News
It’s The Love Boat…For Ideas: Reason/TSI cruise
Check out this great promo from Reason’s Hit-n-Run blog for the Reason/TSI cruise
Latest Seasteading Talk Video: Mises Brazil
The Mises Institute Brazil has posted the video of my talk at the first Mises Brazil conference earlier this year, to 200+ people. They gave me a long time slot, so rather than the short introductory talk I give to audiences like TEDx, I got to include a bunch of structural activism discussion as well as just seasteading. This is the longest and most-recent talk video available for seasteading, so…enjoy!
The Seasteading Institute July 2010 Newsletter
SI News: State Of The Floating Micro-Nation Movement: Patri’s Mid-Year Update Sign up for the 2011 Reason Cruise
In the World: The BP Oil Spill – A Political Engineering Problem Solved by Seasteading
Call to Action: Know of a foundation that could benefit TSI? Help us reach our goal of $250k by 12/31
Estimation of DP Power requirements
The calculation of the required power to maintain a vessel keeping a fixed position with the aid of a Dynamic Positioning (DP) system is not easy. Wind, waves and current forces should be analyzed together with the propulsion configuration of the vessel. But some rough estimation could be done easily with the HSSC number as explained here below.
Secession Week 2010 at Let A Thousand Nations Bloom
Just like last year, we’re celebrating July 4th at our sister blog Let A Thousand Nations Bloom with a Secession Week blogging event in honor of America’s Secession from the UK. We’ll be posting on different aspects of secession all week.
Ephemerisle 2010 Cancellation
We regret to tell our community that after much discussion this week, we are canceling Ephemerisle 2010 due to insurance costs. The estimate for insurance-related expenses has risen from an early estimate of $55,000 to a total of $135,000, with much of the jump happening a week ago. This caused us to take a long, hard look at Ephemerisle’s budget and the ROI of the event as a whole.
Voith Schneider Propeller
The Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP), also known as a cycloidal drive (CD) is a specialized marine propulsion system (MPS). It is highly maneuverable, being able to change the direction of its thrust almost instantaneously. It is widely used on tugs and ferries; but in recent years, it has also been used in offshore vessels, like Platform Supply Vessels, or even in Offshore Accommodation Vessels.
Ephemerisle: Evolving Society on Humanity’s Next Frontier, July 22-25
Here’s our futurist-focused promo for Ephemerisle, please link to it and spread the word!
