I Wood How to Make Everything Ourselves: Open Modular Hardware A modular system unites the advantages of standardisation (as parts can be produced cheaply in large amounts) with the advantages of customisation (since a large diversity of unique objects can be made with relatively few parts). Modularity can be found to a greater or lesser extent in many products (like bicycles and computers) and systems (like trains and logistics), but the best examples of modular systems are toys: LEGO, Meccano, and Erector (which is now the brand name of Meccano in the US). LEGO, Meccano and Erector are composed of relatively few elementary building blocks, which can be used to build various objects. The parts can then be disassembled and re-used to build something completely different. Apart from the elementary buildings blocks, these manufacturers have produced many more specific building blocks, which are less versatile, but further increase customisation possibilities. Grid Beam, Bit Beam, Open Beam, Maker Beam and Contraptor OpenStructures Circulation of Parts
Un site web pour identifier les produits ayant un emballage réduit Développé par Adelphe & Eco-Emballages, ce site permet d’identifier les produits dont les emballages ont été réduits. L’emballage a beaucoup évolué depuis 20 ans. Il existe de nombreux exemples de réduction très significatifs. Dans le même temps, le consommateur ne perçoit pas toujours ce changement. Un indicateur de réduction à la source L’indicateur de réduction à la source vise à quantifier et rendre visible les actions de réduction d’emballage : ainsi les entreprises constatent que la réduction de l’emballage est incontournable et que cela devient la nouvelle norme. Etude de cas pour le pack Badoit 6 x 1 L Ce site est associé à un catalogue de bonnes pratiques validées par Eco-Emballages selon une méthodologie robuste acceptée par les pouvoirs publics. Le catalogue présent sur le site présente les actions de réduction à la source d’emballage réalisées par les entreprises adhérentes du Point Vert ou des producteurs d’emballage.
The Worlwide List of Open Source Hardware Online Stores Latest update: May 21st 2013. Thanks everyone for your comments! Don’t spend any more time browsing desperately the internetz to find parts for your RepRap, Arduino kits or local sensors and PCBs distributors for your new project. I put together this worldwide list of online stores selling open source hardware. There is a big chance your country is in it and that you will finally find your favourite local online store to get open source electronics, robotics, parts, kits, materials and supplies for your hardware projects. Leave a comment below the post if you own an online store that is not in the list or if you know a great online resource that should be in it. A world map made of old motherboards ©Susan Stockwell 2012. Detail of Susan Stockwell’s map. a2aPrinter: RepRap 3D printers ABRA Electronics Aztec MCU Prototyping BC-Robotics Canada Robotix Cana Kit Creatron Inc. DIIGIIT Robotics eckertech: RepRap parts and printers eWerksonline Lee’s Electronic MixShop Proto Advantage RobotShop RP Electronics
Machines: Global Village Construction Set | Open Source Ecology The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. We’re developing open source industrial machines that can be made at a fraction of commercial costs, and sharing our designs online for free. We are developing a lifesize, scalable, modular LEGO construction set. The GVCS in itself consists of many other Construction Sets – as we build not individual machines, but construction sets of machines. We have built the first machine in 2007 – the Compressed Earth Brick Press. Our metric of completion is demonstrating a replicable, open source, social production model for a given machine. In 2014, our status of completion for the machines is: By using simple, modular, scalable design and open source collaboration, we are breaking cost barriers.