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You forgot "ridiculously expensive." I got excited by this project several years ago, but like most of its sort: it's completely inaccessible for what it is.
by goatcode 4y ago
You forgot "ridiculously expensive." I got excited by this project several years ago, but like most of its sort: it's completely inaccessible for what it is.
- troymc 4y agoIt's open source; I wonder if competition and innovation will bring the cost down over time. One obvious way to do that is to build one, or a few, giant centralized plants that pump out a zillion of these each year, i.e. economies of scale. Like Honda Civic cars or Lego blocks (which also are machined with tight tolerances). Yes, I know that the founders want these to be manufactured in a decentralized way, all over the world, but that's not how economies of scale work. Systems that can be run decentralized (e.g. email, Bitcoin mining) often end up becoming centralized anyway.
- peatmoss 4y agoFraming out a house with construction lumber is “open source” too. Vastly simpler and cheaper than lock-together blocks made out of relatively complex materials like sheet goods. In a pinch, you can fell trees and process them with hand tools using methods refined over many, many generations. In other words, stick construction has been public domain for so long that it would be impossible to even acknowledge its creator and significant contributors.