Hello, I didn't understand what is it all about... sorry to look rude, but could you provide a small document that introduce the topic? In general, I don't like/have the time to watch videos, and I can't judge from your email if it is interesting...
Cheers, Antonello On 10 May 2017 at 17:54, Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.pro> wrote: > > If you are not comfortable putting non-free software in your computer, > have you ever thought about the non-free nature of the food you put in > your body? > > A group at MIT's Media Lab have started the Open Agriculture (OpenAg) > initiative and there was a TED talk (video[1]) about it in Geneva that > makes it really clear what they are doing and why. > > The documentary Food, Inc[2] also helps understand what is at stake. > > Has anybody else looked at this or any similar projects already? > > A group has been formed[3] in Zurich to try and build one or more of the > food computers collaboratively. A venue is to be announced shortly. I > already raised this on the Zurich mailing list, but would anybody else > want to come to Zurich to participate, be part of this remotely or > replicate the idea in their own location? > > One challenge for us in Zurich is to try and find an efficient way of > ordering all the parts, the list[4] includes over 100 items from about > various suppliers. Making up orders would be rather tedious, so > grouping the orders together could help lower the hurdle for people to > get started. > > One significant opportunity with this initiative is the outreach to > other groups with environment, sustainability, urban agriculture and > culinary interests. OpenAg provides a way to developed a shared > philosophy about what free really means and how free software is part of > the solution to social problems like food security. > > Regards, > > Daniel > > 1. > https://www.ted.com/talks/caleb_harper_this_computer_ > will_grow_your_food_in_the_future > 2. http://www.takepart.com/foodinc/ > 3. https://www.meetup.com/openag-zh/events/239207170/ > 4. https://github.com/OpenAgInitiative/openag_pfc2/tree/master/BOM > > > _______________________________________________ > Discussion mailing list > Discussion@lists.fsfe.org > https://lists.fsfe.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion > -- Antonello Lobianco Spedito da un indirizzo non presenziato - Sent from an unattended account
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