Markus Bergmann, Lamy and Dirk from Freiburg are working on an Open Source Bike Trailer, with which one can transport 50-150kg vegetables and other goods. The projects is aligned with the Open Source Ecology vision and can be supported on startnext.de. The roadmap is: Till February: organize money and sponsors, Crowdfunding, continue parallel 3D CAD […]
Saftstraße – the Juice Street
Saftstraße is a new German Wiki for Open Hardware Components for the utilization of fruits and the produciton of fruit juice. A Juice Press (JE60) (about 100l per hour) was already developed and documented. Next year they will develop pasteurizer (continuous-flow water heater on wood fire). You can register yourself on WikiWoods for the workshop.
Open Ecology Economy Fair in Berlin, 26-29. Sep
The Open Ecology Economy Fair (Offenes Ökologie-Ökonomie-Festival) will be an open decentralized “Guerilla Festival” in Berlin Kreuzberg, near Moritzplatz and Oranienplatz, from 26. – 29. September 2013. We show, develop and test together ideas for an ecologically and economically sustainable future. Become an exhibitor and co-create the program Support and co-develop the fair! Become a […]
Fundraising: Open Source Soilfeeder Pot und Juice Extractor
Our friends from the OYA magazine along with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralf Otterpohl from TU Hamburg started a fundraising to open source a soilfeeder pot and a juice extractor. http://www.startnext.de/bodenfuttertopf-und-saftpresse You can see the working mechanism of the soilfeeder pot in Terra Preta Sanitation – 6. Highly productive organic farming. Its principle is introduced by the […]
30C3 – Chaos Communication Congress 2013
At least Alex Shure will be present at the 30C3. If you have any questions about Open Source Ecology, Open Source Ecology Germany or just want to meet in person, feel free to get in touch. You can reach us via mail or phone, preferably via the free and open source, secure messenger Telegram (a […]
Invitation: Project Meeting OSE Berlin
Dear Friends, We want to begin a 2014 Open Source Hardware pilot project, and warmly welcome you collectively to help in its planning and development. This will lay the symbolic cornerstone for future projects in Berlin. Open Source Ecology (OSE) is a public movement that develops Open Source Technologies in the sectors of machine production, […]
T-Bone Cape, the Next-Generation Control for 3D-Printers
Support T-Bone Cape, the Next-Generation Control for 3D-Printers
Open Source Hardware & Open Design Meetup Berlin #1, 7. Juni 2014
OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE and OPEN DESIGN are moving forward! Let’s start with community meetups in Berlin to learn from each other, connect us and expand the movement. The first Meetup will kick off on Saturday June 7th at 4pm within the context of the SharingCityWeek / OuiShare Summit Berlin at Supermarkt (Brunnenstraße 64). We will […]
Tools for carthorses and vegetable cultivation
Klaus Strüber, an organic farmer and mechanical engineer fro the farm Hollergraben is building two Open Source tools for gardening: Cultivator for Horses “Eco Flow” to prepare fine seedbeds for vegetable cultivation. It should work better than the classical ones on the market. Onion Planter as an alternative to manual work and expensive market tools. […]
Working on Wilssen’s schematics and PCB layout
The Wireless / Wind Logging System for Sourcing ENergy – “Wilssen” is a modular controller for e.g. a wind turbine, it monitors all parameters like phase voltage and efficiency when the wind turbine is generating power. I am working on the first draft of the schematics and the PCB layout. The git repo can be […]