Hi, my name is Marcin -- farmer, technologist. I was born in Poland, now in the U.S. I started a group called Open Source Ecology. We've identified the 50 most important machines that we think it takes for modern life to exist -- things from tractors, bread ovens, circuit makers. Then we set out to create an open source, DIY, do it yourself version that anyone can build and maintain at a fraction of the cost. We call this the Global Village Construction Set.
Pozdravljeni, moje ime je Marcin -- sem kmetovalec, tehnolog. Rojen sem bil na Poljskem, sedaj živim v ZDA. Ustanovil sem skupino imenovano Odprtokodna ekologija. Identificirali smo 50 najpomembnejših naprav, za katere menimo, da so gradniki modernega bivanja -- naprave, kot so traktorji, pečice za kruh, tiskalniki za elektronska vezja. Nato smo se odločili ustvariti odprtokodno "naredi si sam" verzijo, ki jo lahko naredi vsakdo in vzdržuje s pičlimi stroški. Vse to smo poimenovali "Konstrukcijski set za globalno vas".
So let me tell you a story. So I finished my 20s with a Ph.D. in fusion energy, and I discovered I was useless. I had no practical skills. The world presented me with options, and I took them. I guess you can call it the consumer lifestyle. So I started a farm in Missouri and learned about the economics of farming. I bought a tractor -- then it broke. I paid to get it repaired -- then it broke again. Then pretty soon, I was broke too.
Naj vam najprej povem zgodbo. Svoja dvajseta sem zaključil z doktoratom na področju fuzijske energije, vendar sem ugotovil, da sem nekoristen. Bil sem brez praktičnih znanj. Svet mi je ponudil možnosti in jaz sem jih sprejel. Tako imenovan potrošniški stil življenja. Pa sem pričel s farmo v Missouriju, kjer sem se spoznal z ekonomijo kmetovanja. Kupil sem traktor, ki pa se je pokvaril. Plačal sem za popravilo -- nakar se je zopet pokvaril. In kmalu zatem, sem bil "broke" tudi sam.
I realized that the truly appropriate, low-cost tools that I needed to start a sustainable farm and settlement just didn't exist yet. I needed tools that were robust, modular, highly efficient and optimized, low-cost, made from local and recycled materials that would last a lifetime, not designed for obsolescence. I found that I would have to build them myself. So I did just that. And I tested them. And I found that industrial productivity can be achieved on a small scale.
Dojel sem, da resnično primernih, nizko proračunskih orodij, ki jih potrebujem, da bi pričel s samozadostno farmo in naseljem, še ni na voljo. Potreboval sem orodja, ki so robustna, modularna, zelo učinkovita in optimizirana, poceni, izdelana iz lokalnih in recikliranih materialov, ki bi delovala celo stoletje in niso načrtovana za ciklično potrošnjo. Ugotovil sem, da jih bom moral narediti sam. In točno to sem tudi storil. Nato sem jih testiral. In ugotovil, da je industrijska produktivnost lahko izvedljiva v majhnem obsegu.
So then I published the 3D designs, schematics, instructional videos and budgets on a wiki. Then contributors from all over the world began showing up, prototyping new machines during dedicated project visits. So far, we have prototyped eight of the 50 machines. And now the project is beginning to grow on its own.
Nato sem objavil 3D dizajne, shematske slike, video navodila in kosovnice s cenami na wiki sistemu. In pojavili so se zainteresirani iz celotnega sveta, ki so pomagali pri izdelavi prototipov novih strojev, na namenskih projektnih delavnicah. Do sedaj smo naredili prototipe osmih od petdesetih strojev. In sedaj projekt začenja rasti sam.
We know that open source has succeeded with tools for managing knowledge and creativity. And the same is starting to happen with hardware too. We're focusing on hardware because it is hardware that can change people's lives in such tangible material ways. If we can lower the barriers to farming, building, manufacturing, then we can unleash just massive amounts of human potential.
Zavedamo se, da so odprtokodni sistemi uspeli s pomočjo orodij za upravljanje znanja in kreativnosti. Isto se je začelo dogajati tudi s strojno opremo. Fokusiramo se na strojno opremo, kajti strojna oprema je tista, s katero lahko spremenimo človeška življenja na tako otipljivi materialni osnovi. Če lahko spustimo zahteve za kmetovanje, gradnjo, proizvodnjo, potem lahko posledično sprostimo ogromen človeški potencial.
That's not only in the developing world. Our tools are being made for the American farmer, builder, entrepreneur, maker. We've seen lots of excitement from these people, who can now start a construction business, parts manufacturing, organic CSA or just selling power back to the grid. Our goal is a repository of published designs so clear, so complete, that a single burned DVD is effectively a civilization starter kit.
To ne velja zgolj za države v razvoju. Naša orodja so izdelana za Ameriškega kmetovalca, gradbenika, podjetnika, izdelovalca. Videli smo veliko navdušenja s strani teh ljudi, ki lahko sedaj pričnejo gradbeno obrt, izdelavo delov, organsko pridelavo hrane (Community-supported agriculture) ali pa samo prodajajo energijo nazaj v omrežje. Naš cilj je arhiv objavljenih načrtov, tako jasnih, tako kompletnih, da je ena sama DVD zgoščenka dejansko paket za pričetek nove civilizacije.
I've planted a hundred trees in a day. I've pressed 5,000 bricks in one day from the dirt beneath my feet and built a tractor in six days. From what I've seen, this is only the beginning.
Posadil sem sto dreves v enem dnevu. Izdelal sem 5.000 opek v enem dnevu, stisnjenih iz prsti pod mojimi nogami, in zgradil traktor v šestih dneh. In kot sem videl, je to šele začetek.
If this idea is truly sound, then the implications are significant. A greater distribution of the means of production, environmentally sound supply chains, and a newly relevant DIY maker culture can hope to transcend artificial scarcity. We're exploring the limits of what we all can do to make a better world with open hardware technology.
Če je ideja resnično smiselna, potem so njene posledice lahko izjemno prodorne. Večja distribucija produkcijskih sredstev, okolju prijazne verige dobave in nova - pomembna "naredi si sam" kultura, ki prinaša upanje, da odpravimo umetno ustvarjeno pomanjkanje. Raziskujemo, kje so meje, s katerimi lahko mi vsi prispevamo za boljši svet z odprtokodnimi strojnimi tehnologijami.
Thank you.
Hvala. (Nič ni močnejšega od ideje, katere čas je napočil.)
(Applause)
Nič ni močnejšega od ideje, katere čas je napočil. -- Victor Hugo