Archive for April, 2008

More on Desktop Manufacturing

I thought I would give you some links to a couple of very interesting sites relating to my post onĀ  Desktop Manufacturing.
The first is Fab @ Home which seeks to make a low cost freeform fabrication systems.
The second is RepRap which is making a fabricator that can make all the parts needed to make [...]

Support for the Google Lunar X-Prize

In order to add our support for the Google Lunar X-Prize the Sovereign has issued a proclamation automatically giving all participating teams in the Google Lunar X-Prize a survey license to allow them to work legally within the territory of The Kingdom of Tycho. Such licenses are needed under a previous proclamation and teams participating [...]

Desktop Manufacturing - A Key Technology for any Moon Base

Desktop Manufacturing is the logical development of rapid prototyping technology and provides the ideal solution to one of the key problems of any Moon Base, the storage of spare parts.
Any Moon Base is going to need a lot of machinery to run it. Machinery that is essential to the health and well being of [...]

Overfed Worms

As the first step in my prototype moon base I purchased a wormery. I bought it one month ago and set up as per the instructions. However I have made what is apparently the most common mistake with new wormery owners, I have over fed the worms and so the first month’s kitchen waste is [...]