digital diy for self-sustainability of rural areas
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Digital DIY for self-sustainability of rural areas
SURAP NitraDecember 3rd, 2015
by Marco Fioretti
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What is Digital DIY?
● a social, NOT technical phenomenon, based on
– much easier and cheaper production of all sorts
of“products”, including “unique” or «smart» ones
– thanks to digital tools and/or networks
– accessibility of the related knowledge
– much bigger than 3D printing
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DiDIY project objectives
● understand the impacts of DiDIY on society
● foster a DiDIY-based, human-centric development in Europe
● produce useful results for European teachers, researchers and (primarily) policy-makers
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Free Software and Open Hardware
● Come with full source code and design files, released under
licenses that explicitly allow, and encourage, reuse,
modification, and redistribution by anyone, under the same
conditions
● "Free as in Freedom, not as in Free Beer” regardless of
whether and how much authors are paid for each copy of
their software
● Examples: Linux, Libre Office, Firefox, Arduino...
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Build and REALLY own your tools
● Cheaper and fully customizable
● No planned obsolescence, full Right to Repair
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Digital DIY in Agriculture/Rural areas
Sensor-controlled hydroponic greenhouses
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Collaborative mapping with OSM
People mapping:● what THEY actually need● in their OWN native language
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LOCAL digital services
● DIY local connectivity
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● Enable local, community-owned versions of digital services
● Where commercial broadband would never arrive
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Advantages of Digital DIY● very cost effective and customisable
● real ownership: maintenance surely possible even if “vendor”
disappears
● Innovation without permission: no artificial legal barriers, contracts or
dependency on big assistance programs
● can create local service jobs, not exposed to delocalisation
● empowers single farmers and whole communities, promotes sharing
– High-tech, Precision Agriculture, Land Planning and Management
“by the people, for the people”
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Digital DIY helps to make:
● Farming, forestry etc...
– More affordable
– Less uncertain and stressful
● Rural areas in general:
– Less expensive to preserve, and easier to live in
– More resilient, beyond the limits of markets
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Main obstacles and risks
● Lack of awareness
● Education and cultural divides
● Lack of adequate financing
● Overregulation
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Proposed solutions● NO to “selling” or buying products to/for farmers
● YES to
– Digital DIY-friendly regulations and financing
– localization of information (manuals, sw...)
– support community-owned fab labs/workshops
– proper practical training
– teach Digital DIY in agricultural/forestry faculties
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A long time ago, in a farm far far away...
Today:
Arduino-poweredfarming automation
(source: snapshot of Google image search)
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Just better. And REAL
Digital DIY farming may be a bit like Star Wars
(source: snapshot of Google image search)
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Thanks and...
● Questions?● See you at
www.didiy.eu
(your help to translate these slides AND the main DiDIY pages Would be very appreciated) This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant
agreement No 644344. Disclaimer: The views expressed in this website do not necessarily reflect the views of the EC.