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From YouTube: Brian Potter - Construction Physics
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A
Oh,
it's!
It's
like
five
fahrenheit.
A
Nice
yeah
man
yeah
no
just
working
really
hard
there.
It's
good
it's.
You
know.
As
we
said,
that's
that's
the
number
one
thing
that
has
to
be
done:
kind
of
like
just
taking
everything
else.
Out
of
my
mind.
You
know
I
mean
it's.
I
am
yeah,
go
ahead.
B
That
makes
me
happy
to
hear,
I
hope
you
feel
accomplished.
A
No,
it's
it's
good,
it's
in
the
middle
of
it
and
we're
in
the
trenches
right
now.
It
is
somewhat
lonely
because
you
know
I'd
love
to
have
a
team
and
all
of
that
happening.
But
I
think
that's
the
thing.
That's
gonna
happen
once
we
get
the
education
and
programs
going
and
all
that
right
now,
it's
product
and
stuff,
so
yeah,
but
it's
good.
It's
good
I'd,
say
yeah.
A
In
the
process
started,
I
went
back
inside
since
it
was
so
freezing,
so
I
started
working
on
the
interior
panels.
So
that's
that's
where
I'm
at
right
now,
yeah
slowly
but
surely
it's
getting
there.
C
C
B
Brian,
hello,
hello,
hey
thanks!
So
much
for
doing
it
right
now,
it's
kind
of
out
of
the
blue.
E
Yeah
no
problem
happy
to
happy
to
chat
yeah.
I
looked
at
your
project
a
little
bit
and
it's
super
interesting
to
me.
So
I'm
I'm
I'm
happy
to
hear
I'm
interested
in
hearing
more
about
it.
B
Cool
marcia:
do
you
mind
if
I
give
him
like
lay
the
groundwork
and
then
let
you
two
take
it
away.
Is
that
cool
sure
sure
yeah?
So
I'm
I'm
like
more
on
the
planning
strategy
side-
and
I
set
this
up
initially,
because
I'm
familiar
with
tire
tyler
cowan
and
the
emergency
ventures
program
and
that's
how
they
came
across.
You
read
your
blog
love.
It
curious
to
know
how.
B
Well
you
think
the
cdeca
home
addresses
some
of
the
challenges
you
bring
up
with
innovation
and
just
happy
to
connect
you
to
martin,
who
is
the
brains
behind
this
whole
thing
and
the
founder
of
ose,
and
you
know,
martin,
can
probably
clarify
but,
like
I
think
our
focus,
I
think
success
today
is
sort
of
stress,
test
ideas
about
the
cd
eco
home
and
what
it
can
mean
for
labor
and
construction
and
to
get
your
sense
on.
Is
this
a
good
fit
for
the
ev
program
or
any
advice?
B
If
you
have
an
application,
so
I'll
just
pause
there,
and
if
you
have
any
questions
great,
if
not
march,
and.
A
Yeah
excellent,
well
thanks
brian,
for
for
sharing
your
time
yeah.
So
do
you
have
any
questions
offhand
that
that
come
up
a
lot
of
project?
You
want
me
to
just
try
to
lay
it
lay
down
what
we're
trying
to
do
in
this
just.
E
Yeah,
if
you
want
to
go
ahead
and
lay
it
on,
I
will
I
will
yeah
I
I
actually
just
realized.
I
had
your
email
open
and
I
looked
at
the
open
source,
ecology
stuff,
but
I
did
not
actually
see
the
home
design
stuff,
so
I
just
went
back
through
it
and
have
now
found
it.
The
seed
home
is
that
what
you're
referring
to
so
yeah
yeah,
I'm
looking
through
that
right
now,
so
I'm
I'm
not
as
on
top
of
it.
As
I
thought
I
would
apologize.
A
Yeah
yeah,
so
we
designed
and
build
open
source
industrial
machines
published
plans
on
internet,
so
the
cdca
home
is
kind
of
a
culmination
of
what
we're
trying
to
get
over
the
last
decade
say
since
the
ted
talk
in
2011
just
doing
a
lot
of
prototyping
and
continuing
continuing
development
to
prove
the
concepts
that
things
can
be
built
with
industrial
productivity
in
a
small
scale.
A
I
think
the
number
one
thing
that
we
have
going
for
us,
I
would
say,
would
be
the
swarm
build
methods,
that's
a
big
deal,
but
basically
also
the
integrated
design
process
so
up
to
lod,
500,
detail
on
the
full,
cad
and
free
cad,
etc.
One
thing
we've
developed,
maybe
like
one
milestone,
is
the
swarm
build
so,
for
example,
the
house
I'm
in
right
now
that's
a
thousand
thousand
four
hundred
square
feet.
That's
the
cd
go
home,
one
now
we're
on
version
two,
but
that
was
built
with
50
people
in
five
days.
A
So
we
we
run.
These
swarm,
build
events
that
try
to
address
the
the
labor
issue
that
we
design
for
absolute
radical
simplicity
as
much
as
we
can
to
enable
anybody
to
build
it.
A
So
so
say
now
I
mean
now:
one
of
the
challenges
is
labor
like
as
we
develop
and
deploy
this
house
we're
aiming
to
finish
the
cd
home
2
like
february,
but
the
idea
right
now
is
use
that
as
a
bootstrap
funding
model
to
cr
cross
subsidize
all
the
other
open
source
development
that
we
do
so
basically
get
one
business,
that's
robust
enough
to
to
bootstrap
other
things
and
we're
looking
at
the
city
go
home
as
that
so
but
at
the
same
time
we're
doing
things
like
using
our
tractor,
like
micro
tractor,
the
open
source
machine
to
do
the
digging
and
things
like
that
so
and
then
also
a
big
deal
about
cost
reduction
for
us
would
be
using
waste
plastic
to
do
some
3d
prints
of
structural
well,
first
non-structural,
then
structural
materials
on
a
larger
scale
like
up
to
the
entire
wall
panels,
which
are
four
by
eight
foot
modules.
A
So
we
do
this
modular
design.
On
one
side
we
simplify
the
design
so
that
our
goal
is
to
train
builders
for
integrated
builders.
It's
basically
cross
all
the
trades
like.
E
A
E
C
C
E
D
E
Yeah,
it's
it's
yeah!
It's
it's
less
specific
specification
than
you
might
otherwise
think.
A
Yeah
and
that's
that's
part
of
the
deal
for
us
it's
to
close
that
chain
to
to
absolute
efficiency.
So,
though,
you
design
the
way
we
design
things
are
intend
to
be
the
easiest
to
build
the
most
efficient
and
therefore
grab
the
efficiencies
of
good
design.
I
mean
good
design,
that's
designed
for
build
and
and
so
forth,
and
also
design
for
modular
design
for
expansion,
so
actually
like
in
the
first.
A
A
E
A
There,
it's
idea
is
also
design
it
for
scalability
modularity
in
that
like
right
now,
we've
got
this
one
colonial
style
kind
of
model,
but
you
can
make
all
kinds
of
configurations
using.
A
So
right
now
we're
setting
up
a
training
program
and
the
builders
are
intended
to
do
everything
so
everything
from
foundation
to
roof
and
hvac
plumbing
electrical,
because
we're
just
trying
to
simplify
the
systems
as
much
as
we
can
and
make
it
efficient
like,
for
example,
utility
channel,
where
you
can
run
all
the
wires
pretty
much
right
after
not
going
through
studs
like
just
a
channel
which
allows
you
to
do
that.
Super
easy.
A
Yeah
and
then
the
main
question
like
in
terms
of
enterprise
rollout
is
like
right
now
we
know
we
can
do
this,
these
kinds
of
builds.
I
mean
it
actually
would
take
2.6
days
if
you
count
the
number
of
hours
with
a
24-person
team,
so
we're
designing
around
a
24-person
team
and
that's
what
we're
actually
trying
to
do
for
the
first
build.
That's
going
to
be
like
mid
this
year,
but.
A
The
question
there
is
going
to
be
inspection
schedules
because,
like
for
example,
we
found
in
kc
the
practice
may
be
that
you
you're
waiting
up
to
three
days
for
each
inspection,
which
means
that
we
we'd
have
to
spend
a
few
weeks
on
this.
But
ideally
we
do
very
rapid.
These
swarm
builds
that
therefore
are
low,
cost
and
efficient.
So
that's
that's
kind
of
what
we're
trying
to
do
there
with
the
house.
A
The
other
technologies,
like
we've,
built
3d
printers.
We
actually
sell
3d
printers
we've
built
installed
compressed
earth
block,
presses
tractors
like
the
compressed
black
press,
that's
actually
gonna,
be
for
after
we
get
this
one
out
and
stick
frame,
we're
going
to
go
and
go
to
compressed
earth
block,
because
we've
also
seen
that
you
can
do
super
efficient
construction
using
compressed
earth
blocks.
We've
done
most
of
the
buildings
on
this
site
with
compressed
earth
blocks
and
also
working
out
the
techniques
to
make
that
very
efficient.
A
With
the
last
step
being
saw
conditioning
equipment
like
the
mixer
and
pulverizers
to
get
high
quality
block.
That's
gonna
be
like
later
on
right
now,
we're
just
doing
a
simple
stick
frame.
I
understand
that
the
cbs
I
mean,
that's,
that's
ultimate,
but
it's
much
harder.
It's
it's
more
labor,
but
I
think
we
can
also
work
it
out
like
after
we
deploy
this
and
get
cash
flows.
Then
we
can
move
on
to
cbs,
which
are
much
harder
once
again
using
completely
open
source
machines.
D
E
So
so
is
the
is
the
idea
that
you're
gonna
have
basically
design
documentation
and
fabrication,
drawing
or
whatever
you
know,
whatever.
It
needs
to
feed
into
your
fabrication
equipment
g-code,
whatever
it's
for
basically
every
component
or
what
so
yeah
lod-500,
but
basically
everything
yeah.
E
So
I
guess
yeah
the
next,
so
I
guess
the
next
question
and
then
maybe
this
is
obvious.
I
just
I
miss
it.
Is
the
idea
to
just
basically
have
one
model
that
you
kind
of
repeat
over
over
and
over
again
or
is
there
going
to
be
more
flexibility
in
the
in
the
in
the
design?
You
can
have
like
multiple
models
or
customization,
or
is
it
some?
You
know
something
between
those
two,
how
you?
What
how
do
you
think
about
that?
I
guess.
A
It's
a
it's
a
complete
construction
set.
So
while
right
now
rosebud
model
the
colonial
style,
one
is
the
one
we're
developing
fully
like.
Okay,
here's
a
very
explicit
product,
but
then
after
that,
if
you
look
at
take
a
look
at
this
link
which
I'm
pasting
in
these
are
all
the
different
permutations.
So
what
you
see
there?
That's
a
rosebud
as
far
as
possible,
but
basically
it's
a
construction
set
so
start
with
four
by
eight
modules
and
then
go
on
to
think
about
16
by
16
living
units.
And
then
you
can
reconfigure
them.
A
A
E
C
A
Well,
it's
actually,
four
by
eight
for
the
wall
modules
or
four
by
nine.
So
building
from
that
so
think
of
okay,
you've
got
your!
Let
me
share
my
screen
here.
Actually
show
you
some
john.
E
D
E
I'm
I'm
trying
to
think
what
are
like
the
repeatable
units
just
because
that's
going
to.
A
The
repeatable
units
are,
are
the
walls
walls
but
like.
If
you
have
a
wall,
we
have
we
built
like
when
we
build
it
in
there.
We
have
the
electrical
plumbed
in
so
we
have
the
utility
channel,
where
you
make
interconnects,
there's
interior
worlds,
exterior
walls,
there's
door
modules,
window
modules
and
we
we
build
those.
A
So
you
can
build
on-site
or
off-site,
so
we
can
like
right
now.
For
example,
we
did
the
workshop
where
we
built
the
rosebud
model,
and
then
we
took
it
all
apart.
So
actually
we
have
this
pile
of
modules
right
now
that
we
can
actually
use
for
the
first
build,
but
that's
the
idea
and-
and
if
you
talk
about
specifics
like
okay,
so
in
the
kitchen
like,
if
you
look
at
the
floor
plan
for
the
kitchen
bathroom
there's,
a
utility
module
which
has
got
like
all
the
water
and
like
the
plumbing
is
inside.
B
A
So
that
when
we
build
it
out,
it's
like
it's
almost
like
plug
and
play
it's.
It's
really
like
a
mix
between
like
complete,
like
modules
and
where
you
have
flexibility
to
to
modify
as
needed,
because
it's
not
like
it
we're
not
having
robots,
build
these
yeah.
At
this
point,.
E
And
yeah-
and
you
always
end
up
with
something
like
that
in
my
experience
yeah,
so
I
was
just
kind
of
wondering
how
you
were
how
you
were
thinking
about
it.
I'm
looking
at
a
wall
panel
yeah.
A
So
one
business
model
is
we
train
people.
We
run
a
construction
business
and
build,
I
would
say,
in
a
in
a
full
implementation,
like
basically
a
solopreneur
business
where
you've
got
your
crew
of
24.
So
that's
that,
I
would
say,
is
the
module
base
module
in
this
specific
instance
and
then
you're
building,
probably
like
10
houses
a
year
with,
I
mean
10
houses
easily,
but
I
mean
if
it
takes
2.6
days.
We
probably
allow
for
like
two
weeks
or
four
weeks
per
house.
A
A
D
Yeah,
that's.
D
A
E
I
guess
to
summarize
it's
it's.
You
basically
have
this,
this
kit,
essentially
that
you
you
it's.
You
know
it's
open
source,
you
you
offer
it
more
or
less
for
free
and
you're
offer
also
offering
building
services
where
somebody
hires
you
to
build
their
house
and
you
build
that
for
them,
and
then
you
also
train
people
in
this
system
where
it,
I
don't
know
if
you
specifically
thought
of
like
a
franchise,
but
you
treat
you
change,
you
train
somebody
else
how
to
do
it
and
then
they
can
go
set
up
their
own
business.
A
A
A
The
other
thing
is
the
franchise,
the
open
franchise
replication
for
entrepreneurs
who
want
to
do
that
and
who
are
already
got
some
experience,
managing
or
building,
and
they
want
to
up
their
game
to
a
good
enterprise
so
that
we
train
people
freely
not
freely
not
for
free,
but
we,
the
the
business
model,
is
open.
So
we
share
everything
regarding
the
business
model.
A
A
That
we're
trying
to
do
like
part
reaching
out
to
you
is
okay.
Well,
let's
get
everyone
around
so
now.
Let's
say
we
kill
off
the
technology.
The
technology
is
open.
The
collaboration
is
open.
Now
what
we
can
do,
because
that's
the
that's
the
point
we're
trying
to
address
is
opening
up
collaboration
and
effectively
converting
the
economy
from
proprietary
to
collaborative
that's,
the
bigger
picture.
E
E
Then
once
you
have
that
in
place,
you
can
switch
out
your
building
system
to
maybe
something
that
is
easier
that
doesn't
so
so
you're,
starting
with
like
a
in
in
some
ways,
it's
kind
of
a
a
conventional
building
system
right,
obviously,
you're
you're
inventing
some
new
things
to
make
this
to
make
this
easier.
But
it's
like
you
know
it's
two
by
four
construction
and
basically
off-the-shelf
products,
but
then
once
you've
kind
of
restructured,
how
the
industry
you
know
or
the
industry
or
some
or
some
core
of
it
you
know
goes
together.
Then
you
can.
C
E
A
It's
like
the
efficiency
of
build
time
compression
by
using
modularity
and
swarm,
builds,
and
then
the
second
part
is
the
part
that
tactically
stands
in.
The
way
of
that
is
the
inspection
schedules
which
we
know.
We
can't
if
we
can't
do
this
in
the
shortest
time
because
of
inspections,
however
long
it
takes
for
the
inspector
to
come
out
for
perhaps
five
or
so
inspections,
that's
the
part
that
we're
trying
to
get
strategic
on
and
solve
that.
But
that
means
we're.
A
Gonna
have
to
be
once
we
have
the
team,
we'll
be
building
multiple
ones
and
if
there's
a
delay,
okay,
we
need
to
wait
for
inspection,
we're
working
on
other
houses
and
stuff
like
that,
so
yeah
yeah,
so
that
that's
where
are
right
now
and
the
first
building.
C
C
A
E
D
E
A
E
C
E
I
said
very
similar
kind
of
concepts
and
sort
of
ways
things
that
need
to
be
addressed,
so
I
will
be
able
to
talk
more
about
that
a
little
bit
later,
when
it's,
when
I've
sort
of
made
announcements
about
it
but
yeah.
So
I
guess
the
only
other.
The
other
thing
that
comes
to
mind
is
a
thing
that
I'm
curious
is.
E
Could
I
could
potentially
see
it,
be
an
issue,
and
I'm
curious
as
to
addressing
is
not
only
do
you
have
different
inspections
for
different
disciplines
right,
but
you
also
have
different
criteria
for
who
is
allowed
to
do
what
on
different
disciplines
right
like
your
eight
year,
electrical
work
needs
to
be
done
by
a
licensed
electrician,
similar
for
kind
of
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
other
stuff.
So
I'm
curious
as
to
what
you've,
how
you've
thought
about
that.
A
A
Can
get
this
you
can
get.
E
Yeah
and
I
guess
yeah
yeah,
the
tricky
part-
is
that
a
lot
of
those
and
again
because
I'm
looking
at
a
similar
effort,
I've
looked
into
it
a
little
bit,
not
a
ton,
but
a
lot
of
them
require
like
really
long
apprenticeships,
and
you
know
you
have
had
to
have
like
2
000
hours
of
electrical
apprenticeship
or
something
before
you
can
become
a
licensed
electrician.
So
it's
like
there's
a
really
large
upfront
cost
in
both
time
and
effort.
E
You
know
for
some
things
like
general
for,
like
you
know,
residential
construction,
just
general
contracting,
that's
relatively
easy
to
get
right.
You
could
just
take
a
test,
I
think
in
most
states,
but
for
things
like
electrical
licenses
and
stuff,
like
that,
that's
in
plumbing,
I
think
too,
are
the
two
big
ones.
Is
it's
much
more
upfront
burdensome
upfront?
It's
not
something
that
it's
much
harder
to
just
get
is
is
so
that's
kind
of
my
other
thing
that
I
think
would
perhaps
need
to
be
figured
out,
and
it
may
be.
You.
E
In
your
in
your
group
of
20
that
like
has
those
skills
and
then
it's
done
under
his
supervision
or
his
or
her
supervision,
but
that
would
be
another
thing
I
think
would
need
to
make
sure
it's
figured
out.
A
It
seems
to
be
two
levels:
one
is
the
general
contractor
and
the
other
one
is
the
actual
trades
person.
I
think
the
three
like
electrical
plumbing
and
general.
I
think
that's
sound
from
what
I
saw.
It
sounds
manageable
to
do
that
as
far
as
getting
license
for
that,
but
as
far
as
the
licensed
electrician,
the
other
or
plumber,
that's
that
might
be
different,
but
we
would.
E
A
Depending
on
how
the
the
legal
system
works,
but
as
far
as
I
know,
I
don't
see
it's
like
the
inspector
in
some
places
the
electrician
may
have
to
signs
off
on
the
work,
but
how
we
do
that
we
negotiate
it
like.
For
example,
we
can
do
most
of
the
work
and
the
electrician
just
shows
up
for
one
thing
or
something.
E
E
Be
figured
out
yeah
yeah.
E
A
E
A
More
yeah
ways
to
collaborate
and
get
the
greater
collaborative
framework,
so
so
part
of
this
would
be
like
the
kind
of
stuff
you
do,
which
is
writing
white
papers
or
studying
okay.
What
actually
does
it
take
to
solve
housing
like
that's,
we
like
to
start
with
that.
Our
our
mission
is
like
okay,
here's
collaborative
design
for
solving
pressing
world
issues.
Well,
let's
get
those
people
around
the
table
for
that
and
and
write
those
documents
and
then
actually
act
on
them.
A
The
idea
here
is
for
our
campus
per
se,
like
the
apprenticeship
is
one
side,
but
the
other
part
is
starting
a
more
in-depth,
and
that
is
like
four
to
eight
year,
like
basically,
instead
of
college,
much
deeper
programs
and
you
you're
getting
trained
to
be
a
movement
entrepreneur,
so
this
means
you're
you're,
doing
that
which,
like,
if
you're
a
socially
conscious
or
a
person,
wants
to
change
the
world.
Here
is
this
you
actually
get
trained
for
this
and
that's
the
expectation
for
coming
out
of
it.
A
So
on
one
side,
where's
the
person
going
to
get
a
job.
Well,
they
can
work
with
us
or
we,
you
know,
or
we
give
them
the
entrepreneurial
skills
to
go
elsewhere.
But
the
idea
here
is
to
to
do
that,
but
start
with
a
premise
that
we're
actually
teaching
you.
Okay,
what
are
the
pressing
world
issues
and
how
do
we
solve
them
at
the
core?
C
E
Cool
I
well,
so
I
have
a
couple
thoughts.
So
one
is
I
just
you
know
I
want
to
with
without
making
any
any
commitments
to
it,
but
I
I
would
this.
I
think
this
would
be
good
just
for
something
to
me
to
write
about
on
the
newsletter.
It's
very
much
in
my
in
the
sphere
of
things
that
I'm
interested
in
and
care
about.
E
So
I
think
that
there's
a
potential
for
that
and
then
the
other
thing
that's
kind
of
in
that
vein-
and
this
is
something
I
haven't
announced
yet-
and
it's
a
different
project
product
that
I'm
working
on.
But
I've
recently
been
sponsored
by
a
sort
of
think
tank
that
is
interested
in
just
solving
progress
issues
broadly
defined,
and
one
of
the
things
that
they're
interested
in
is
housing
in
construction
and
there's
they're,
specifically
interested.
D
E
E
I
would
want
to
spend
more
time
diving
into
this,
to
make
sure
I
understand
it
really
well,
but
there
there
could
also
be
the
potential
for
for,
for
you
know,
yeah
like
a
more
formal
white
paper
that
would
have
a
specific
you
know,
advocacy
pipeline
as
well,
depending.
C
D
Offhand
yeah.
A
C
A
Anyone
can
edit
that
actually
because
it's
meant
to
be
a
public
public
doc
and
you
want
to
internet
with
this
link,
can
edit
feel
free
to
add
to
it
or
make
comments,
but
just
trying
to
throw
down
a
bunch
of
points
is
kind
of.
This
is
first
stream
of
consciousness,
but
then
getting
heavy
hitters
involved
to
vet
this
and
actually
write
some
something
much
more
solid.
That
would
be
definitely
part
of
the
open
building.
C
E
Have
to
out
after
something
you
know,
spend
time
thinking
about
it
for
it,
it
generally
I'm
kind
of
a
slow
thinker,
so
it
usually
takes
like
a
week
or
something
to
percolate
in
my
head
before
I
before.
I
have
something
like
clear
thoughts
about
it,
yeah
yeah.
So
I
think
I
think
those
are
both
both
interesting
ideas
yeah.
So
I
guess
yeah,
I'm
curious.
E
This
is
yeah
any
other,
any
other
thoughts
you
have,
but
I
guess
for
something
that
I'm
what
I
can
do
on
on
my
end
is
just
let
me
give
some
take
some
time
to
basically
read
through
this
material,
and
then
I
can
kind
of
follow
up
with.
C
E
Thoughts
yeah
beyond
that
into
like
sort
of
specific
things,
I
think
kind
of
most
of
things.
I
suggest
that
are
our
potentials
and
then
depending.
C
E
E
A
E
It's
it's
kind
of
a
mix
that
we
have
a
a
an
idea
that
we're
kind
of
trying
to
pursue.
The
goal
is
to
get
sort
of
research
organization
funding
with
it,
because
it's
it's
it's
a
little
bit
more
speculative,
it's
more!
It's
it's
not
it's
a
little
bit
using
less
off-the-shelf
technology
and
more
using
machine-based
stuff.
And
then
it's
also
the
kind
of
idea
that
this
sort
of
organizing
idea
is
that,
can
you
have
a
rather
than
just
using
direct
labor?
E
Can
you
and
can
you
have
a
a
more
factory
based
process
that
doesn't
rely
on
a
centralized
fabric?
You
know
large
expensive
factory.
Will
you
ship
stuff
from
like
traditional
prefab
is
done
from?
Can
you
do
it
on
a
smaller
scale?
And
so
I'm
it's
it's.
It's
I'm
very
interested
in
like
flexible
manufacturing
technology,
where
you
can
quickly
and
easily
fabricate
stuff
on
a
small
scale
that
doesn't
necessarily
rely
on
a
big
factory.
E
So
3d
printers
is
the
most
obvious
example
of
that
sort
of
thing,
but
like
seeing
you
know,
portable
cmc
mills
there's
some
other
technology.
There's
a
thing
called
a
join
machine
which
I
just
learned
about.
I'm
talking
with
the
the
designer
of
in
sometime
next
week
that
is
kind
of
similar,
but
it's
kind
of
more
based
on
that
angle
of
it
than.
D
E
C
A
The
way
we're
looking
at
oh
yeah
as
far
as
flexible
fabrication
part
we
we
built,
we
didn't
really
finish
it,
but
we
built
a
prototype
of
a
six
by
six
foot,
so
a
huge
like
bigger
than
yourself
3d
printer.
A
So
that's
the
kind
of
stuff
we're
looking
at
so
your
shredders
and
filament
makers
to
do
that
from
from
waste
plastic,
which
I
think
is
a
good
opportunity.
So
that's
that's
where
we'd
like
to
go
with
that,
because
definitely
initially
trim
and
everything
else
and
various
parts,
even
like
yeah
right
now
we're
doing
a
vinyl
siding,
that's
something
we
could
print
as
well.
So
things
like
that.
E
Yeah
yeah
there's
a
lot
yeah
again
yeah
those
there's
like
vending
machines
that
do
vinyl
siding,
but
also
like
roof
deck.
Again.
It
seems
like
there's
a
potential
for
like
welding
this,
these
different
bits
and
pieces
that
kind
of
already
exist
in
a
way
that
just
makes
all
this
fabrication
easier.
So.
C
E
So
there
may
be
a
way
for
us
to
elaborate
on
that
on
that
end
of
things,
too
kind
of
more
formally
I'll
again
I'll
I'll
share
more
I'll.
When
I,
when
I
can
I'll,
I
will
share
more
about
it
and
then
that
will
we
can
see
if
there's
something
something
that
makes
sense
but
yeah.
This
is
a
neat
project,
so
I
appreciate
you
guys
taking
the
time
to
talk
to
talk
to
me
about
it.
A
Yeah
john,
what
else
should
we
say
about
emergent
ventures?
Do
you
have
any
suggestions
for
us
we're
gonna,
look
at
applying
for
that.
E
Sure
so
I
I
will
say
I
got
a.
I
got
a
relatively
small
amount
of
money.
It
was
just
like
a
few
thousand
dollars.
I
did
not.
I
did
not
spend
very
much
time
on
the
application.
I
was
actually
applying
to
another
grant
and
then
thought:
okay.
Well,
I've
already
done
this
simple
grant
application.
I
will
just.
I
will
just
apply
for
this
one
too,
so
it
was
very
short.
I
I
spent
maybe
15
minutes
on
it.
E
E
The
the
the
the
writing
of
it
that
I
did,
but
it
was
very
informal
and
then
you
know
how
it
went
was
basically
he
just
said:
hey,
I'm
interested
in
chatting
with
you
about
this.
We
had
a
v,
he
had
a
very,
very
short
conversation.
15
minutes
maybe,
and
he
basically
said
okay.
Well,
what?
If
I
gave
you,
you
know
someone
so
I'm
out
of
money
yeah.
So
it
was.
The
whole
thing
was
very
informal.
E
I
didn't
know
not
a
huge
amount
of
time
was
spent
on
it
at
any
stage,
and
you
know
relatively
small
amount
of
money
but
meaningful
quite
meaningful
in
what
it
will
it'll
help
me
kind
of
bridge
the
gap
between
what
I'm
doing
now,
which
is
you
know,
full-time
engineering,
work
and
doing
these
other
projects
on
the
side
to
making
these
other
projects
more
of
my
main
focus
so.
A
Just
just
to
finish
that
brought
up
we're
gonna,
look
at
so
since
we're
developing
this
apprenticeship
program,
we're
gonna,
look
at
okay,
let's
fund
some
of
the
campus
with
some
of
the
infrastructure
improvements
we
need
here.
We've
got
a
30
acre
facility
where
it's
kind
of
our
research
and
development
facility.
Here
one
hour,
north
of
kansas
city
and
yeah,
wanted
to
build
infrastructure
to
house
the
actual
apprenticeship
problem.
We
already
have
some
buildings
and
workshops
and
stuff
like
that,
but
we
wanted
to
upgrade
that
a
bit.
E
B
I
I
just
want
to
add
also
that
we
are
currently
certified
by
the
department
of
labor
for
the
first
two-year
apprenticeship.
We
just
don't
have
the
facilities
for
it
yet,
and
so
like
there's
a
institutional
collaboration
as
well
as
individual
collaboration
happening.
E
Gotcha,
I
get
the
sense
that
I
I'm
not
an
expert.
I
get
the
sense
that
a
lot
of
the
emergent
ventures
grants
are
fairly
small
and
very
tend
to
be
somewhat
individual
focused
like
if
you
look,
if
you
look
at
the
grantees,
it's
a
whole
lot
of
you
know
some
20
year
old
for,
like
general
career
development,
and
if
you
you
know,
read
articles
about
it,
it's
a
lot
of
like
you
know.
Maybe
they
just
got
a
few
thousand
dollars,
so
I'm
not
I.
E
I
can't,
I
think
they
may
have
given
like
much
larger
grants
to
some
other
things.
But
it's
very
it's
very
individual
focused
it's
very
about
it's.
You
know.
Does
he
think
this
person?
As
I
understand
it,
is
a
good
candidate
for
the
money
more
than
the
project,
so
I
guess
in
some
ways
maybe
it's
kind
of
like
y
combinator
or
startup
accelerators
yeah
other
than
that
I
can't
say
a
ton
about
it.
There's
an
article
out
there
somewhere.
E
E
C
B
A
B
I
I
didn't
have
anything
specific,
I
mean
I
get
the
sense
that
this
is
the
start
of
something.
So
are
you
in
a
position
now.
C
B
Schedule
the
next
meeting:
how
do
you
want
to
proceed.
E
I
think
I
yeah,
I
think
I
would
say,
give
me
a
little
bit
of
chance
to
digest
some
of
this
stuff
and
sort
of
collect
my
thoughts,
and
I
will
kind
of
follow
up
with
okay.
I
I'll
just
kind
of
a
list
of
my
things,
my
thoughts
on
kind
of
potential,
next
next
steps,
and
then
we
can
schedule
maybe
another
discussion
from
there.
How
does
that
sound
yeah.