User:JamesBrown

James Brown

James Brown MEng FRSA

• James@James-Elliot.co.uk
• [james-elliot.co.uk]
• [linkedin]
• [flickr]
• [@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 [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)
• Field kit for water quality testing in developing countries (see Water Quality 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