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  1. Air well (condenser) (Hydrology 💧)

    An air well or aerial well is a structure or device that collects water by promoting the condensation of moisture from air. Designs for air wells are many and varied, but the simplest designs are completely passive, require no external energy source and have few, if any, moving parts. Three principal designs are used for...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_well

    #AirWell #Hydrology #WaterSupply #DrinkingWater #Precipitation #AppropriateTechnology

  2. Air well (condenser) (Hydrology 💧)

    An air well or aerial well is a structure or device that collects water by promoting the condensation of moisture from air. Designs for air wells are many and varied, but the simplest designs are completely passive, require no external energy source and have few, if any, moving parts. Three principal designs are used for...

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_well

    #AirWell #Hydrology #WaterSupply #DrinkingWater #Precipitation #AppropriateTechnology

  3. @alxd nie kojarzyłem. Zastanawiam się jakim cudem na to nie wpadłem. Swego czasu wgłębiałem się trochę w koncept #appropriatetechnology i cały czas uważam, że jest to warte uwagi. Zwłaszcza dostosowania do idei #solarpunk

  4. @alxd nie kojarzyłem. Zastanawiam się jakim cudem na to nie wpadłem. Swego czasu wgłębiałem się trochę w koncept #appropriatetechnology i cały czas uważam, że jest to warte uwagi. Zwłaszcza dostosowania do idei #solarpunk

  5. @alxd nie kojarzyłem. Zastanawiam się jakim cudem na to nie wpadłem. Swego czasu wgłębiałem się trochę w koncept #appropriatetechnology i cały czas uważam, że jest to warte uwagi. Zwłaszcza dostosowania do idei #solarpunk

  6. @alxd nie kojarzyłem. Zastanawiam się jakim cudem na to nie wpadłem. Swego czasu wgłębiałem się trochę w koncept #appropriatetechnology i cały czas uważam, że jest to warte uwagi. Zwłaszcza dostosowania do idei #solarpunk

  7. @alxd nie kojarzyłem. Zastanawiam się jakim cudem na to nie wpadłem. Swego czasu wgłębiałem się trochę w koncept #appropriatetechnology i cały czas uważam, że jest to warte uwagi. Zwłaszcza dostosowania do idei #solarpunk

  8. #DIY Seasonal Mirror-Based #WindowExtender for Heat and Light

    via @LabB

    "The core concept is that, by mounting a mirror roughly perpendicular to the bottom of a south-facing window, it reflects sunlight that would have fallen on the insulated exterior of the building through the window instead. With the right sized mirror and mounting hardware, the functional 'size' of the window for solar gain calculations could be increased by almost 50%, potentially providing Burlington, Vermont windows with Boulder, Colorado performance!"

    laboratoryb.org/diy-seasonal-m

    #SolarPunkSunday #Heliostats #Extenders #Reflectors #Sunlight #SalvagedMaterials #AppropriateTechnology #AncientEgypt #AncientTechnology #Mirrors #ThermalGain

  9. #DIY Seasonal Mirror-Based #WindowExtender for Heat and Light

    via @LabB

    "The core concept is that, by mounting a mirror roughly perpendicular to the bottom of a south-facing window, it reflects sunlight that would have fallen on the insulated exterior of the building through the window instead. With the right sized mirror and mounting hardware, the functional 'size' of the window for solar gain calculations could be increased by almost 50%, potentially providing Burlington, Vermont windows with Boulder, Colorado performance!"

    laboratoryb.org/diy-seasonal-m

    #SolarPunkSunday #Heliostats #Extenders #Reflectors #Sunlight #SalvagedMaterials #AppropriateTechnology #AncientEgypt #AncientTechnology #Mirrors #ThermalGain

  10. #DIY Seasonal Mirror-Based #WindowExtender for Heat and Light

    via @LabB

    "The core concept is that, by mounting a mirror roughly perpendicular to the bottom of a south-facing window, it reflects sunlight that would have fallen on the insulated exterior of the building through the window instead. With the right sized mirror and mounting hardware, the functional 'size' of the window for solar gain calculations could be increased by almost 50%, potentially providing Burlington, Vermont windows with Boulder, Colorado performance!"

    laboratoryb.org/diy-seasonal-m

    #SolarPunkSunday #Heliostats #Extenders #Reflectors #Sunlight #SalvagedMaterials #AppropriateTechnology #AncientEgypt #AncientTechnology #Mirrors #ThermalGain

  11. #DIY Seasonal Mirror-Based #WindowExtender for Heat and Light

    via @LabB

    "The core concept is that, by mounting a mirror roughly perpendicular to the bottom of a south-facing window, it reflects sunlight that would have fallen on the insulated exterior of the building through the window instead. With the right sized mirror and mounting hardware, the functional 'size' of the window for solar gain calculations could be increased by almost 50%, potentially providing Burlington, Vermont windows with Boulder, Colorado performance!"

    laboratoryb.org/diy-seasonal-m

    #SolarPunkSunday #Heliostats #Extenders #Reflectors #Sunlight #SalvagedMaterials #AppropriateTechnology #AncientEgypt #AncientTechnology #Mirrors #ThermalGain

  12. #DIY Seasonal Mirror-Based #WindowExtender for Heat and Light

    via @LabB

    "The core concept is that, by mounting a mirror roughly perpendicular to the bottom of a south-facing window, it reflects sunlight that would have fallen on the insulated exterior of the building through the window instead. With the right sized mirror and mounting hardware, the functional 'size' of the window for solar gain calculations could be increased by almost 50%, potentially providing Burlington, Vermont windows with Boulder, Colorado performance!"

    laboratoryb.org/diy-seasonal-m

    #SolarPunkSunday #Heliostats #Extenders #Reflectors #Sunlight #SalvagedMaterials #AppropriateTechnology #AncientEgypt #AncientTechnology #Mirrors #ThermalGain

  13. The February installment of Polylith arrives with the lunar eclipse. We consider late winter's SETTLED WORK, technology scaled by the human body, and Richard Long's COSMIC VARIETY.

    cscottmills.com/polylith/079/

    #towardThePolylith #aPatternLanguage #sculpture #holzhausen #slöjd #weaving #art #numerology #appropriateTechnology

  14. The February installment of Polylith arrives with the lunar eclipse. We consider late winter's SETTLED WORK, technology scaled by the human body, and Richard Long's COSMIC VARIETY.

    cscottmills.com/polylith/079/

    #towardThePolylith #aPatternLanguage #sculpture #holzhausen #slöjd #weaving #art #numerology #appropriateTechnology

  15. The February installment of Polylith arrives with the lunar eclipse. We consider late winter's SETTLED WORK, technology scaled by the human body, and Richard Long's COSMIC VARIETY.

    cscottmills.com/polylith/079/

    #towardThePolylith #aPatternLanguage #sculpture #holzhausen #slöjd #weaving #art #numerology #appropriateTechnology

  16. The February installment of Polylith arrives with the lunar eclipse. We consider late winter's SETTLED WORK, technology scaled by the human body, and Richard Long's COSMIC VARIETY.

    cscottmills.com/polylith/079/

    #towardThePolylith #aPatternLanguage #sculpture #holzhausen #slöjd #weaving #art #numerology #appropriateTechnology

  17. The February installment of Polylith arrives with the lunar eclipse. We consider late winter's SETTLED WORK, technology scaled by the human body, and Richard Long's COSMIC VARIETY.

    cscottmills.com/polylith/079/

    #towardThePolylith #aPatternLanguage #sculpture #holzhausen #slöjd #weaving #art #numerology #appropriateTechnology

  18. Do you hate #broligarchs?
    #Billionaires? #AiSlop but still think there is merit in #AI?

    Here is my proposal for a stand alone.
    OFFGRID COMMUNITY AI SYSTEM.

    That's right.Your very own co-op AI

    The calculations are very much back of the envelope, first cut, but quite feasible.
    A 32billion parameters, frontier level performance compatable open source #llm model. The power requirements is that of 3AC units including cooling. Serves 15-20 concurrent users. 40 households of 4 people each (taking into account actual AI model distributed use metrics and contention ratios)

    40 households, subscribing at $30/month over 2 years + power (solar). Train with your own datasets.
    Entire set up takes half a rack.

    LETS GO!!!

    #OpenSource #FOSS #CommunityTech #OpenHardware #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #AIForGood #TechForGood #Solarpunk #RegenerativeCulture #Degrowth #AppropriateTechnology #OffGrid #SelfSufficient #Homesteading #Permaculture #RightToRepair #MakerSpace #DIYTech #decentralizedtech

  19. Do you hate #broligarchs?
    #Billionaires? #AiSlop but still think there is merit in #AI?

    Here is my proposal for a stand alone.
    OFFGRID COMMUNITY AI SYSTEM.

    That's right.Your very own co-op AI

    The calculations are very much back of the envelope, first cut, but quite feasible.
    A 32billion parameters, frontier level performance compatable open source #llm model. The power requirements is that of 3AC units including cooling. Serves 15-20 concurrent users. 40 households of 4 people each (taking into account actual AI model distributed use metrics and contention ratios)

    40 households, subscribing at $30/month over 2 years + power (solar). Train with your own datasets.
    Entire set up takes half a rack.

    LETS GO!!!

    #OpenSource #FOSS #CommunityTech #OpenHardware #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #AIForGood #TechForGood #Solarpunk #RegenerativeCulture #Degrowth #AppropriateTechnology #OffGrid #SelfSufficient #Homesteading #Permaculture #RightToRepair #MakerSpace #DIYTech #decentralizedtech

  20. Do you hate #broligarchs?
    #Billionaires? #AiSlop but still think there is merit in #AI?

    Here is my proposal for a stand alone.
    OFFGRID COMMUNITY AI SYSTEM.

    That's right.Your very own co-op AI

    The calculations are very much back of the envelope, first cut, but quite feasible.
    A 32billion parameters, frontier level performance compatable open source #llm model. The power requirements is that of 3AC units including cooling. Serves 15-20 concurrent users. 40 households of 4 people each (taking into account actual AI model distributed use metrics and contention ratios)

    40 households, subscribing at $30/month over 2 years + power (solar). Train with your own datasets.
    Entire set up takes half a rack.

    LETS GO!!!

    #OpenSource #FOSS #CommunityTech #OpenHardware #EthicalAI #ResponsibleAI #AIForGood #TechForGood #Solarpunk #RegenerativeCulture #Degrowth #AppropriateTechnology #OffGrid #SelfSufficient #Homesteading #Permaculture #RightToRepair #MakerSpace #DIYTech #decentralizedtech

  21. Great video of Beth Pearsall using a scythe in the same Country Life story;

    "Unlike modern-day mowers and weedeaters, it has no numbing vibrations or sputtering fumes and almost helps her meditate as she swings it over the weeds, she told Country Life."

    #SallyRound, 2025

    rnz.co.nz/news/country/571529/

    #AppropriateTechnology #scythe #BethPearsall

  22. Great video of Beth Pearsall using a scythe in the same Country Life story;

    "Unlike modern-day mowers and weedeaters, it has no numbing vibrations or sputtering fumes and almost helps her meditate as she swings it over the weeds, she told Country Life."

    #SallyRound, 2025

    rnz.co.nz/news/country/571529/

    #AppropriateTechnology #scythe #BethPearsall

  23. Great video of Beth Pearsall using a scythe in the same Country Life story;

    "Unlike modern-day mowers and weedeaters, it has no numbing vibrations or sputtering fumes and almost helps her meditate as she swings it over the weeds, she told Country Life."

    #SallyRound, 2025

    rnz.co.nz/news/country/571529/

    #AppropriateTechnology #scythe #BethPearsall

  24. Great video of Beth Pearsall using a scythe in the same Country Life story;

    "Unlike modern-day mowers and weedeaters, it has no numbing vibrations or sputtering fumes and almost helps her meditate as she swings it over the weeds, she told Country Life."

    #SallyRound, 2025

    rnz.co.nz/news/country/571529/

    #AppropriateTechnology #scythe #BethPearsall