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Potential Low Cost Stirling Engine Design 3 Replies
I've had this unorthodox idea kicking around in my head for a while and hopefully someone can point out its bigger flaws or maybe if it is viable further its development.Stirling engines in their…Continue
Started by Nick Raaum. Last reply by Björn Nyman Mar 28.
"Self-sufficient Gandhian villages operating on Vedic principles" 4 Replies
Introducing Charles Alban, who has just joined Global Swadeshi - he left this message but it seems to have got lost in…Continue
Started by Chris Watkins. Last reply by Keegan Meade Dec 5, 2012.
A Village To Heal The Planet: A Practical Whole-Systems Showcase Village 38 Replies
So here's the idea in a nutshell: take a patch of land in some low-cost-of-living area, probably a developing world country, and set up a profusion of different OSAT (open source appropriate…Continue
Started by Vinay Gupta. Last reply by Evan Martin Nov 1, 2012.
Open Source Hardware Statement of Principles and Definition
Good to see this stuff being nutted out and written down:Open Source Hardware Statement of Principles and Definition - on the Freedom…Continue
Tags: open hardware
Started by Chris Watkins Aug 19, 2012.
Spam dodged our defences - sorry!
I recently approved a member "AMELIA" who had a very genuine looking profile - but I didn't pay attention to the spam test, which "she" failed. I'm the one who put the spam test in, so that was silly…Continue
Started by Chris Watkins Aug 16, 2012.
Historical Pre-Enactment: Let's Do This 8 Replies
Greetings all,Last month I posted this article on Edgeryders,…Continue
Started by James Hester. Last reply by James Hester Aug 14, 2012.
Starting out in Virtual Worlds 1 Reply
I wrote on my profile that I am passionate about the uses of virtual worlds for bringing people together and making them feel that they are in the same place at the same time, and how sad I am that…Continue
Tags: meetings, OpenSim., worlds, virtual, Life
Started by Fee Berry. Last reply by Chris Watkins Aug 11, 2012.
Distributed Education 5 Replies
*wave*New guy on the block, got a thought/question people might like to get involved with.Vinay has spoken in various places about how to leverage cheap, wireless digital tech to get data and real,…Continue
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Started by Chris Naden. Last reply by Fee Berry Aug 11, 2012.
The Gupta State Failure Management Archive 2 Replies
I've just released 4.3gb of files on State Failure and contingency management into the public domain at Archive.org.…Continue
Started by Vinay Gupta. Last reply by Chris Naden Dec 15, 2011.
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Chris Watkins left a comment for Björn Nyman"Hi Björn - sorry for the delay approving your profile. (It got mixed up with the spam bot applications.)
Please tell us a bit about yourself - perhaps in the forum, or adding to your profile. Thanks!"
Jack G Johannes left a comment for Jack G Johannes"Thank you. I ran across this site while looking for an old school friend. Not sure what its all about, but it should be interesting to learn. Thank you again and Merry Christmas. Jack"
Keegan Meade left a comment for Keegan Meade"Hello! I wrote what I dream in the sense of a goal. The coolest thing I dreamt about was vaulting down staircases in a single bound."
Keegan Meade replied to Chris Watkins's discussion "Self-sufficient Gandhian villages operating on Vedic principles""This post is what attracted me to the site during my search for a village. Sounds like something I would like to be a part of.
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Chris Watkins left a comment for Keegan Meade"Hi Keegan - looks like you've got a lot in common with people here! Maybe you'd like to check out the forum, and tell about your dreams?"
Evan Martin replied to Vinay Gupta's discussion A Village To Heal The Planet: A Practical Whole-Systems Showcase Village"I've started a brainstorming and planning wiki for a very similar project. I encourage everyone to check it out and add to it if you like: http://eudea.liminoidforest.orgI think this type of thing is inevitable. We are looking…"
Evan Martin left a comment for Evan Martin"No problem. Your wiki is a great inspiration to me. Perhaps you can link back to Eudea if you use the quote?"
Chris Watkins left a comment for Evan Martin"Welcome, Evan!
I love this bit on your website: "If a wiki worked for building a car ten thousand times more efficiently, could it work for a village?" I hope you don't mind if we borrow that for talking about Appropedia."
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