A short, but excellent TED talk from Marcin Jakubowski of the Open Source Ecology introduces the “Global Village Construction Set”. What are the 50 tools that are needed to start a civilization? Can they be made by “normal people” so that they are affordable, efficient, robust and and can last a lifetime? Watch the video to find out!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_9SlcnVKx4