Marcin Jakubowski
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Marcin Jakubowski | |
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| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) Poznań, Poland |
| Education | Princeton University (BA, Chemistry), University of Wisconsin–Madison (PhD, Physics) |
| Organization | Open Source Ecology |
| Website | opensourceecology.org |
Marcin Jakubowski (born 1972) is a Polish American physicist and entrepreneur best known as the founder of Open Source Ecology (OSE), a project dedicated to developing open source industrial machines and tools for sustainable living.[1] [2]
Career
[edit]Jakubowski founded Open Source Ecology in 2003 after earning his PhD in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison[2]. The project’s goal is to create the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS), a modular collection of open source machines designed to support small-scale, self-sufficient communities through distributed manufacturing and open design principles.[3]
Jakubowski presented his work in a widely viewed TED talk titled Open-Sourced Blueprints for Civilization in 2011, which helped bring international attention to the OSE project.[4] Following the talk, OSE received media coverage from outlets such as Make magazine, Gizmodo, and Grist, and won Make magazine’s “Green Project Contest” the same year.[5]
In 2012, Jakubowski became a Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and a TED Fellow.[6]
Most of OSE’s research and prototyping activities take place at Factor e Farm, the organization’s headquarters in rural Missouri.[7]
In 2016, Jakubowski and researcher Catarina Mota co-founded the Open Building Institute (OBI), which focuses on developing open source tools and methods for affordable, sustainable housing.[8]
Personal life
[edit]Jakubowski was born in Poznań, Poland. He married Catarina Mota in December 2013 in New York City.[9] They continue to collaborate on open source hardware and housing initiatives.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "About Open Source Ecology". Open Source Ecology. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ a b Ng, Tiffany (Nov–Dec 2025). "A Starter Kit for Civilization". MIT Technology Review. 128 (6): 70–75.
- ^ "Hacking the farm with low-cost, open source tool designs". Opensource.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Marcin Jakubowski: Open-sourced blueprints for civilization". TED. April 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Green Project Contest Winners". Make Magazine. 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Meet the TED2012 Fellows". TED Blog. 25 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Factor e Farm". Open Source Ecology Wiki. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Open Building Institute: Eco-Building Toolkit". Kickstarter. 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
- ^ "Open Source Couple Builds Open Source Houses". Make Magazine. 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2025.