Africa Open Science and Hardware (Africa OSH) Summit is a grassroots effort to bring together researchers, technologists, hacker hobbyists, educators, government officials, and start-up innovators around the world.
Our goal is to create a conversation and set of actions on OSH, among African actors, and between them and the international community, in order to adopt OSH principles and practices appropriate to our context. This alternative path to education, research, scholarly communication and manufacturing is crucial given the barriers imposed by closed knowledge systems and the traditional Intellectual Property (IP) regime.
Ultimately OSH aims to achieve an ecosystem for innovation that is locally adapted, culturally relevant, technologically feasible, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable
The AfricaOSH plan to host about 100 participants from across Africa and the rest of the world for three days in Kumasi, Ghana.
Running from 13th - 15th April, 2018, Africa OSH Summit will include:
Presentations and working group discussions on challenges, opportunities and recommendations to contextualize a Global Open Science and Hardware Roadmap for Africa by 2025; and to make African academic research more visible and accessible
Workshops on making, hacking and DIYBio for a wide range of stakeholders to experience the process of design, co-creation, problem solving and to contribute ideas to OSH development
Unconference sessions by networks, startups, and innovators from Africa and the Global South
By partaking in OSH Africa, you will be at the forefront of promoting sustainable change in Africa, by enabling Africans to solve our own problems. This has tremendous implications for the future outlook of the continent.
Hi everyone,
I am the author and inventor of the CMTS (Circular Mass Transfer System
Out of deep conviction toward citizen autonomy and energy decentralization on the African continent, I have officially released my complete original technical drawings and manifesto into the public domain.
My handwritten blueprints and precise measurements are fully open and permanently accessible on my Internet Archive profile here:
https://archive.org/details/@benoitcollinstcm
The mechanism uses a geometric configuration of two perpendicular axes to overcome the mechanical dead center, coupled with a horizontal relay system designed to apply 100% of the gravitational force directly onto the central hub without any passive suspension effect.
If any engineers, technicians, or modelers from the African community want to study these 2D plans to translate them into functional 3D files (.STL / .STEP) or run a simulation, you have total freedom. My direct email contact is included on the first page of the document.
Hi @benoitcollin, and welcome to GOSH! My name is Jamaica Jones - I am the GOSH Community Coordinator.
Thanks so much for joining us, and for sharing these materials. I am sure that your project and work will be of interests to folks across the community.
Towards that end, I wanted to invite you to consider posting your work in the Project category rather than in the AfricaOSH category. That category may prove to be a better fit and would also likely expand the audience for you. Ultimately, of course, it’s up to you.
As you find your way around, you might find the GOSH Manifesto and the GOSH Code of Conduct to be helpful in orienting you. If you’d like to set up a one-on-one call to get better acquainted, please let me know!
Hi Jamaica,
Thank you so much for the warm welcome and for your excellent advice!
Since I am a new user on the platform, the system does not allow me to change the category myself. Could you please move my post to the “Projects” category for me? I would really appreciate your help with this.
Thanks again for your time and guidance, it is deeply appreciated!
Warm regards,
Benoit
Hi Harold,
To put it simply: this Circular Mass Transfer System (STCM) replaces oil or dams to generate raw motive power.
The system delivers a continuous, self-sustained mechanical torque directly at its central pivot (the axle). It is a self-redundant motive power system, made possible by the eccentric and geometrically constrained path of the rotating masses (all precise details and physics can be viewed directly in my public technical handbook).
The entire kinematics are surprisingly simple to understand and to build. Once this axle rotates with such power, you simply convert this raw mechanical force into whatever you need: electricity for a building or factory, propulsion for a ship, or direct drive for heavy machinery.
I must emphasize that I categorically refuse to patent this invention. Given the immense benevolence and righteousness of our beloved elites, combined with the integrity of our corporate industrialists who are not compromised at all, I wish to show them my deepest gratitude by giving this kinematic discovery to the entire world completely for free. I would have loved to be more than a millionaire, but that’s alright. Consider this my personal kick into this wasp's nest.
In short, it will ultimately only serve to provide universal energy self-sufficiency, clean up our cities, and render utterly ridiculous in the future those oh-so-gentle aggressor countries that invade other nations solely for their oil. Since energy will now be widely available, fighting over it or transporting electricity will become an absurd waste of time. Oh, and I almost forgot: it might also trigger a massive drop in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Nothing too fancy, really.
Best regards,
Benoit Collin