Open_Sailing prototype 2 Paris

Learning from the first experiment, we wanted to optimize the design of the Open_Sailing_01, this is prototype Paris nº 2.



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So according to the prototype Paris nº 1 and its defects, we have changed :
- enhance capability of self-righting (more floatation on top on every side)
- reinforce overall structure with metal mesh rebar
- Addition of the flexible ballast (inspired by Givens invention)
- make the 3 hulls deeper and slightly curved to dive in the waves more smoothly.
- have 2 anchoring points for 2 kites attached to the main frame front
- have 2 lateral openings on each side for fishing and rowing (alternative emergency propulsion)
- main openings to have an doorstep higher to avoid too much water entering in at all times.

Self-righting, insubmersible boats

The design of the Open_Sailing_01 has been influenced by the Givens Inflatable liferaft.



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You can download here the .pdf of the Givens US-Patent of James A. Givens 1988.



Download the pdf the self-righting boat, Patent of Derek Wright 1991



And lastly, the large inflatable life raft with a central pilar to hold the roof, pdf patent of Baughman 1989.



So this is our design, Open_Sailing_01, inspired by these inflatable liferaft technologies. We try to combine these technologies in something simple and efficient.

cardboard models

Our scale small stacked structure are just uneven and asymetrical.







So instead of stacked structure, we are going to side-by-side attached structures...

Next we tried to simulate the structure :
http://sodaplay.com/creators/cesarharada/items/hexagonal_2triangles

And now, the same structure but as a pattern

Appropriate technology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology

http://www.villageearth.org/

http://www.appropedia.org/Welcome_to_Appropedia

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Environmental_community_building

http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Appropriate_technology_designs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Solar-Panel-Cooker-in-front-of-hut.jpg

Appropriate technology (AT) is technology that is designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social and economical aspects of the community it is intended for.[neutrality disputed] With these goals in mind, AT typically requires fewer resources, is easier to maintain, has a lower overall cost and less of an impact on the environment compared to industrialized practices.[1][neutrality disputed]

The term is usually used to describe simple technologies suitable for use in developing nations or less developed rural areas of industrialized nations.[1] This form of appropriate technology usually prefers labor-intensive solutions over capital-intensive ones, although labor-saving devices are also used where this does not mean high capital or maintenance cost. In practice, appropriate technology is often something described as using the simplest level of technology that can effectively achieve the intended purpose in a particular location. In industrialized nations, the term appropriate technology takes a different meaning, often referring to engineering that takes special consideration of its social and environmental ramifications.[2]

Swarmanoid

A good example of structure modules and components forming a super-organism. Swarm robotics is a good source of inspiration when thinking about formations of "mini-gaias" through fluid, mobile living.



http://www.swarmanoid.org

The Swarmanoid project (IST-022888) is a Future and Emerging Technologies (FET-OPEN) project funded by the European Commission.

The main scientific objective of this research project is the design, implementation and control of a novel distributed robotic system. The system will be made up of heterogeneous, dynamically connected, small autonomous robots. Collectively, these robots will form what we call a swarmanoid. The swarmanoid that we intend to build will be comprised of numerous (about 60) autonomous robots of three types: eye-bots, hand-bots, and foot-bots.

Only balls will survive

Totally hilarious stuff; some people really love to inflate, this is the way they enjoy life:



Some people say "yes" and plan to survive the end of the world as we know it within balls, and this is serious :


SurvivaBalls save managers from abrupt climate change. An advanced new technology will keep corporate managers safe even when climate change makes life as we know it impossible.



"The SurvivaBall is designed to protect the corporate manager no matter what Mother Nature throws his or her way," said Fred Wolf, a Halliburton representative who spoke today at the Catastrophic Loss conference held at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Amelia Island, Florida. "This technology is the only rational response to abrupt climate change," he said to an attentive and appreciative audience.
Halliburton has a bank of very funny serious projects here :
http://theyesmen.org/agribusiness/halliburton/about/history.html

But in 1975, a french architect, Gilles Ebersolt, made it happen !!!!



You absolutely need to see the video !!! A young man falls from the top of the Mt Blanc with the ball !!! Amazing.
So yes, inflatables are very good, security, light and fun. BOUNCE!

Yvon Legay, Institut Marin de Prevention, Lorient

I met Yvon Leroy, the technical director of the Marine Institut of Prevention in Lorient Bretagne, in charge of getting the safety equipments its way on most french boats, for off-shore platforms, fret, commercial, touristic and fishermen. His institution keeps a record of all accidents and safety procedures to adapt and enhance the health and safety response on board, and on survival equipments and communications.


















Sir Yvon Leroy was extremely kind to introduce me to Yann Chauty, the french specialist in deep sea survival, fondator and instructor of the "Centre d'Etude et de Pratique de la Survie", CEPS, Center for the study and practice of survival.

Yvon Leroy also advised to visit the "Organisation Maritime Internationale", in London.

Low visibility superorganism

In this era of omni-surveillance, in the case of war, it's not so easy to remain undercover... Earth has become a military panopticon. How can one evade the authorities when everybody's freedom is claimed by the war-industry? Any individual can legitimately seek peace and escape conflict, but who amongst us does not belong to a nation? Is freedom the nature of not belonging? Or is it just to hide?



The electronic war has been raging for a very long time now. Every object is shown as a signature on the radar (see above). We must ensure our low observability with a Radar cross-section (RCS) reductions, vehicle shape, non-metallic airframe, radar absorbing material, acoustics, visibility, infrared and by reducing radio frequency (RF) emissions. Some of the most horrible inventions are inspiring for the best purposes : naval mines.





So here's the plan: instead of large units with an obvious signature, the most powerful way of hiding is to spread over small units.



Grid computing can happen in low visibility flock, herd or crowd formation, most pervasive and resilient to attacks :


We can "mechanize" our system, optimize our communication routes, ventilations, with the superorganism mind...



Please watch this video right to the end! We dont have to be big to be successful! And ants can even go over the water!!!! Look at the video below!
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