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Jan 17, 2024

Talks

• On behalf of mankind: thank you for sharing! - TEDx talk by Jerry de Vos

Dec 02, 2023

Projects

• Mekanika - Tools & Machines for Makers

Sep 21, 2023

Projects

• PiKVM - Open and inexpensive DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi.

Sep 08, 2023

Projects

• Opulo - Project that develops a pick and place machine.

• FarmBot - automated gardening machine to grow vegetables.

Jan 21, 2023

Projects

• Open Gamma Detector (⭐205) - Hackable, low-cost gamma-ray spectrometer.

Oct 24, 2022

Projects

• Open-Source-Rover (⭐8.2k) - A six wheeled, build-it-yourself, open-source rover.

Aug 07, 2022

Projects

• RepRap - Humanity's first general-purpose, self-replicating manufacturing machine.

Jun 27, 2022

Projects

• Mutable Instruments - Open-source eurorack classics.

• Winterbloom - Open-source eurorack modules, Thea has some stellar design write-ups on her blog.

Related awesome

• Awesome Electronics (⭐5.3k) - A curated list of awesome resources for electronic engineers and hobbyists.

Jun 23, 2022

Talks

• Get your open hardware manufactured - Tips by Ian of Dangerous Prototypes.

Papers

• Haves and have nots must find a better way: The case for open scientific hardware - Paper by Andre Maia Chagas

• Open Labware: 3-D Printing Your Own Lab Equipment - Paper by Tom Baden, Andre Maia Chagas, Greg Gage, Timothy Marzullo, Lucia L. Prieto-Godino, Thomas Euler

Platforms

• Kitspace.org - A place to build and share electronics projects.

Training programs

• Open Hardware Makers

• Open Hardware Academy

May 22, 2022

Projects

• OpenMV (⭐2.2k) - Open-source, low-cost machine vision platform.

Jan 28, 2022

Projects

• Precious Plastic - Tools to make plastic recycling as simple as possible.

Papers

• What is the “Source” of Open Source Hardware? - Paper by Jérémy Bonvoisin, Robert Mies, Jean-François Boujut, Rainer Stark.

• Towards national policy for open source hardware research: The case of Finland - Paper by I. T. S. Heikkinen, H. Savin, J. Partanen, J. SeppäläJ, M. Pearce.

• Open-Source Hardware in Education: A Systematic Mapping Study - Paper by Ruben Heradio, Jesus Chacon, Hector Vargas, Daniel Galan, Jacobo Saenz, Luis De La Torre, Sebastian Dormido.

Podcasts

• Amp hour - Open Hardware and The Creative Economy.

• Semiconductor Insiders - Open Hardware Diversity Alliance.

• Open source hardware podcast - By the Programming Electronics Academy.

Further Readings

• Open Source Guide - A website created by GitHub to help people work on open source projects.

• Open Collective - Enables groups to quickly set up a collective, raise funds and manage them transparently.

• OSHWA Certification - Provides an easy and straightforward way for producers to indicate that their products meet a uniform and well-defined standard for open-source compliance.

Jan 13, 2022

Projects

• Biohack Academy - Open-source biotechnological hardware such as Incubator, Thermocycler, Centrifuge, Microscope, etc.

• GaudiLab - Open-source hardware projects for biology laboratories.

Platforms

• Instructables - Instructables is a place that lets you explore, document, and share your creations.

• Hackaday.io - Hackaday.io is the world's largest collaborative hardware development community.

• Openlifescience - Program to make Open Science ambassadors in research.

• Thingiverse - A platform for sharing and contributing to design hardware for 3D printing, laser cutting and CNC milling.

Further Readings

• Wikipedia - General information about Open Source Hardware.

• The Journal of Open Hardware - (JOH) is a peer reviewed open access publication for open hardware research and development.

• HardwareX Journal - An open access scientific hardware journal.

Jan 07, 2022

Projects

• Arduino - Arduino is an open-source electronics platform.

• Prusa3D - 3D printer manufacturer who shares their work open online.

• Open Source Ecology - Industrial machines made open.

• SafeCast - Environmental measurements for the public domain.

• WikiHouse - Digital designed open housing.

• OpenBCI - Brain computer interface.

• OpenSPIM - Open Access platform for Three-dimensional (3D) microscopy.

• mesoSPIM - Open-source light-sheet microscopes for imaging in cleared tissue.

• openUC2 (⭐396) - Open-source modular microscopy toolbox.

• OpenFlexure - Open-source, 3D-printed microscope, including a precise mechanical stage.

Talks

• How Open Hardware will Take Over the World - TEDx talk by Nathan Seidle.

• Revolution of the open hardware - TEDx talk by Bram Geenen.

• Why do open hardware - Talk by Limor Fried (ladyada).

• Open Hardware Projects to Fight COVID-19 - Collection video from N-O-D-E.

• Designing Open Hardware for 21st century science - Presentation by Andre Maia Chagas.

• Why open source hardware is(n't) working - Presentation by David Cuartielles.

• Open source and the future of hardware - Talk by Neil Gershenfeld.

Papers

• Emerging Business Models for Open Source Hardware - Paper by Joshua M. Pearce.

Conferences

• Fosdem - Open Source event online on 5 & 6 February 2022.

• Open Hardware Summit - Annual conference on open hardware on 22 April 2022.

• Maker Faire - A celebration of the Maker Movement, locally organized.

Platforms

• Open Hardware Repository - For electronics designers at experimental physics facilities to collaborate on open hardware designs.

• Open Hardware Observatory - Free blueprints for sustainable open hardware.

• Hackster.io - Connecting developers where exploring tomorrow starts today.

• Openhardware.io - Tracking amazing open hardware projects.

• Openhardware.science - Make open science hardware ubiquitous by 2025.

Podcasts

• Road to Open Science - Episode on open hardware in the Netherlands.

• Physics Worlds - Episode on the global impact of open hardware.

• Command Line Heroes - Episode Makers unite.

• A-podcast - Open source hardware is the future.

Books

• Building open source hardware - Book by Alicia Gibb, on building open source hardware from 2014.

• Open-source Lab - Book by Josua m. Pearce, how to build your own hardware and reduce costs.

• Free to Make - Book by Dale Dougherty, how the maker movement is changing our schools, our jobs, and our minds.

• The bridge - Issue of the national academy of engineering on open source hardware.

Related awesome

• Awesome Open Electronics (⭐482) - List with resources for Electronics Enthusiasts.

• Awesome Open (⭐75) - A list of open companies and communities.