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Bootstrapping the Planet
Sunday, June 19, 2016
Monday, October 5, 2015
Episode 0008: Sea Powered Lamp
If
you're living or working in a country where you're concerned about
being monitored by government agencies, I urge you to check out this
link: https://www.privacytools.io/
Low-cost roofing material made from cardboard and coconut fiber: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3050271/a-cheap-modular-system-will-provide-better-shelter-indians-with-shoddy-metal-roofs
CPAP adapter to help premies: http://machinedesign.com/news/breathing-device-premature-infants-targets-needy-countries
Compact washer for sanitary napkins: http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/flo-washer-dryer-reusable-feminine-hygiene-pads.html
"Flying toilets" in Kenya: http://africatimes.com/2015/08/26/defeating-flying-toilets-in-kenya/
"Telephone" farmers: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-33610593
DIY soil moisture sensor: http://www.instructables.com/id/Soil-Moisture-Sensor-1/
DIY weather station: http://www.instructables.com/id/Weather-station-aux-sensor-improvement-for-use-in-/
Buy one/give one portable stove: http://www.treehugger.com/sustainable-product-design/frontier-plus-portable-woodstove-anevay.html
DIY rocket stove: http://www.instructables.com/id/Rocket-Stove-2-3/
Salt water powered lamp: http://www.gizmag.com/salt-sustainable-alternative-lighting-lamp-saltwater/38626/
DIY salt water lamp: http://www.instructables.com/id/Salt-Water-Powered-Paper-Lights/
Commercially produced salt water battery: http://www.aquionenergy.com/energy-storage-technology
Solar powered classroom in a box: http://www.gizmag.com/aleutia-solar-classroom-in-a-box-kenya/38808/
SolarCity announces more efficient panels: http://ecowatch.com/2015/10/05/elon-musks-solarcity/
Powerful PC designed for the developing world: http://www.designboom.com/technology/crater-innovation-r50-personal-computer-08-23-2015/
Using technology to promote peace: http://www.fastcoexist.com/3047534/welcome-to-peacetech-the-movement-to-use-technology-to-end-violent-conflict-and-extremism
Facebook billionaire donates $25 million to a new kind of charity: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kerryadolan/2015/08/03/facebook-billionaires-good-ventures-donates-25-million-to-givedirectly-which-gives-cash-to-the-very-poor/
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Episode 0007: Pedal Power and More
Audio for the podcast can be found here: http://bootstrap.libsyn.com/
If
you're living or working in a country where you're concerned about
being monitored by government agencies, I urge you to check out this
link: https://www.privacytools.io/
Rammed earthblock school in Mali: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/levs-architecten-gangouroubouro-primary-school-mali-11-13-2014/
Another school in Mali built with a similar method: http://www.designboom.com/architecture/levs-architecten-primary-school-tanouan-ibi-mali-11-29-2014/
Earthship houses: http://earthship.com/
Bicycle powered centrifuge: http://www.dezeen.com/2014/11/13/jack-albert-trew-bicycle-powered-centrifuge-spokefuge-blood-testing-rural-africa-health-medicine/
Other bicycle powered devices: http://www.technologyforthepoor.com/PedalPowerReport/PedalPowerReport.htm
Bottle light: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-23536914
Malawi app teaches pupils 18 months of math in 6 weeks: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-29063614
Website for the app: https://onebillion.org/
Talking books for Ghana: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30127578
Rugged bikes for Africa: http://www.fastcoexist.com/1678778/a-maintenance-free-bike-to-give-africans-some-mobility#1
Load carrier for labor: http://www.core77.com/posts/20072/core77-design-award-2011-load-carrier-for-labour-winner-for-productsequipment-20072
99 year old woman sews 1,000 dresses for Africa: http://www.ecouterre.com/this-99-year-old-makes-a-new-dress-every-day-for-a-child-in-need/
The charity she's making the dresses for: http://www.littledressesforafrica.org/blog/
Wednesday, July 22, 2015
Episode 6: Homebuilt Foundry
Privacy Tools website.
Charcoal Foundry by David J. Gingery
Ornamental Metal Casting by R. E. Whitmore
Photos of the build process:
Here's the metal bucket I used.
The bucket after the tuyere hole was drilled.
Note that in some of the pictures I didn't have any sand down. This turned out to be a problem when I ran the lawnmower, as it found all the little pieces of metal I missed and flung them against the house. I quit playing with the foundry until I could get enough sand to have several centimeters on the ground. That way I wouldn't have to worry about the mower hitting anything, and as I mentioned in the podcast, it came in handy when I accidentally tried to melt some magnesium.
An alternative design for a foundry.
I'm not a huge fan of that design, since it seems like it would be wasteful of charcoal, but I think the design for the crucible is interesting, though I wouldn't use an old propane bottle as my source for the metal.
Brick dome home for Kenyan orphanage.
DIY water filtration kit.
Clean cooking catalog.
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Charcoal Foundry by David J. Gingery
Ornamental Metal Casting by R. E. Whitmore
Photos of the build process:
Here's the metal bucket I used.
Measuring for the tuyere hole, that's in inches not CM.
The bucket after the tuyere hole was drilled.
The pattern for the tube to form the inside of the foundry. I used a pot lid that happened to be the right size as my template for drawing the circle.
The circle, with the design for the handle to make it easy to remove. The holes were drilled so I could get the saw blade into the board, which was a 1x12.
The holes finished.
The hole for the one side of the handle cut out.
The other hole cut out.
The handle cut out completely.
The pattern for the bottom tube form.
The form cut out, with a screw drilled into to make it easy to remove the bottom when it came time to remove it from the foundry.
Making the tube form. I screwed up and cut it wrong, so I wound up 'mummifying' it with duct tape to correct this, since I didn't have any spare flashing metal to make up a new one.
The finished tube form, wrapped with duct tape and with screws to hold it in place.
Top view of the tube form.
Seating it in the bucket.
This is the outer ring of the lid.
Side view of the lid, showing the holes for the handle.
Form for the inside of the lid, to be the vent hole for the foundry.
Holes punched in to allow the re-enforcement wires to pass through.
The finished lid, showing the wires and rebar handle in place, before the concrete is poured in.
Another view of the lid. As you can see, the wires pass through the hole, this is fine, and you don't have to worry about removing them.
Air pipe or tuyere pipe.
The pipe installed in the foundry.
Looking down inside the foundry with the pipe in place. I put some cardboard between the pipe and the wall of the bucket to keep the concrete from leaking out when I put it in.
Readying the bucket to have the rest of the concrete poured into it. I've already poured in the bottom layer of concrete. The boards sticking up are the spacer boards.
The lid after it was filled with concrete.
Hair dryer modified to use with the foundry as an air source. It works, but its less than ideal. It also has a heat switch inside the barrel, and you should disconnect that, as it will cause the hairdryer to cut off at inopportune moments.
The tube after I removed it from the foundry a week after I poured in the concrete. I didn't put enough oil on it, so it was hard to get out.
Burning some wood in the foundry to help dry out the concrete.
This is the crucible filled with aluminum cans before the first heat.
The foundry put together and ready for use.
Side view showing how the lid fits on the foundry.
Charcoal being put into the foundry.
The end result.
The 'Grabber' used to pull the crucible/pot out of the foundry.
Dump hook.
Side view of the crucible, showing the 'J' holes, and the dump loop. Use a smaller loop if at all possible. Mine's a bit larger than it should be. The piece of metal you see above it is the end of the dump hook that's used to pour the metal out.
Inside the foundry after I poured, showing the leftover charcoal.
The hand vacuum I now use to provide air for the foundry. This works beautifully.
A foot switch that the vacuum cleaner is plugged into so I can easily turn it off and on.
The 'Grabber' with tape on one end of it to use as a handle. I found out the hard way that this is good idea.
Video of the foundry in operation:
That's a plaster mold I placed on top of it to warm it up before I poured metal into it.
The foundry running, using coal instead of charcoal.
Here's the magnesium that caught fire on me, after I'd fished it out of the crucible and covered it with sand.
The box of coal I bought for $20 on eBay, I only needed about 2 scoops to get it hot enough.
An alternative design for a foundry.
I'm not a huge fan of that design, since it seems like it would be wasteful of charcoal, but I think the design for the crucible is interesting, though I wouldn't use an old propane bottle as my source for the metal.
Brick dome home for Kenyan orphanage.
DIY water filtration kit.
Clean cooking catalog.
Click here to send me an email.
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Episode 5: Interview With Kenyan School Children and News
I
want to apologize in advance for this being a short episode. I had
planned that the bulk of it would be taken up by my interview with
the Kenyan school children. Unfortunately, we only got about 10
minutes into the interview before they lost internet access.
I
also wasn't able to gather as many stories as I'd hope to this month.
It seems like the more I look for something, the harder it is to
find.
community education & empowerment brings positive changes in haiti
Popular Science article on the methods used to build the roofs talked about in the above article.
Popular Science article on the methods used to build the roofs talked about in the above article.
Sunday, May 31, 2015
Episode 0004: Bonus Episode!
HELLO
AND WELCOME TO 'BOOTSTRAPPING THE PLANET,' I'M YOUR HOST TUCKER AND
THIS IS A MONTHLY PODCAST WHERE I COVER TECHNOLOGIES BEING USED TO
IMPROVE LIVES IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. FOR LINKS TO THE STORIES
MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST, YOU CAN GO TO
http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/
IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, I WILL TRY TO HAVE LINKS ACCOMPANING EACH STORY
THAT PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CRITICISMS, OR IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO
WORKS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR WORK
THERE, THE EMAIL FOR THE SHOW IS BOOTSTRAPPLANET@GMAIL.COM
I'LL PUT THE EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE SHOWNOTES.
This
is one of the long promised bonus episodes, I realize that for some
of you, its already June, but here in the US its still May, so this
counts as the bonus episode I promised to get out this month. Its a
bit short as I'm low on storage space this month, but if all goes
according to plan, the next episode will include an interview with
the director and a student from The Exodus School in Kenya.
http://www.erecs.org Its a
school to educate children in a particularly impovereshed part of
Kenya, where the prospects for children are rather bleak. I hope to
make a monthly feature out of hearing from some of the children from
the school to give people an idea what its like growing up in the
developing world.
AGRICULTURE
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This
story comes from ipsnews.net:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/05/school-gardens-combat-hunger-in-argentina/
School Gardens Combat Hunger in Argentina
In
Argentina, where millions of families have unmet dietary needs
despite the country’s vast expanse of fertile land, the Huerta Niño
project promotes organic gardens in rural primary schools, to teach
children healthy eating habits and show them that they can grow their
own food to fight hunger.
Of
the 105 students who board Monday through Friday at the La Divina
Pastora rural school in Mar del Sur in the municipality of General
Alvarado, 80 percent come from poor families.
“Ten
percent have nutritional deficiencies, from their first year of life,
even from the period of breastfeeding or even the pregnancy itself.
We see calcium deficiency, which can lead to cavities and affects
growth,” the school principal, Rita Darrechon, told Tierramérica.
The
privately run public school, located 500 km southwest of the capital,
serves children between the ages of six and 14, and a few older
children who have repeated grades.
The
children live in rural or semi-urban areas in the eastern province of
Buenos Aires. But most of them were raised without any farming
culture or knowledge about or tools for agriculture.
“In
places that were historically farming areas, kids do not know what to
do with the land,” the general coordinator of the Huerta
Niño Foundation,
Bárbara Kuss, told Tierramérica. “They don’t know that if
they’re hungry, the seeds in their hand can feed them.”
The
aim of the non-profit institution founded in 1999 by businessman
Federico Lobert is to help reduce hunger among students in rural
schools.
The
initiative first began to take shape when Lobert, during a trip as a
young man, heard a rural schoolteacher say “the kids couldn’t
study because they hadn’t eaten anything except orange tree leaves
to calm their stomachaches.”
He
described this as a “sad paradox” in a country “that produces
so much food for millions of people around the world.”
The
gardens benefit 20,000 children in 270 rural schools in low-income
areas, like La Divina Pastora. The vegetables and fruit they grow are
eaten by the students in the school lunchroom.
“It
seems like a really good opportunity to promote, together, a healthy
diet, using natural resources that are within their reach,” said
Darrechon.
According
to the article, they combine working in the garden with other classes
in the school, so its used not only to teach kids how to grow food,
but things like math and science as well. The per school cost is
about $4500, which isn't too bad, considering that it not only helps
the kids eat better, but also teaches them many different things and
in ways that they might not otherwise be exposed to.
It
also seems to me that the kids will learn a great deal more, simply
because they're DOING something, and not stuck in a classroom,
learning by rote. As someone once said, “We learn by doing.”
This
story also comes from ipsnews.net:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/05/kenyans-attack-food-insecurity-with-urban-farms-and-sack-gardens/
Kenyans Attack Food Insecurity with Urban Farms and Sack Gardens
It
began as a French initiative to support jobless youth after a spasm
of post-election violence in 2008 – and feed them at the same time.
The
‘garden-in-a-sack’ concept, introduced by the NGO Solidarites
International (http://www.solidarites.org/en/)0, makes it possible to grow food in small spaces and
save money for other purchases. In Mathare, Kiambiu and Kibera slums,
with close to 3 million inhabitants, Solidarités has brought
sack-gardening to about 22,109 households, directly benefitting over
110,000 people.
The
upright urban farms in Kibera consist of a series of sacks filled
with manure, soil and small stones that enable water to drain. From
the tops and sides of these sacks, referred to as multi-story
gardens, Kibera farmers grow kale, spinach, onions, tomatoes,
vegetables and arrowroot which sprout from the tops and sides.
Today,
Kibera has thousands of sack gardens spread across 16 villages in the
slum, according to Douglas Kangi, principal agricultural officer on
the Urban and Peri-urban Agriculture Project at the Ministry of
Agriculture.
Across
Africa, informal growing operations are expected to become critical
in the coming years. With a constant stream of people leaving the
farms for the cities, the continent’s urban population is set to
top 700 million by 2030 up from 400 million today and 53 million in
1960, according to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
If
you'll remember, in the last episode, I covered a family in Los
Angeles who was growing an impressive amount of food on a small city
lot. Here's an example of folks doing something similar in the
developing world. There's unfortunately no photographs with the
article, so I can't say for certain how its done. This is an
important project, since global warming and things like the recent
ebola outbreak are making food supplies uncertain in many parts of
Africa. The article says that several other African nations have
started similar programs, but really, this needs to happen not only
in every country in Africa, but in every nation on Earth. Far better
for every person to have a surplus of food, than for one person to go
hungry, I think, and the best way to ensure that everyone has enough
to eat is to make sure that folks know how to grow their own food.
http://www.instructables.com/id/A-garden-in-a-sack/
HEALTH/MEDICINE
This
story comes from ipsnews.net:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2015/05/when-kenyan-childrens-lives-hang-on-a-drip/
When Kenyan Children’s Lives Hang on a Drip
Acute
watery diarrhoea is a major killer of young children but
misunderstanding over the benefits of fluid treatment is preventing
many Kenyan parents from resorting to this life-saving technique and
threatening to reverse the strides that the country has made in child
health.
The
2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, released in April this
year, reports that
the country’s under-five mortality rate fell to 52 deaths per 1,000
live births in 2014, down from the 74 deaths in 2008-09, but still
far from the 32 per 1,000 live births targeted under the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs).
The
primary treatment for acute watery diarrhoea is rehydration,
administered intravenously in the most severe cases of very young
children suffering from shock after losing excessively high
quantities of body fluids. A fluid bolus – or rapid liquid dose –
delivered directly through an intravenous drip allows a
much faster delivery than oral rehydration.
However,
notes nurse Esther Mayaka at the Jamii Clinic in Mathare, Nairobi,
“parents of children brought to hospital with acute watery
diarrhoea are refusing to have them put on [drip] fluid treatment and
this is a major concern because diarrhoea is a leading killer among
children and giving fluids is still the main solution.”
She
told IPS that the ongoing rains and floods in many parts of the
country “have created a comeback for diseases like cholera whose
most telling sign is watery diarrhoea which needs to be managed with
fluids.”
The
article doesn't really give a clear explanation as to why parents
refuse to allow their children to be given IV fluids, but it is an
awfully inexpensive way to save a child's life. The cost of the bags
of IV fluids is little more than a dollar, though in the US
healthcare providers often charge an obscene amount of money for
them. The Kenyan government is launching a new initiative to make
sure that children suffering from diarrhea do get the fluids they
need. Let's hope that its successful.
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
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This
story comes from fastcoexisat.com:
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3046247/hows-that-working-out-for-you/solar-sisters-how-this-avon-lady-model-of-solar-distribution-h
Solar Sisters: How This "Avon Lady" Model Of Solar Distribution Has Taken Off
Solar
Sister is
a social business that uses an "Avon Lady"-type model to
distribute solar equipment in Africa. It's been operating for more
than five years and now works with about 1,500 women entrepreneurs in
three countries. The women buy solar lamps, solar phone chargers, and
solar panels at cost, then mark up the items at retail, pocketing the
difference. Solar Sister provides training and support, helping the
saleswomen reach their goals.
As
part of our new series checking in on projects we've written
about in
the past, we spoke with CEO Katherine
Lucey.
She talked about the challenges the company has faced in that time
and how Solar Sister hopes to continue to grow.
Lucey
founded the business on the premise that women are the family members
most likely to use solar equipment. In Uganda, Tanzania, and Nigeria,
they're the ones who currently buy kerosene for lighting and see that
their kids have enough light at night to do homework. After that, it
also seemed logical that the best people to sell to women would be
other women.
According
to the article, its not a perfect system. The women who sell the
lights don't make enough money to have this be their full time job
and the company itself relies more on the generosity of donors than
it does on profits from sales. Still, providing such things can be a
big aid in places like Uganda. They also hope to expand the program
to two more countries in the next five years. I'll have a link to
the organization's website in the show notes.
http://www.solarsister.org
HIGH TECH
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This
story comes from Fastcodesign.com:
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3046725/why-this-clunky-zack-morris-phone-is-taking-over-ghana
Why
This Clunky Zack Morris Phone Is Taking Over Ghana
It’s
easy to think of something like the iPhone as the epitome of
industrial design: a thin bit of beauty with alien curves equally
capable of pinpointing your location in space or firing an email
across the globe. And this intoxication with poetic industrial design
leads to a dangerous bit of thinking—that if
iPhones were cheap enough,
they’d take over emerging markets like India and Africa.
But
as Emmanuel
Quartey—head
of product at the
African tech school MEST—explains
on Medium,
he’s spotted a new phone that’s taking over Ghana. It’s a
brandless, unadvertised, brick of a handset that can barely run
Facebook and Whatsapp; and yet, his tech-savvy friends who own
smartphones are being wooed to it.
The
secret of the black brick phone, he reasons, is that it includes a
huge battery which also functions as a powerbank. Five and a half
times larger than the battery in an iPhone 6, it can charge people’s
devices in a region where frequent blackouts have left people without
power for upwards of 36 hours. To sweeten the deal, it also includes
an FM radio and an LED flashlight.
His
conclusions? Smartphones with week-long batteries could penetrate
emerging markets better than any other idea Silicon Valley’s got.
And "distinctive trumps pretty." Even if the power bank
phone is ugly, you can’t ignore it.
It
is one ugly phone, but it does have a big battery in it. 10,000
milliamp hours. He doesn't say how long the phone lasts between
charges, but I have long complained about the obsession with making
phones as thin and light as possible. I'd much rather have a
slightly thicker and heavier phone, if it meant that I was able to
get significantly longer battery life out of the device. This
appears to not only have a long battery life, but is powerful enough
to charge other devices as well. One hopes that the success of this
device in Africa convinces smartphone manufacturers to give up on the
thinner is better mantra they've been obsessed with, and start making
phones with bigger batteries.
TRANSPORTATION
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This
story comes from core77.com:
http://www.core77.com/posts/37237/Modular-Cargo-Bikes-with-Unusual-Steering-Mechanisms
Modular
Cargo Bikes With Unusual Steering Mechanisms
As
their name implies, XYZ
Cargo cycles are
built on a Cartesian grid.
They're
intended to be easy to put together, easy to repair and easy to
customize. Unlike
traditional three-wheeled cargo cycles, the XYZ CARGO features a so
called Ackermann-steering, which is usually only to be found in cars.
This makes the XYZ CARGO easy to control even at high speeds and the
maneuverability under heavy loads stays smooth.
The designs are made with
square-tubing, but I think they could be easily adapted to round
tubing, wood, or bamboo. There's no mention of how much the bikes
cost, nor are there any detailed plans on their site, but they are
looking for partners to help produce the bikes, and these would be a
huge help in the developing world, since bicycles are often the most
common form of transportation, and these are better adapted to
carrying things than are conventional bicycle designs. I'll have
links in the show notes to the group's website, along with a link to
the article talking about the bikes.
http://www.n55.dk/MANUALS/SPACEFRAMEVEHICLES/spaceframevehicles.html
THAT'S
IT FOR THIS EPISODE OF BOOTSTRAPPING THE PLANET. FOR LINKS TO THE
STORIES COVERED IN THIS, OR ANY OTHER EPISODE, ALONG WITH A LINK TO
THE EMAIL ADDRESS, YOU CAN GO TO
http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/
THE EMAIL FOR THE SHOW IS BOOTSTRAPPLANET@GMAIL.COM
THE ITUNES COVER ART FOR THE PODCAST IS BY STEVE AT HUDSON MEDIA IN
COLUMBUS, OH. NOW, LET'S ALL GO MAKE THIS PLANET A BETTER PLACE.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
Episode 0003: Bright Lights, Big Donations
HELLO
AND WELCOME TO 'BOOTSTRAPPING THE PLANET,' I'M YOUR HOST TUCKER AND
THIS IS A MONTHLY PODCAST WHERE I COVER TECHNOLOGIES BEING USED TO
IMPROVE LIVES IN THE DEVOPLING WORLD. FOR LINKS TO THE STORIES
MENTIONED ON THE PODCAST, YOU CAN GO TO
http://bootstrappingtheplanet.blogspot.com/
IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, I WILL TRY TO HAVE LINKS ACCOMPANING EACH STORY
THAT PROVIDE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CRITICISMS, OR IF YOU'RE SOMEONE WHO
WORKS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD AND WOULD LIKE TO TALK ABOUT YOUR WORK
THERE, THE EMAIL FOR THE SHOW IS BOOTSTRAPPLANET@GMAIL.COM
I'LL PUT THE EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE SHOWNOTES.
This
will be the first of what I hope, if the good Lord's willing and the
creek don't rise, of two episodes this month, to make up for the fact
that I missed putting out the second episode that I promised last
month. It all depens upon my work schedule, which is rather volitile
right now.
DESIGN
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THIS
IS A BIT OF A GRAB BAG SEGMENT WHERE I COVER ITEMS WHICH DON'T EASILY
FIT INTO THE OTHER SEGMENTS.
From
core77.com we have:
http://www.core77.com/posts/36290/Need-a-Mechanism-for-Your-Design-Heres-the-Motherlode
Need
a Mechanism for Your Design? Here's the Motherlode
Let's
say you're a designer trying to create something with moving parts: A
set of double doors that open in an unusual way, a console that
deploys a hidden flatscreen monitor, or a space-saving cabinet with
panels that slide sideways rather than swing out. Where do you start?
There
are companies that make hardware to achieve these things, but there's
no guarantee that hardware is sized to fit your application. If you
can understand how the mechanisms work, however, you can create
something to custom fit your design.
That's
where this retired mechanical engineer comes in: Nguyen Duc Thang has
made it his mission to illustrate mechanisms so people can understand
them. Using Autodesk Inventor, he creates succinct 3D animations of
various mechanical mechanisms, and staggeringly, he's created 1,700
videos of them to date.
This
is a huge boon for anyone wanting to build something. The videos
clearly show how the mechanisms work, and he doesn't concentrate
simply on complex designs, but also shows fairly simple ones as well.
Nor do they necessarily require complex tools to make. Many of them
can be made with ordinary hand tools.
SANITATION
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This
story comes from fastcoexist.com and is similar to the floating
toilet story I mentioned last month.
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3044491/these-floating-islands-arent-real-but-they-are-cleaning-up-rivers
These Floating Islands Aren't Real—But They Are Cleaning Up Rivers
While
intensive farming has delivered a lot of cheap food to America, it's
also delivered a lot of pollution. The nation's 330 million acres of
agricultural land are filled with enormous quantities of phosphorus
and nitrogen fertilizer, some of which ends up in nearby waterways.
The Environmental Protection Agency says
more than half the
nation's rivers and streams are now in "poor biological
condition" as a result.
Bruce
Kania's
solution: recreate natural wetlands that can help purify the water
and bring it back to life. Over the last decade, his Montana
company Floating
Islands Internationalhas
built more than 6,000 "biohavens" that are now quietly
rejuvenating waterways across the country. And that's just the start.
Some of his floating clean-up platforms now approach the size of
football fields, and he's working on structures that could bobble in
the ocean one day as well.
"We
try and bio-mimic the patterns that nature employs," he says.
The
islands are designed to grow "biofilms"—collections of
microbes that consume the excessive nutrients in the water. Each
platform is made up of a matrix of fibers derived from post-consumer
plastic bottles, then infused with a buoyant marine foam. The plants
on top, mostly perennials, grow in a peat layer. The biofilms
congregate on the bottom of the structure, while roots from the
plants peep through, offering additional pollution control.
The
article doesn't say how many of the islands he's built, but mentions
that 24 of them are nearly 2,000 square meters in size, with one
being over 4,000 square meters. And while he seems to be only
interested in building them in America, they could easily be
constructed in any place in the world to help improve water quality.
They could also be used for growing some types of food crops, which
would aid in sustainable farming efforts. In places where there was
high fertilizer run off in the ater supply, there'd be no need to
fertilize the crops at all. Additionally, such islands can increase
habitats for fish in the river, so that adds to the potential food
available to people. Finally, they can lower the temperature of the
water in the river. This is important, as global warming is causing
rivers to warm up, which can harm fish, but cause problems for power
generating plants that use the water for cooling. If the water's too
hot, then they have to shut the plant down, or run at reduced
capacity.
From
gizmag.com we have this toilet design.
http://www.gizmag.com/blue-diversion-closed-system-toilet/31198/
Blue Diversion toilet is flushed with success
Two
years ago, an off-grid closed-system toilet known as the Diversion
won an award at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's
"Reinventing
the Toilet"
fair. Created by the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and
Technology (Eawag) and now called the Blue Diversion, it recently
also won the title of Most Innovative Project (Europe/West Asia), as
bestowed by the International Water Association. So, what makes it so
special? Well, for one thing, the same water that flushes it is
subsequently used in its hand-washing sink.
Here's
how the Blue Diversion works ...
Feces,
urine, and flush water are separated right below the toilet bowl. The
first two items are then stored in sealed compartments, for
subsequent use as fertilizer. The water, because it's used more to
rinse out the bowl than to actually transport the waste, isn't as
contaminated as what goes down a regular toilet's pipes. It's still
pretty disgusting, though, so it's pumped into a filtration system in
the back wall of the setup.
There,
it passes through a bioreactor that neutralizes organic matter and
ammonia, along with an ultrafiltration membrane that blocks
pathogenic organisms such as bacteria and viruses. Any remaining
trace amounts of organic matter and ammonia are then neutralized by
an electrolysis unit, which also produces chlorine to disinfect the
water.
From
there, gravity carries the water down to be used in the sink, in a
bidet-style shower head, or to rinse out the bowl once again.
According to Eawag, the same water is good for about 50 uses per day.
Power for the pumps, electrolysis unit and electronics are provided
by a top-mounted photovoltaic panel.
Personally,
I'm not a huge fan of these high tech designs, since they can
breakdown, or require filters which have to be periodically changed
or replaced. Still, for $500, its more economical than some of the
other designs I've seen.
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This
story comes from valhallamovement.com
http://valhallamovement.com/link/learn-how-this-family-grows-6000-lbs-of-food-on-just-110th-acre/
LEARN HOW THIS FAMILY GROWS 6,000 LBS OF FOOD ON JUST 1/10TH ACRE
The Dervaes family live
on 1/10th of an acre 15 minutes from downtown L.A.. In itself that’s
not strange. What’s crazy is that they manage to maintain a
sustainable and independent urban farm. Complete with animals!
In a year they produce around 4,300 pounds of veggies, 900 chicken
, 1000 duck eggs, 25 lbs honey, and pounds of seasonal fruit. There
are over 400 species of plants. What?! They have everything they need
to ‘live off the land.’ From beets to bees. Chickens to
chickpeas.What the family doesn’t eat they sell from their porch, making around $20,000 a year. Local organic food is so popular that they don’t have any problems finding customs. Even chefs from restaurants seek them out.
The
article title is a bit of a misnomer, since you don't really get any
more details than that, but based on the video at the link, I think
its fairly easy to figure out what they're doing. They're obviously
using the square foot gardening method pioneered by Mel Bartholomew
http://squarefootgardening.org/ and Will Allen's Growing Power
method. http://www.growingpower.org/
Both of which are designed to be able to grow large amounts of food
in a very small space. There's a video at the site which gives a bit
more information about the family's methods, and the $20K figure for
their income is a bit of a red herring. They're able to make that
much money from what they grow, due to the fact that locally grown
organic food is a big fad in Los Angeles and commands premium prices.
Were they to be located in say, some place like Iowa or Nebraska,
they probably couldn't make nearly as much money, as the demand for
organic food isn't as great there. Additionally, the family's
lacto-ovo vegetarians, and if they were to expand their diet to
include things like fish, they could produce even more food on their
small lot using a farm fountain, which is a hydroponic system that
circulates water through a fish tank filled with tilapia or similar
fish before using it to water the plants. http://farmfountain.com/
It
might seem as if this isn't applicable to people in developing
nations, but the methods do grow a large amount of food in a small
amount of space, with no need for tractors, combines, and the like.
It should be fairly easy to adapt them to local conditions in the
developing world and provide greater food security for the people in
those areas.
This
story comes from phys.org:
http://phys.org/news/2015-03-dew-collector-greenhouse-food-growth.html#ajTabs
Dew Collector: Greenhouse for food growth, water
In
Ethiopia, the University of Gondar's Faculty of Agriculture is
actively involved in real-life problems that are familiar to many
farmers on the continent. The university is pursuing research as well
as development efforts and toward that end has entered links with an
organization called Roots Up. The latter says it will build a
workshop on the campus for farmers living nearby and facing tough
issues and harsh living conditions. The organization said the center
will be made out of "Earthbags."
They
call the structure the "Ecodome," and the workshops will
focus on such topics as water management and soil conservation. At
the end of the day, Roots Up wants to accomplish a mission of helping
to make the University of Gondar an "innovation hub for low-tech
and low-cost solutions that can be developed on a larger scale in the
rural areas of North Gondar." One project on the agenda is a
"green" shelter for dew harvest. On Friday, Discovery
News reported
on a Roots Up-University of Gondar initiative called the Dew
Collector greenhouse. This is a low-cost, low-tech greenhouse
wherevegetables can
grow despite drought conditions.
It
works at collecting dew by capturing evaporation in bio-plastic
sheeting at the top of the dome.
Inhabitat said
that in using this collector, farmers can
raise protected plants and yield clean water both for both irrigation
and drinking. Instead of just performing as a greenhouse, the
structure also serves as rainwater collector, ensuring that raindrops
are stored.
Inhabitat said
the organization plans to launch the Dew Collector greenhouses in
Northern Ethiopia, in conjunction with the university. "The Dew
Collector is just one part of the company's mission to help create a
self-reliant farming community
in Northern Ethiopia."
Essentially,
its an 8-sided pyramid, which acts as a combination air well and
greenhouse. The illustrations which accompany the article, don't
really give an indication of the size of a Dew Collector. It might
be that they're planning on building them in several different sizes.
One thing that they could do, which I think would be a huge boon for
them is to have a program where not only do they train locals in how
to make the Dew Collectors, but offer them for sale to Westerners,
since with the drought worries in California and the explosion of the
local food movement there, they'd probably find a number of eager
customers. This would not only help boost the economy in Ethiopia,
but also give locavores a warm fuzzy feeling that they were doing
something good.
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This
story comes from the Mail & Guardian :
http://mg.co.za/article/2015-03-13-ishack-delivers-power-and-television-to-the-people/
iShack
delivers power (and television) to the people
In
2011, the National Research Foundation funded the research and
training of postgraduate students, through Stellenbosch University’s
TsamaHUB (Transdisciplinary Sustainability Analysis, Modelling and
Assessment Hub). A cash injection of $250?000 from the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation allowed the Sustainability Institute to
develop the technological and funding model and upgrade about 100
shacks. In 2013, the iShack project received 17-million Rand from the
government’s Green Fund, with a target to supply electricity to
1?500 households.
Now
many shacks in Enkanini have solar panels on their roofs. Inside each
of these shacks is a distribution box, the length of an outstretched
arm, with wire casings leading out of it to two lights, an external
security light, a cellphone charger and a television set.
All
of this is provided by Specialized Solar Solutions in George, using
its DC micro-grid technologies. The company produces “small,
stand-alone, off-grid solar home systems that can provide a scalable
amount of electricity”, Conway says.
Swilling, who is also head of sustainable development at
Stellenbosch University’s School of Public Leadership, emphasises
that the equipment does not belong to the shack dweller: “We don’t
want to sell equipment. Users treat it as infrastructure … the
solar panel … is part of the [township’s infrastructure], like
your road, pylons, cables. They don’t belong to you, but without
them you wouldn’t get services.”
And
for 150 Rand a month, the user has access to electricity. A SIM card
in the distribution box allows the project to control the energy
access remotely, and switch it off if a user does not pay or defaults
on his or her monthly payments.
Conway
reiterates that the iShack is “not a house or product, or even just
an energy service”. “It is an attempt to develop a sustainable
social enterprise model for delivering affordable, incremental
services to residents of informal settlements.”
For
those of you wondering, 150 Rand, works out to about $12.50 US, at
present exchange rates. The article has a really indepth discussion
about the program, why they chose to include a TV, along with a pair
of lights, how they're planning on expanding the project, and more.
I,
personally, don't like the idea that the people who have the systems
installed in their shacks never own the systems, but are perpetually
renting them from the company. The argument for them doing this is
that it pays for the expansion of the project to other places, and
covers the cost of mainence and repair, all of which may be true, but
I grew up in America at a time when you didn't own the phone in your
house, you rented it from the phone company. Their argument was much
the same, this allowed them to make improvements to the phone system,
ensured the quality of phone calls, and so on. Yet, we didn't really
see a proliferation of phone technology in the US until after the
phone company was broken up. Then we bagan to see improvements and
lower costs. I realize that the two situations aren't really
comparable, but I worry that this could be enslaving people to pay
for something which they don't need to.
On a
slightly related note, we have this story from fastcoexist.com
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3045532/a-crowdfunding-site-lets-you-bring-energy-efficiency-to-poor-neighborhoods
A Crowdfunding Site Lets You Bring Energy Efficiency To Poor Neighborhoods
Donnel
Baird and
his team have put together BlocPower,
a social business that gathers together inefficient buildings into
more attractive packages. It then finds the money from impact
investors who get a decent return, though not a spectacular one.
"Because
the buildings are older and the owners don't have access to capital
to maintain them, they spend more on energy per square foot than
other similar sized buildings in more affluent areas," says
Baird. "A lot of people look at our business and say, 'Oh, you
should be a charity case.' But, because our clients spend so much
more money on energy, there is actually more savings to be made and
more profit to be shared."
BlocPower
looks for projects where it's possible to save at least 20% on a
client's energy bills by installing solar panels, boilers, doors,
windows, and lighting. Those kinds of projects aren't uncommon. The
business saved one church in Brooklyn 30%, or $3,000 a month. Another
community center in Staten Island saved 70%. BlocPower subsidizes the
work, then owners pay back the money over a five year term. BlocPower
then shares the savings—or profit—between the client, the
investors and itself.
Now,
this program is obviously designed for people in the US, but I'd
think that it should be easy enough to adapt it to helping people in
the developing world. Not only would it bring electricity to people
who presently don't have access to it, but with a crew made up of
local villagers, it could give people skills they need to get a
better job.
From
inhabitat.com we have:
http://inhabitat.com/groundfridge-lets-you-store-perishables-without-traditional-refrigeration/
Electricity-free
Groundfridge lets you store perishables without traditional
refrigeration
It’s
easy to forget how much energy it takes to keep our food fresh. So
imagine taking advantage of the earth’s natural underground
insulation to store and keep your vegetables. Weltevree, a Dutch
design company created by Floris Schoonderbeek, specializes in
products made to encourage people to take advantage of natural and
outdoor living. Their Groundfridge is a modern take on the familiar
root cellar concept, allowing you to keep your produce fresh without
traditional refrigeration.
The
Groundfridge is similar to a traditional root cellar, and it is part
of a concept meant to encourage the modern homeowner to grow and
store their own produce for a modern self-sufficient existence. The
Groundfridge uses the insulating effect of soil and the cooling
effect of groundwater. The temperature in the fridge remains stable
year-round between 10 and 12° C (50 to 54° F), which is the ideal
temperature for storing fruits, vegetables, wine and cheese.
This
is a somewhat high tech idea, and there's no mention of the price.
Basically, its a large fiberglass tube with a ball on the lower end.
There's steps cut into the tube to make it easy to go in and out of
it, and the door appears to seal tightly.
A
more compact, and less expensive design, which works under similar
principles is the zeer pot.
This
is simply two large clay pots, with one nestled inside the other, and
a thick layer of sand between them. You saturate the sand with
water, and as the water evaporates, it cools the pots down to help
preserve food.
I'll
have links in the shownotes to sites dealing with making your own
zeer pots, and for a group supplying them to people in the developing
world.
Also
from inhabitat.com we have:
http://inhabitat.com/gosol-could-be-the-key-to-no-cost-solar-heat-around-the-world/
GoSol
could be the key to no-cost solar heat around the world
Imagine a world where everybody could harness free and powerful energy from the sun with local materials. Solar Fire Concentration Ltd (SFCO) hopes to help supply solar thermal energy to alleviate energy poverty around the world, with a little help from crowdfunding. The Finnish company has launched the Free The Sun campaign, which will help to build their GoSol solar concentrators around the world. Rather than creating solar energy for electricity, the concentrators will power solar thermal devices, giving usable heat energy to anyone in off-the-grid areas, without using pollution-causing charcoal and wood.
Although using photovoltaic panels to generate solar energy is a great sustainable source, SFCO recognizes that most rural and poverty-stricken areas around the world are not even equipped to utilize the electricity the panels can produce. What is more useful is solar thermal energy, which can be used for cooking, heating, distilling water or powering steam engines. That realization led to the development of the GoSol concentrator.
They're attempting to raise $68,000, and so far, they've only manage to raise about 10% of that. It is a really interesting idea, and I like that they mention it could be used to power steam engines. We tend to look down on steam engines, because we've switched to gasoline, diesel, and electric motors, but a steam engine has one big advantage over them, in that it doesn't care what you use to heat the water. As long as you get the water hot enough, it'll run. So if a source of fuel becomes cheaper than the one you're presently using becomes cheaper, you can easily switch over to the cheaper fuel. Additionally, a steam engine can run cleaner than a conventional gas or diesel engine without pollution controls. Jay Leno had the emissions tested on one of his steam powered cars, and it easily passed California's emission laws, which are the strictest in the US. Article on Leno's steam car: http://tinyurl.com/kpotv76
Imagine a world where everybody could harness free and powerful energy from the sun with local materials. Solar Fire Concentration Ltd (SFCO) hopes to help supply solar thermal energy to alleviate energy poverty around the world, with a little help from crowdfunding. The Finnish company has launched the Free The Sun campaign, which will help to build their GoSol solar concentrators around the world. Rather than creating solar energy for electricity, the concentrators will power solar thermal devices, giving usable heat energy to anyone in off-the-grid areas, without using pollution-causing charcoal and wood.
Although using photovoltaic panels to generate solar energy is a great sustainable source, SFCO recognizes that most rural and poverty-stricken areas around the world are not even equipped to utilize the electricity the panels can produce. What is more useful is solar thermal energy, which can be used for cooking, heating, distilling water or powering steam engines. That realization led to the development of the GoSol concentrator.
They're attempting to raise $68,000, and so far, they've only manage to raise about 10% of that. It is a really interesting idea, and I like that they mention it could be used to power steam engines. We tend to look down on steam engines, because we've switched to gasoline, diesel, and electric motors, but a steam engine has one big advantage over them, in that it doesn't care what you use to heat the water. As long as you get the water hot enough, it'll run. So if a source of fuel becomes cheaper than the one you're presently using becomes cheaper, you can easily switch over to the cheaper fuel. Additionally, a steam engine can run cleaner than a conventional gas or diesel engine without pollution controls. Jay Leno had the emissions tested on one of his steam powered cars, and it easily passed California's emission laws, which are the strictest in the US. Article on Leno's steam car: http://tinyurl.com/kpotv76
The
one downside to what they're doing is that it doesn't look like
they're going to actually make and distribute the devices, merely
design them, and give away the plans. Which is nice, but they're
talking about parts for it being made on CNC machines and 3D
printers, items which aren't exactly common in many parts of the
world. Still, they mention building the machines using locally
sourced materials, so it might be that they're going to be providing
two different designs, one which can be made out of items commonly
found in developing nations, and one which can be built using factory
made parts, that aid agencies could bring in and set up.
In
yet another story from inhabitat.com we have this:
http://inhabitat.com/help-kickstart-this-little-solarpuff-lantern-that-could-save-the-world/
Help kickstart this little SolarPuff lantern that could save the world
the SolarPuff is an ingenious origami lantern with the power to revolutionize our world. The portable, solar-powered light delivers instant illumination where there is no electricity, coming to the rescue in emergency situations and serving as an economical off-grid lighting solution for the developing world. A staggering 1.6 billion people around the world lack access to electricity, many of whom use kerosene for lighting, which leads to fires and poor indoor air quality. The SolarPuff co-founders want to shift this reliance on dirty fuels to light the homes of people living off the grid with a cleaner, greener alternative. Read on to find out how you can help this important product reach its crowdfunding goal!
The
ingenious creation was originally developed in the Columbia
University Architecture Lab by Solight co-founder
Alice Min Soo Chun after a aiding an earthquake emergency relief in
Haiti. The ‘light bulb’ went on when Alice realized that a more
sustainable lighting solution for disaster relief was needed. The
SolarPuff’s modern flat packed design created “a critical
distinction for transforming poverty into dignity.”
At just 2.5 ounces, this cute little lantern is designed with a sustainable and high-performance fabric made especially for durability, flexibility, adaptability and recyclability. The SolarPuff is able to float, with water resistant capabilities to withstand complete underwater immersion. It will produce light for an equal amount of time that it takes to charge in the sun. Its utility is so immense not only for the developing world and disaster zones, but for anyone traveling, camping, hiking, or needing a flashlight.
The unit looks like a collapsable white plastic bag and is about the size of your hand. They were asking for $25K on Kickstarter, and at the time of this recording, they'd managed to raise nearly $300K. They have a “Buy One Give One” donation level, where you give them $50, they'll send you a lantern, and donate one to either a school in Haiti or send one to Nepal. Given the photos I've seen of the destruction in Nepal, they could certainly use as many of these as they can possibly get.
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From
fastcoexist.com we have this story about helping people to
communicate during a disaster situation:
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3045723/in-a-disaster-this-device-lets-people-communicate-without-a-cell-signal-wi-fi-or-power
In A
Disaster, This Device Lets People Communicate Without A Cell Signal,
Wi-Fi, Or Power
In
the wake of the massive earthquake in Nepal, as power went out, cell
towers crumbled, and internet connections disappeared, a few people
turned to ham radio to send messages about missing victims.
A
team of Danish designers argue that they have a better solution for
communication in disasters: A simple solar-powered device that uses a
mesh network to send signals person to person even if phone lines and
power are cut.
"Nepal
is another tragic example of how natural disasters often damage the
regular communication lines and power lines, affecting the response
and relief coordination," say designers Pernille Skjødt and Ida
Stougaard, whose device, called Reachi, was a finalist in this year's
Global Social Venture Competition. "Once the regular
communication lines and power lines are damaged, it is difficult to
establish an overview of a disaster. Early information can improve
the planning and prioritization of relief for a more effective
response, and potentially save lives."
"Each
volunteer will own and carry his or her own device," the
designers explain. "As each device creates a link, the
volunteers are able to communicate through each other. This way, a
signal is guaranteed, without the need of vulnerable, physical
structures."
A
simple interface on Reachi asks volunteers to enter basic
information, like how many families need food, or how many injured
victims need medical care. All of that data is instantly sent to a
central headquarters, where it's displayed visually on a map and
planners can make better decisions about where to send aid first.
The
device is roughly the same size and shape as the original Apple iPod,
and is rugged enough to survive being submurged in water or dropped.
Information in a disaster situation is often the most important thing
in helping people to survive, and this looks to be a great way to
help get information out of a disaster area. They're planning on
testing the device in the Phillipines this year, due to the fact that
the country is struck by an average of 30 natural disasters each
year.
I
really wish that more people would promote the growth of MESH
networks, as they offer an economical way of expanding communication
access without the kind of infrastructure used in the developed
nations. I know in parts of India they have a MESH network that's
connected to the bus system, so that as a bus pulls into a village it
connects to all the devices in range, and downloads information to
them that it picked up when it was in an area with internet access.
Even
in a developed nation like the US, MESH networks would be handy to
have. Because there's a derth of internet providers where I live,
I'm forced to use a provider which has spotty service, meanwhile,
less than a mile down the road, the town square has open internet
access, with an inexpenisve MESH network, I could tap into the open
wifi on the square and use that while I was waiting for my ISP to
come out and fix my problem. Assuming they can be bothered to show
up at all. http://www.brck.com/
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This
story comes from designboom.com
http://www.designboom.com/art/jessica-fulford-dobson-skate-girls-of-kabul-04-22-2015/
jessica
fulford-dobson tells the story of skate girls of kabul
for
the series ‘skate girls of kabul’, british photographer jessica
fulford-dobson tells the remarkable story of afghan girls who have
taken up skateboarding, shot on location in afghanistan’s capital.
here, young girls from poor and displaced families are being taught
and encouraged to skateboard by skateistan, an afghan NGO charity
that provides skate parks as an incentive to get children from
disadvantaged families back into school.
Not
mentioned in this story, and I can't find the one which discussed it,
but the girls have taken to skateboards because they're prohibited
from riding bicycles under Afghanistan law. Not only do they ride
them at the skate park, but they use them to get around town. And
while skateboards aren't as versitile as a bicycle, it strikes me
that it isn't a bad way to get around faster than walking.
Skateboards could also be a cheaper means of transportation than a
bicycle, and they do make versions which are designed to work in
unpaved areas, so the lack of roads needn't limit their use.
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