© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B © 2013 Institute for the Future. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Speaker Name | Speaker Title March 2013 GAME ANALYSIS: Top 25 Zones of Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
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© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Low-cost technology, intelligible instructions, and access to a community of makers will allow people in any part of the world to build the things they need, propping up local industries and livelihoods. Open source licenses remove many barriers to getting started and ensure an ongoing collaborative evolution of tools and technologies. 3 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Future Innovation © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
Catalysts for Change players imagined the potential to sell large machinery in maker kits—along with training on how to build them—blending the IKEA model with the maker paradigm, while adding some capacity-building into the mix. 4 6 | Open Source Development Kits | From the Players © 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B
5 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Micro-forecasts from the Game Machinery imported into developing countries should be provided in kit form along with training on construction to develop local industry* England** *Cards have been lightly edited for readability **Player location was self selected
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 6 Open Source poverty alleviation methods. Transparent funding, community involvement in actions, re-usable and modifiable results #TOreily Ghana 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Micro-forecasts from the Game Machinery imported into developing countries should be provided in kit form along with training on construction to develop local industry England
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 7 Yes! Modular, cheap materials, combined with open-source instructions (think our.windowfarms.org/groups/). USA 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Micro-forecasts from the Game Machinery imported into developing countries should be provided in kit form along with training on construction to develop local industry England Open Source poverty alleviation methods. Transparent funding, community involvement in actions, re-usable and modifiable results #TOreily Ghana
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 8 When a product is discontinued, the company that made it should release its hardware and software as open source. Mexico 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Micro-forecasts from the Game Machinery imported into developing countries should be provided in kit form along with training on construction to develop local industry England Open Source poverty alleviation methods. Transparent funding, community involvement in actions, re-usable and modifiable results #TOreily Ghana Yes! Modular, cheap materials, combined with open-source instructions (think our.windowfarms.org/groups/). USA
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 9 Open source, low-cost, high performance technological platform that allows for the easy, DIY fabrication of the farming equipment. USA 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Micro-forecasts from the Game Machinery imported into developing countries should be provided in kit form along with training on construction to develop local industry England Open Source poverty alleviation methods. Transparent funding, community involvement in actions, re-usable and modifiable results #TOreily Ghana Yes! Modular, cheap materials, combined with open-source instructions (think our.windowfarms.org/groups/). USA When a product is discontinued, the company that made it should release its hardware and software as open source. Mexico
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 10 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Micro-forecasts from the Game Machinery imported into developing countries should be provided in kit form along with training on construction to develop local industry England Open Source poverty alleviation methods. Transparent funding, community involvement in actions, re-usable and modifiable results #TOreily Ghana Yes! Modular, cheap materials, combined with open-source instructions (think our.windowfarms.org/groups/). USA When a product is discontinued, the company that made it should release its hardware and software as open source. Mexico Open source, low-cost, high performance technological platform that allows for the easy, DIY fabrication of the farming equipment. USA
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B Signals from the Present 11 6 | Open Source Development Kits
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 12 Open Source Ecology has designed a Global Village Construction Set that contains tools and instructions to build basic machinery commonly used when creating new settlements. They plan to create kits for the 50 most useful industrial machines. Appropedia Appropedia is an open wiki set up to collect “collaborative solutions in sustainability, poverty reduction and international development through the use of sound principles and appropriate technology and the sharing of wisdom and project information.” 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Signals from the Present Global Village Construction Set Image Source: Source:
© 2013 Institute for the Future for Rockefeller Foundation. All rights reserved. SR-1563B 13 run by the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa, is promoting business and learning opportunities with free and open source software throughout Africa. 6 | Open Source Development Kits | Signals from the Present Image Source: