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BiPu - an emergency loo

Saturday, January 16th, 2010
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
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We Have Arrived

Monday, November 19th, 2007
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In short, they are building hexayurts in the wee park in the middle of the Pentagon. As part of STAR-TIDES.
I don’t know where we go from here.

Solar Insurgency

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
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Small super-empowered vanguards can, with the use of systems disruption to amplify effort, delegitimize weakened governmental hierarchies and force them into the box of hollow states. However, instead of a pure organic government envisioned by Che, an organic open source insurgency, composed of a plethora of small super-empowered groups (that appeal to primary loyalties of […]

Digital Fabrication Primer

Saturday, October 20th, 2007
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The Digital Fabrication Primer (working title) is trickling in on my blag, with one new entry every workday. It’s purpose is to disseminate the details behind digital fabrication technology, give a step-by-step guide to setting up a low cost Fab Lab and give a roadmap towards the future. The context is extremely social, and in […]

FSDS - emergency loo

Friday, October 5th, 2007
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The FSDS (Field Septic Disposal System) (formerly known by the much catchier name of BiPu) is an example of Rapid Relief Deployment. It deals with one of the essentials - safe sanitation, i.e. a nice, hygienic toilet. It’s in use in emergency locations, and at least one developed world application (a golf course in […]

Ahem (cough, cough), hi!

Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
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This is just a hello post to tell you about Flu Wiki and our:

wiki, called by some the Encyclopedia of Influenza. (There’s quite a lot of stuff on wikipedia, but of course there’s not that much room there for talking about future events with scenarios and ideas governments dare not think about in […]

Solar Water

Friday, September 21st, 2007
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The Watercone® is a solar powered water desalinator that takes salt or brackish water and distills it into freshwater. It is simple to use, lightweight and mobile.
Designed to produce 1.5 liters a day, it provides a child’s daily needs for fresh water and reduces the number of children who die as a result of drinking […]

FAB4 Symposium on Digital Fabrication

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
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On August 19th-24th the Fourth International Fab Lab Forum and Symposium on Digital Fabrication was held at the University of Chicago and the Museum of Science and Industry, in Illinois. Now the fallout has mostly subsided but there’s still a lot of work to be done.
The talks and presentations from the symposium have been made […]

New Web Site today - Gupta Option

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
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This site is where I’m going to begin to organize material for the oft-mentioned, never begun book, roughly entitled “How to Save The World And Not Die Trying” (title subject to change.)
Gupta Option’s first piece is about the limits of American government spending  to impact the very poor, from a risk management perspective. It’s pretty […]