http://www.oswash.org A Bricolabs project to rethink the way to wash clothes around the world Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:34:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This project needs a lot of people to join their energy on different subjects: -the technological aspects: inventing, designing, drawing, building, testing technologies: some retired people could help, instead of watching TV... -history, ethnology, sociology and discovery: exploring the context of clothes washing around the world : good websurfers or library hunters ... http://www.oswash.org/?p=140 The Open Source Washing Machine project has been presented in a School of Arts, during   the TWEAK festival (Limerick, Ireland ) in autumn 2008. Incredible....this school is a former Magdalene Laundry ! Files of the presentation are downloadable here: Open Office format ( 5 Mo): http://www.craslab.org/persojn/persojn/bricolabs/OSwash.odp PDF format,  ( 5 Mo): http://www.craslab.org/persojn/persojn/bricolabs/OSwash.pdf http://www.oswash.org/?p=56 A workshop on the concept of open source washing machine will be given for students in january or february 2009, in the school of fine arts of Aix en Provence in France. During the one week workshop, we will build 3 different prototypes, some with a strong emphasis on the artistic ... http://www.oswash.org/?p=43