Parecon and Social Change: www.zcommunications.org/znet

Alternative Economics / Currency

  • Alternative Money Systems: www.newciv.org/ncn/moneyteam.html
  • Currency Solutions for a Wiser World: www.lietaer.com/
  • Local Exchange Trading System (LETS): www.gmlets.u-net.com/faq.html
  • New Economics Foundation: www.neweconomics.org/
  • Participatory Economics:http://books.zcommunications.org/books/polpar.htm
  • Perfect Currency: www.theperfectcurrency.org/
  • Sacred Economics: sacred-economics.com/
  • Schumacher Center For a New Economics: centerforneweconomics.org/
  • Social Credit: www.mondopolitico.com/library/socialcredit/socialcredit.htm
  • Time Based Currency: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_currency
  • TimeBanking / TimeDollars: timebanks.org/about

Construction

  • Contour Crafting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdbJP8Gxqog

Education

  • Open Source Education Foundation: www.osef.org/
  • Design for Open Systems, Processes, Projects, Places: www.openp2pdesign.org/

Law / Legal

  • Creative commons: creativecommons.org/
  • Free Software Foundation: www.fsf.org/
  • The Linux Foundation: www.linuxfoundation.org/
  • Open Source Hardware Association: www.oshwa.org/

Theory General

  • Design Science (Bucky Fuller): bfi.org/design-science
  • Open Systems Theory: www.opensystemstheory.org/
  • Simple Living: www.december.com/simple/live/index.html
  • Voluntary Simplicity: simplicitycollective.com/

Biotechnology

  • Synthetic biology: www.indiebiotech.com/
  • Open Source DNA Sequencer (Arduino):

atmelcorporation.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/atmega32-in-your-home-built-dna-sequencer/

Cars / Drones/ Transportation

  • Oscar: www.theoscarproject.org/
  • Tabby: www.osvehicle.com/
  • DIYDrones: www.diydrones.com/
  • OpenPilot: www.openpilot.org/

Community / Social

  • FLOK Society, Ecuador: floksociety.org/
  • Complete Solution: www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source/

Construction

  • Open Source Construction Set: www.wikihouse.cc/
  • Open Source Container Home Project:

www.kickstarter.com/projects/liseman/shipping-container-to-off-grid-house-conversion

  • Home in a box, container house: homeinabox.blogspot.com/
  • Open Source Tiny House: www.opensourcetinyhouse.com/#!home/mainPage

Energy generation / Power

  • Bazman Open Source Biochar / Gasifier: www.biochar.net/bazman-gasifier/
  • Open Source Energy Monitor (Arduino): openenergymonitor.org/emon/
  • GEK Open Source Gasifier: www.gekgasifier.com/products/gasifier-kits
  • Open Source Steam Engine Project: sites.google.com/site/opensourcesteam/
  • Parabolic Solar Thermal: georgesworkshop.blogspot.com/p/solar-thermal.html
  • Zenman Energy Evacuated Tube Solar Steam Generator: www.zenmanenergy.org/

Food Production

  • Automated Aquaponics: www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wWTadsBDA
  • Edible Insects: www.openbugfarm.com/
  • FarmBot: go.farmbot.it/
  • Farmhack DIY Farming Tools: farmhack.net/tools
  • Windowfarms Window hydroponics: www.windowfarms.com/windowfarms-indoor-herb-garden-kits/

Economics

  • Drupal Software used for Community Exchange, TimeBanking,Virtual and Community

Currencies: drupal.org/project/mutual_credit

  • MetaCurrency: www.metacurrency.org/
  • The Open Money Project: www.openmoney.org/
  • Open Project to Investigate Money and Economic Systems: www.optimaes.info/
  • Vancouver Participatory Economics Collective: vanparecon.resist.ca/

Education

  • Instructables, Open Learning: www.instructables.com/
  • OpenCobalt Virutal Workspace Environment Sofware: www.opencobalt.org/
  • Opigno LMS (Learning Management System)(Drupal): www.opigno.org/en

Electronics and General Automation

  • Arduino Open Source Microcontroller: arduino.cc/
  • Dangerous Prototypes, misc OS hardware: dangerousprototypes.com/
  • Designspark, micro-controller projects: www.designspark.com/
  • Hacked Gadgets / Arduino: hackedgadgets.com/
  • Inventables: www.inventables.com/
  • Nanode, Arduino wireless sensor array: www.nanode.eu/
  • Open Source Hardware Users Group: www.designspark.com/

Health / Medical

  • ECG / Pulse meter (Arduino): medicarduino.net/
  • E-Health monitor:

www.cooking-hacks.com/ehealth-sensor-shield-biometric-medical-arduino-raspberry-pi

  • RoboHands Prosthetic hands: robohand.net/

Open Source Hardware, General

  • Blender: 3D Modeling, Animation and Rendering: www.blender.org/
  • FreeCAD: CAD / 3D modeling software: www.freecadweb.org/
  • Os-Cam computer aided manufacturing software: os-cam.org/
  • OpenScad, CAD / 3D modeling software: www.openscad.org/
  • OpenScam, 3D modeling sofware: openscam.com/

Research, General

  • Biomedical research: openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page
  • Open Notebook Science Network: onsnetwork.org/
  • Open Research Network: www.openresearchnetwork.org/

Open Source Software

  • Centos Linux: www.linuxfoundation.org/
  • Drupal: drupal.org/
  • Ubuntu Linux: www.linuxfoundation.org/

Textiles

  • Bamboo, Corn, Soy and Wood fiber textiles: www.socksheaven.com/Fiber.pdf
  • Open Source fabric making: opensourcetextiles.org/
  • Open Source Jacquard Loom (Arduino): www.osloom.org/
  • Plastic from corn, how to: www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Biodegradable-Plastic/
  • Plastic from hemp, how to: www.hempplastic.com/
  • Hemp Plastic, Hempstone: www.hemp.com/hemp-education/uses-of-hemp/hemp-plastics/

Telecommunications

  • BigBlueButton Open Source Web Conferencing: bigbluebutton.org/
  • Mesh Networks: opengarden.net/
  • Open Telepresence: code.google.com/p/telepresence/

Tools & Manufacturing

  • AxRap / AxCut Laser Cutter: axrap.blogspot.com/
  • Global Village Construction Set: opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page
  • Lasersaur laser cutting system: www.lasersaur.com/
  • Lobo Open Source Milling Machine: jrkerr.com/lobocnc/index.html
  • Lyman 3D Printer filament extruder: www.thingiverse.com/thing:145500
  • MakerScanner 3D image scanning: www.makerscanner.com/
  • MicroSlice Laser Engraver: www.instructables.com/id/MicroSlice-A-tiny-Arduino-laser-cutter/
  • Multimachine: opensourcemachine.org/
  • OpenBuilds machining projects: openbuilds.org/
  • OpenTechForever, localized OS manufacturing: opentechforever.com/about.html
  • Shapeoko milling machine: www.shapeoko.com/
  • RepRap 3D Printer: reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
  • TechShop Community Maker Shops: www.techshop.ws/index.html
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