iSchool Students To Attend Open Hardware Summit

School of Information Studies (iSchool) students Chris Becker and Isaac Budmen will attend the 3rd Annual 2012 Open Source Hardware Summit on September 27 in New York City to explore the possibilities offered by open source technology.

The conference, organized by the Open Source Hardware Association, is a venue that offers attendees the opportunity to openly discuss the developments and opportunities that are growing in the open source hardware movement. Speakers and panels will focus on how open source impacts industries like education, fashion, manufacturing, design, business and law. The keynote speaker for the conference, Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine, will discuss how open source impacts business and microeconomics.