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==James Brown <small>MEng FRSA</small>== | ==James Brown <small>MEng FRSA</small>== | ||
* James@James-Elliot.co.uk | |||
* [[http://www.james-elliot.co.uk/blog james-elliot.co.uk]] | |||
* [[http://uk.linkedin.com/in/jameselliotbrown linkedin]] | |||
* [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/jameselliot/ flickr]] | |||
* [[http://twitter.com/JamesElliot @JamesElliot]] | |||
==Bio== | |||
* Peripatetic social entrepreneur, appropriate technology engineer with a passion for developing new things and ways of doing that improve lives | |||
* Founding director of [[www.midomo.co.uk Red Button Design]] | |||
* | ==Background/Experience/Interests== | ||
* | * Product design | ||
* Mechanical engineering | |||
* Appropriate technology | |||
* Social enterprise (Product R&D, Finance, Project management) | |||
* International development (Ran a 5 month project in Sierra Leone) | |||
* Water and sanitation engineering | |||
* Disaster response (Shelter provision, training and policy) | |||
* Photography | |||
==Currently working on== | |||
* Arduino based field trial testing kit for water purification system (see [[Midomo test kit]]) | |||
==Future plans== | |||
* Nanode based remote sensors & pachube | |||
* Solar (non-pv) powered irrigation system | |||
* Low cost/power cold-chain logistics refrigeration | |||
* Water quality testing/lab in a box | |||
* Open-source shelter module and infrastructure for displaced communities | |||
==Interested in exploring== | |||
* Crowd-sourced data mining/emergent intelligence | |||
* Rapid prototyping/manufacture | |||
* Community resilience/open governance | |||
* Green tech/sustainable living/permaculture | |||
* Digital appropriate technology | |||
* Physical computing languages | |||
* Film making | |||
* French | |||
* Bushcraft/Survival | |||
