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Researchers in-residence developing biomaterial micro-factory models for Stacks ecosystem! #12

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HaroldDavis3 commented 2 years ago

Stacks Biomaterial MicroFactory R+D Lab Dezirae Johnson, Magenta Ceiba, Harold Davis

Best email on which to contact you? deziraejohnson@gmail.com magenta@dorg.tech 2rowcorridor@gmail.com

Personal Statement

Decentralized MicroFactory Research Lab

We’ll focus on R+D in decision making in local data of digital fabrication commons; prototyping tools that unlock tangible models for the ecosystem. We’ll use interdisciplinary system design, closing loops of values that revolve around product development. In our R+D context, the products are system models & tools to achieve them but should also be high value for governance use cases for local digital fabrication models across the Stacks ecosystem.

Indigenous material development, up-cycling, & engineering will guide our system designs, providing fresh lenses to DAOs, MIDs commons & community growth incentive structures. Digital fabrication prototyping will focus on local accessibility; building long term power decentralization into our models & tools. With Harvard/Oxford research group Metagov, we’re building out community tools for tracking system dynamics, commons decision mechanisms, on & off chain processes etc. MVP viewable in Stacks Advocates DAO, accessible in the main Stacks discord server!

End Product

We’ll deliver both a series of tools & whitepaper to the ecosystem. The whitepaper will provide R+D case studies on system models. The tools will be available to achieve governance models for secure local fabrication data, local micro-factory commons etc. The tools include: PoC for Digital Fabrication specific DAO decision making mechanisms. Clarity contracts & on/off chain combination processes for (Mediators of Individual Data) MIDs Commons PoC for local Micro-factory DAO models. Digital Fabrication based Utility Token system models on PoX app chain.

Roadmap M1 SoW: Robust PoC for Digital Fabrication specific DAO decision making mechanisms & incentive models. Deliverables: Documentation of material development, scalable bottom up decision making models & Clarity code pushed to github. Approx. Timeline: 2 months/200 hours

M2 SoW: Digital Fabrication based Utility App chain. Deliverables: Documentation of system design, token economics & Open Source app chain code pushed to github & released on test & mainnet. Approx. Timeline: 1 month/100 hours

M3 SoW: MIDs Commons tooling for PoC in local digital Micro-factory DAO models. Deliverables: Documentation of live community using the data commons PoCs. Open code of tooling pushed to github. Approx. Timeline: 2 months/200 hours

M4 SoW: R+D Whitepaper for web3 Digital Fabrication System Design Models with indigenous lens on UN’s SDGs. Deliverables: Documentation of live case study's & communities using our PoCs & Firesides Published for ecosystem access. Approx. Timeline: 1 month/100 hours

Appendix

jennymith commented 2 years ago

Hey Dezirae, Magenta, Harold, thanks for applying to be Stacks Residents. The Foundation team is currently reviewing your application in more depth and will be getting back to you about next steps soon.

friedger commented 2 years ago

The terminology is not easy to understand for an outsider but as it sounds I fully support this!

jennymith commented 2 years ago

Hi @HaroldDavis3 upon first glance, it seems like there's a lot of overlap between this application and #10. Could this work be added to the scope of #10 or is there a major reason for keeping them separate?

HaroldDavis3 commented 2 years ago

Hey @jennymith you are correct in seeing the overlaps, and yes the distinctions are largely the depth into the specific field of biomaterial development. The specific system design models & OSS tools & machines developed here will not only produce drastically different additions to tooling & models; even the overlapping pieces will change significant shape across different systems & communities focused on local textile fabrication & distribution. So the overlap is only in this static language I guess haha

The indigenous council we work with in Kahnawake may use tools to achieve certain geo specific models; Magenta's Bloom network communities may leverage similar tooling in such different means, ends & geographies that the tools drastically change in form and function. Whether gov tools/models or how STX blockchain tools are used in combo with digital fabrication data input/output in machines, data management etc.

Ty kindly for chance to be clear here too! :)

HaroldDavis3 commented 2 years ago

Hey thanks @friedger for the kind words as always! You inspired this brief FAQ for the unfriendly language, pls lmk if there can be any additions of course! Ty kindly again.

What are Local data of digital fabrication commons? Beyond 3D printing is an entire world of OSS based digital fabrication tools! These tools often require skilled pairing between OSS computer software & the machines, the desired input & output data can change drastically in wide ranges of interdisciplinary use cases. This kind of “high value data” can be secured via Stacks Gaia boxes for local communities in collectively managed local “data commons.”These tools can be made accessible to folks likely to be locked out of data control in present & future industries of digital production, manufacturing, distribution.

What are digital fabrication based Utility App chains? Our systems will be a unique approach to token engineering, building in accessible up-skilling in digital fabrication & local data commons management. PoX & app chains enabling this to be fine tuned to the blockchain protocol level, to meet respective community needs & circumstances on their own autonomous chains! 🙂

What are SDGs? How are they relevant? Sustainable Development Goals, as defined by the UN initiatives to mitigate climate issues. Also often referenced in “Green Industry, Transitional Jobs, & Labor Rights” initiatives. Magenta & ourselves are working to ensure authentic indigenous dialogue & models are brought into this conversation at UN for maximizing exposure to generators of value in technical firms across industries. Examples from on the ground impact of the tools & models achieved in the residency being a key piece to these efforts!