In the previous post, I proposed some design principles for the construction of a better refrigerator, and suggested that an “open source design” model could be used to improve it continually through collaborative effort, and an iterative process. Being that…
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Who’d Build a Refrigerator?
Tagged with: collaborative consumption, modular design, open design, open source, refrigerator
Posted in Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Free Fridge -or- The Collaborative Cooler
“Think free as in free speech, not free beer.” -Richard Stallman Refrigerators are not software, but they could be designed and shared freely like software. Granted, I’m talking about hardware: steel, glass, copper, insulation, etc., but why not have an…
Tagged with: butane refrigerant, natural refrigerant, open desing, open source, propane refrigerant, r290, refrigerator
Posted in Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
Posted in Philosophy, Refrigeration, Refrigerator
“Free” as in “Freedom”
A part of technological design I think is important, is the distribution model chosen. In a dominantly capitalist economic system, marketability seams to be a deciding factor in the success of an idea or even whether anyone bothers building something…
musings on entropy 