DGML/Cosmo-Local Cases

Here we document cases that exemplify a Design Global, Manufacture Local model and Cosmo-Localization. Feel free to contribute!

OpenBionics Hands

OpenΒionics is an open-source initiative for the development of affordable, light-weight, modular, adaptive robot hands and prosthetic devices, that can be easily reproduced using off-the-shelf materials. Our robot hands cost less than 100$ and weigh less than 200 gr while our new anthropomorphic prosthetic hands cost less than 200$ and weigh less than 300 gr.

FarmHack

Source: detailed case study in the report: A New Model of Production for a New Economy. Two Cases of Agricultural Communities. By Chris Giotitsas and Jose Ramos. New Economics Foundation, 2017

Atelier Paysan

Source: detailed case study in the report: A New Model of Production for a New Economy. Two Cases of Agricultural Communities. By Chris Giotitsas and Jose Ramos. New Economics Foundation, 2017

Other Examples

• AbilityMate, a company that supports people with disabilities to design and manufacture their own prosthetics and assistive devices,
• Wikihouse, a foundation which supports people to design and build sustainable housing,
• RepRap, an open source organization that designs 3D printers designed to replicate themselves,
• OSvehicle, a company that supports the open source manufacture of vehicles.