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''Technical Resources'' in this context are all websites, businesses, manufacturers, organisations etc that provide information, services, materials or technology associated with the requirements of RBE or RBE-like implementation projects. The purpose of this page is keeping a comprehensive list of such resources for quick access when needed.
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'''Technical Resources''' in this context are all websites, businesses, manufacturers, organisations etc that provide information, services, materials or technology associated with the requirements of RBE or RBE-like implementation projects. The purpose of this page is, in conjunction with [[Sister Projects]], keeping a comprehensive list of such resources for quick access when needed.
  
 
== Websites ==
 
== Websites ==
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* Appropedia (Mediawiki) - http://www.appropedia.org/
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* Appropedia: Mediawiki, Compilation info - http://www.appropedia.org/
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* Egrouphub: Mediawiki, Compilation info - http://egrouphub.com/
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* Low Tech Magazine, helpful ideas - http://www.lowtechmagazine.com
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* Como Hacer (Spanish): Ideas for DIY - http://www.comohacer.eu/
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* Eco Cosas (Spanish): Ideas for DIY - http://ecocosas.com/
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* Rational Wiki: A rational perspective on a variety of topics - http://rationalwiki.org/
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== Guides ==
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* Guide to starting an intentional community: http://thefec.org/start
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* Four Keys to Sustainable Settlements - http://www.gaia.org/gaia/resources/fourkeys/
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== Commercial Educational Services ==
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* Dynamic Groups, Dynamic Learning: Decision making, Permaculture - http://dynamicgroups.com.au/
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* SEED  International: Sustainability, Ecological Design, Permaculture - http://www.seedinternational.com.au/
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* IzaBella Siódmak: Life Coaching - http://www.izabellasiodmak.com/
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* Gaia University: Permaculture and eco-building accredited training - http://www.gaiauniversity.org/
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== Machinery vendors and catalogs ==
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* http://sourcing.alibaba.com/buyer/category/Machinery_p43
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* http://www.weiku.com/catalogs/2951/Machinery/
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== Nutrition ==
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* Peter Attia (living on ketosis) - http://eatingacademy.com/, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqwvcrA7oe8#t=122
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== Agriculture ==
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* Seed Savers - http://www.seedsavers.net/
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* Plants for a Future: Rare and unusual plants, Edible plants, Medicinal plants, Useful plants - http://www.pfaf.org/
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* Eco Agricultor: general information and guides on agriculture (Spanish) - http://www.ecoagricultor.com/
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* La Agricultura sostenibe - la mejor cosecha [http://www.mediafire.com/view/mxyg4d8585e60fq/La_Agricultura_sostenibe_-_la_mejor_cosecha.pdf eBook]
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* Manual de Horticultura Urbana - [http://www.mediafire.com/view/gh5pls852iz40li/Manual_Horticultura_Urbana.pdf eBook]
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* Plantas y Frutos Silvestres Comestibles - [http://es.scribd.com/doc/146404649/Plantas-y-Frutos-Silvestres-Comestibles eBook]
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=== Permaculture ===
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* Permaculture Principles - http://permacultureprinciples.com/
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* Permaculture Wiki - http://permaculture.wikia.com/
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* Permaculture Global - http://www.permacultureglobal.com/
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* Permaculture Australia - http://permacultureaustralia.org.au/
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* Permaculture in United Kingdom - http://www.permaculture.org.uk
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* Permaculture in New Zealand - http://www.permaculture.org.nz
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* Permaculture in Austria - http://www.permakultur.net/
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* Permaculture in Chile - http://www.permaculturachile.org/
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* Permaculture Magazine - http://www.permaculture.co.uk/
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* Permaculture Activist - http://www.permacultureactivist.net
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* Permaculture Research Institute - http://permaculture.org.au/
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* Permablitz - http://www.permablitz.net/
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* Collection of resources on Permaculture and Bioconstruction (Spanish) - http://vistoenlaweb.org/2012/09/08/biblioteca-online-completa-sobre-permacultura-bioconstruccion-agricultura-ecologica-y-mas/
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* Walipini construction - http://www.treehugger.com/green-architecture/build-underground-greenhouse-garden-year-round.html
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== Construction ==
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* Wikihouse - http://www.wikihouse.cc/
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* Open Source Ecology: [[w:Compressed earth block|CEB]] Press - http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/CEB_Press
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** CEB Strength and regulations: http://www.grisb.org/publications/pub34.htm
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** Commercial alternatives: Global Impex http://globalimpex.in/products.php, brickmaker in action http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T0GYYrwVJs)
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** Architectural guide for construction with CEBs - http://www.ecohabitar.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/04-5793-1.pdf
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* Brick vaulting roofs (catalan & gustavino vaulting) - http://www.guastavino.net/
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** Physics of gustavino vaulting - http://www.atamturktur.com/publications/structural-assessment-of-guastavino-domes/table-of-contents
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** Multiple resources, links and examples for vaulting roofs - http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/11/tiles-vaults.html
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** Some examples of vaulted roofs (Gustavino) - http://www.atdforum.org/IMG/pdf_BlockATDF2010.pdf
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* Waterjet Cutters ($35K-$85k) - http://waterjets.org/ and http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/water-jet-cutting-machine.html and http://www.wardjet.com/ and http://www.techniwaterjet.com/
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* Large tents for temporary accommodation whilst building: http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/circus-tents-for-sale.html
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* Cement bulk prices - http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/bulk-portland-cement-prices.html  (calculation: 2.13 tons of cement = 1m³ of concrete)
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=== Creative architecture ===
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* Nested dome house in Thailand - http://www.viralnova.com/dream-dome-home-thailand/
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== Solar Technologies ==
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* Various solar technologies - http://www.seao2.com/solarsphere/csp.htm
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* Solar Forge - http://woodwaredesigns.com/energy/solarforge.html
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* Solar Stirling Engine:
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** Study for implementation in Thailand, cost/performance comparision with PV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTEJ1G4mAVU
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** Vendors: Infinia: http://www.infiniacorp.com/en/solutions/powerdish/, QEnergy: http://www.qnergy.com/solar-stirling-engine
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* Small solar water desalinator - http://www.trueactivist.com/gab_gallery/a-simple-solar-oven-makes-salt-water-drinkable/
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== Industry ==
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* Bioplastics  - How to make at home: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qmp0Q4AkWM
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* Catalog of Food Processing Machines - http://www.weiku.com/catalogs/3065/Food_Processing_Machineries/
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* Power machinery and electronics - http://www.free-energy-info.tuks.nl/
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== New to review ==
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* Builders of the Dawn, Oberion, Denmark - Rolf Jackson - http://www.oberion.com/international/
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* Gaia University - Liora Adler - http://www.gaiauniversity.org
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* Earth Restoration Corps - Hanne Marstrand Strong, USA - http://www.earthrestorationcorps.org/
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* Living Routes - Dan Greenberg. USA - http://www.livingroutes.org/
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* Ecovillage Courses at Findhorn - May East - http://www.findhorn.org/ecovillage/
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* Findhorn College - May East - http://www.findhorn.org/
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* ISEC - Helena Norberg-Hodge - http://www.localfutures.org
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* Centre for Alternative Technolgy - Peter Harper - http://www.cat.org.uk
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* Schuhmacher College - Jonathan Dawson - http://www.schumachercollege.org.uk/
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* The Folkecenter in Thy - Preben Maegård - http://www.folkecenter.net/
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* Auroville educations - Marti Mueller - http://www.auroville.org/education.htm
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* Sarvodya Education Center - Sarvodaya (Vinya Ariyaratne) - http://www.sarvodaya.org/
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* Eco-Yoff Education Center - Marian Zeitlin - http://www.gensenegal.org/
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* Kobunaki Ecovillage International Education, Japan - Akimura - http://www.japanfs.org/en/pages/013909.html
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* Summer University Tamera - Benjamin von Mendelsohn - http://www.tamera.org/index.php?id=657
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* University at Damanhur - http://www.damanhurwelcome.com/index.php/en/
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* Satyana Institute - Will Keepin - http://www.satyana.org/
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* Bija Vidyapeeth - Earth University - Vandava Shiva - http://www.navdanya.org/earth-university
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* Crystal Waters Education Centre - Max Lindegger. - http://www.crystalwaterscollege.org.au/
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* The Farm Ecovillage Training Center - Albert Bates - http://www.thefarm.org/etc/
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* EcoVillage at Ithaca Education Center - Liz Walker - http://www.thefarm.org/etc/
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* Lebensgarten Institute for Green Currencies - Declan Kennedy - http://www.lebensgarten.de/
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* Integral Institute, Boulder - Ken Wilber Et Al. - http://integralinstitute.org/
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''(All the following were obtained from http://psslink.freeforums.net/thread/2/objectives)''
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=== Medical ===
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* Austere Medicine Manual: http://www.aussurvivalist.com/downloads/AM%20Final%202.pdf
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* CDC Triage Guidelines: http://www.cdc.gov/fieldtriage/
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* Hesperian Health Guides: http://hesperian.org/books-and-resources/
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* Navy manual of preventive medicine: http://www.med.navy.mil/directives/pub/5010-9.pdf
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* Military First Aid and Medical Handbooks: http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/milmed/
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=== Tools & Manufacturing ===
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* Cargo Container Based machine shop: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZQYEkGpCw
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=== Movements & Organizations ===
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* ATTAC Anti Globalization: http://www.attac.org/
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* AntiCapitalist Initiative: http://anticapitalists.org/
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* Center for a new american dream: http://www.newdream.org/
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* Craftivism, Activism through arts & crafts: http://craftivist-collective.com/about/
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* Znet Parecon and Social Change: http://www.zcommunications.org/znet
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=== Alternative Economics / Currency ===
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* Alternative Money Systems: http://www.newciv.org/ncn/moneyteam.html
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* Currency Solutions for a Wiser World: http://www.lietaer.com/
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* Local Exchange Trading System (LETS): http://www.gmlets.u-net.com/faq.html
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* New Economics Foundation: http://www.neweconomics.org/
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* Participatory Economics: http://books.zcommunications.org/books/polpar.htm
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* Perfect Currency: http://www.theperfectcurrency.org/
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* Sacred Economics: http://sacred-economics.com/
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* Schumacher Center For a New Economics: http://centerforneweconomics.org/
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* Social Credit: http://www.mondopolitico.com/library/socialcredit/socialcredit.htm
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* Time Based Currency: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-based_currency
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* TimeBanking / TimeDollars: http://timebanks.org/about
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=== Construction ===
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* Contour Crafting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdbJP8Gxqog
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=== Education ===
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* Open Source Education Foundation: http://www.osef.org/
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* Design for Open Systems, Processes, Projects, Places: http://www.openp2pdesign.org/
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=== Law / Legal ===
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* Creative commons: http://creativecommons.org/
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* Free Software Foundation: http://www.fsf.org/
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* The Linux Foundation: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/
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* Open Source Hardware Association: http://www.oshwa.org/
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=== Theory General ===
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* Design Science (Bucky Fuller): http://bfi.org/design-science
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* Open Systems Theory: http://www.opensystemstheory.org/
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* Simple Living: http://www.december.com/simple/live/index.html
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* Voluntary Simplicity: http://simplicitycollective.com/
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=== Biotechnology ===
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* Synthetic biology: http://www.indiebiotech.com/
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* Open Source DNA Sequencer (Arduino): http://atmelcorporation.wordpress.com/2013/05/20/atmega32-in-your-home-built-dna-sequencer/
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=== Cars / Drones/ Transportation ===
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* Oscar: http://www.theoscarproject.org/
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* Tabby: http://www.osvehicle.com/
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* DIYDrones: http://www.diydrones.com/
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* OpenPilot: http://www.openpilot.org/
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=== Community / Social ===
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* FLOK Society, Ecuador: http://floksociety.org/
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* Complete Solution: http://www.onecommunityglobal.org/open-source/
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=== Construction ===
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* Open Source Construction Set: http://www.wikihouse.cc/
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* Open Source Container Home Project: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/liseman/shipping-container-to-off-grid-house-conversion
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* Home in a box, container house: http://homeinabox.blogspot.com/
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* Open Source Tiny House: http://www.opensourcetinyhouse.com/#!home/mainPage
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=== Energy generation / Power ===
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* Bazman Open Source Biochar / Gasifier: http://www.biochar.net/bazman-gasifier/
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* Open Source Energy Monitor (Arduino): http://openenergymonitor.org/emon/
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* GEK Open Source Gasifier: http://www.gekgasifier.com/products/gasifier-kits
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* Open Source Steam Engine Project: http://sites.google.com/site/opensourcesteam/
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* Parabolic Solar Thermal: http://georgesworkshop.blogspot.com/p/solar-thermal.html
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* Zenman Energy Evacuated Tube Solar Steam Generator: http://www.zenmanenergy.org/
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=== Food Production ===
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* Automated Aquaponics: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2wWTadsBDA
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* Edible Insects: http://www.openbugfarm.com/
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* FarmBot: http://go.farmbot.it/
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* Farmhack DIY Farming Tools: http://farmhack.net/tools
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* Windowfarms Window hydroponics: http://www.windowfarms.com/windowfarms-indoor-herb-garden-kits/
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=== Economics ===
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* Drupal Software used for Community Exchange, TimeBanking,Virtual and Community Currencies: http://drupal.org/project/mutual_credit
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* MetaCurrency: http://www.metacurrency.org/
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* The Open Money Project: http://www.openmoney.org/
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* Open Project to Investigate Money and Economic Systems: http://www.optimaes.info/
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* Vancouver Participatory Economics Collective: http://vanparecon.resist.ca/
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=== Education ===
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* Instructables, Open Learning: http://www.instructables.com/
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* OpenCobalt Virutal Workspace Environment Sofware: http://www.opencobalt.org/
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* Opigno LMS (Learning Management System)(Drupal): http://www.opigno.org/en
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=== Electronics and General Automation ===
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* Arduino Open Source Microcontroller: http://arduino.cc/
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* Dangerous Prototypes, misc OS hardware: http://dangerousprototypes.com/
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* Designspark, micro-controller projects: http://www.designspark.com/
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* Hacked Gadgets / Arduino: http://hackedgadgets.com/
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* Inventables: http://www.inventables.com/
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* Nanode, Arduino wireless sensor array: http://www.nanode.eu/
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* Open Source Hardware Users Group: http://www.designspark.com/
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=== Health / Medical ===
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* ECG / Pulse meter (Arduino): http://medicarduino.net/
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* E-Health monitor: http://www.cooking-hacks.com/ehealth-sensor-shield-biometric-medical-arduino-raspberry-pi
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* RoboHands Prosthetic hands: http://robohand.net/
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=== Open Source Hardware, General ===
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* Blender: 3D Modeling, Animation and Rendering: http://www.blender.org/
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* FreeCAD: CAD / 3D modeling software: http://www.freecadweb.org/
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* Os-Cam computer aided manufacturing software: http://os-cam.org/
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* OpenScad, CAD / 3D modeling software: http://www.openscad.org/
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* OpenScam, 3D modeling sofware: http://openscam.com/
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=== Research, General ===
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* Biomedical research: http://openwetware.org/wiki/Main_Page
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* Open Notebook Science Network: http://onsnetwork.org/
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* Open Research Network: http://www.openresearchnetwork.org/
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=== Open Source Software ===
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* Centos Linux: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/
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* Drupal: http://drupal.org/
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* Ubuntu Linux: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/
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=== Textiles ===
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* Bamboo, Corn, Soy and Wood fiber textiles: http://www.socksheaven.com/Fiber.pdf
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* Open Source fabric making: http://opensourcetextiles.org/
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* Open Source Jacquard Loom (Arduino): http://www.osloom.org/
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* Plastic from corn, how to: http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-Biodegradable-Plastic/
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* Plastic from hemp, how to: http://www.hempplastic.com/
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* Hemp Plastic, Hempstone: http://www.hemp.com/hemp-education/uses-of-hemp/hemp-plastics/
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=== Telecommunications ===
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* BigBlueButton Open Source Web Conferencing: http://bigbluebutton.org/
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* Mesh Networks: http://opengarden.net/
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* Open Telepresence: http://code.google.com/p/telepresence/
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=== Tools & Manufacturing ===
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* AxRap / AxCut Laser Cutter: http://axrap.blogspot.com/
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* Global Village Construction Set: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/Main_Page
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* Lasersaur laser cutting system: http://www.lasersaur.com/
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* Lobo Open Source Milling Machine: http://jrkerr.com/lobocnc/index.html
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* Lyman 3D Printer filament extruder: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:145500
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* MakerScanner 3D image scanning: http://www.makerscanner.com/
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* MicroSlice Laser Engraver: http://www.instructables.com/id/MicroSlice-A-tiny-Arduino-laser-cutter/
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* Multimachine: http://opensourcemachine.org/
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* OpenBuilds machining projects: http://openbuilds.org/
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* OpenTechForever, localized OS manufacturing: http://opentechforever.com/about.html
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* Shapeoko milling machine: http://www.shapeoko.com/
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* RepRap 3D Printer: http://reprap.org/wiki/RepRap
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* TechShop Community Maker Shops: http://www.techshop.ws/index.html

Latest revision as of 23:28, 24 February 2016

Technical Resources in this context are all websites, businesses, manufacturers, organisations etc that provide information, services, materials or technology associated with the requirements of RBE or RBE-like implementation projects. The purpose of this page is, in conjunction with Sister Projects, keeping a comprehensive list of such resources for quick access when needed.

Contents

[edit] Websites

[edit] Guides

[edit] Commercial Educational Services

[edit] Machinery vendors and catalogs

[edit] Nutrition

[edit] Agriculture

[edit] Permaculture

[edit] Construction

[edit] Creative architecture

[edit] Solar Technologies

[edit] Industry

[edit] New to review

(All the following were obtained from http://psslink.freeforums.net/thread/2/objectives)

[edit] Medical

[edit] Tools & Manufacturing

[edit] Movements & Organizations

[edit] Alternative Economics / Currency

[edit] Construction

[edit] Education

[edit] Law / Legal

[edit] Theory General

[edit] Biotechnology

[edit] Cars / Drones/ Transportation

[edit] Community / Social

[edit] Construction

[edit] Energy generation / Power

[edit] Food Production

[edit] Economics

[edit] Education

[edit] Electronics and General Automation

[edit] Health / Medical

[edit] Open Source Hardware, General

[edit] Research, General

[edit] Open Source Software

[edit] Textiles

[edit] Telecommunications

[edit] Tools & Manufacturing

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