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Solid Learning Resources for Raspberry Pi Arrive
...the diminutive $25/$35 Linux computer dubbed Raspberry Pi has emerged as one of the biggest open source stories of this year, and the two millionth Pi device recently sold. Read More »
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Sony SmartWatch Takes Wearable Tech into Open-Source Territory
In an interesting twist on the open source hardware movement, Sony has just announced it’s opening up its SmartWatch for your hacking pleasure. Read More »
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SparkFun CEO Nathan Seidle To Speak At TEDxBoulder Event
SparkFun Electronics, a provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, is proud to announce CEO Nathan Seidle will be presenting at the third annual TEDxBoulder event on Saturday, Sept. 22. Read More »
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SparkFun Engineer To Speak At 2012 Open Hardware Summit
SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), a provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, is honored to announce Engineer Mike Hord's presentation at the 2012 Open Hardware Summit (http://summit.oshwa.org/). Read More »
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SparkFun’s Chris Taylor: Community Key To Open-Source Hardware
When it comes down to it, engineer and seven-year SparkFun Electronics veteran Chris Taylor believes anything can be open source, to be shared and improved. He recently spoke with EDN about open-source hardware (OSH). Read More »
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Steam Punks
How many of your possessions could you make yourself? A couple of amateur engineers are working to design and build a set of tools that would enable the self-reliant to make everything they need. Read More »
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Steve Wozniak Just Backed A DIY Computer On Kickstarter—And So Have 12,000 Others
The creators of Kano, a kit to assemble your own mini-computer, asked for $100,000 on Kickstarter. One day short of the end of the company’s campaign, they’ve raised $1.35 million from nearly 12,000 backers including Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler. [...] Read More »
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Student Proposes Open Source Alternative To GPS Based On Seismic Waves
Global positioning system (GPS) satellites are great for getting around and looking up directions and smartphones and tablets, but they are controlled by the US Defense Department, which has degraded public signals in the past, and one European art student thinks that an open source alternative based on ground vibrations would be better. Read More »
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Success in the Second Year of the Open Hardware Summit
The Open Hardware Summit (OHS), now in its second year, brings together folks from all different backgrounds and truly represents a melting pot of those with interests in the open hardware movement...The keynote was presented by the Arduino team, who addressed issues of scale and running a successful business--software can be entirely free, but hardware has an intrinsic cost, and so there must always be a business model associated with it. Read More »
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Synflow Creates An Open-Source Hardware Ethernet MAC To Demonstrate Next-Generation Design
Synflow SAS announced today that it will start providing support for the first open-source hardware Ethernet MAC core written in a modern language, available on Github at https://github.com/synflow/ethernet-mac.
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Ten Open Source Hardware And Design Projects That Are Setting New Standards
The Open Source hardware and design community is on fire these days. Apart from the projects that eventually already gained worldwide recognition such as Open Source Ecology, DIYDrones, Arduino or RepRap, many fantastic projects, focused on specific aspects, hold great promises. Read More »
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Thanks To 3D Printing And Open Source Hardware, Patent May Be On The Cusp Of A Copyright Moment
A new wave of creators care about innovating. They care about building things. And they mostly see patents as getting in the way. Read More »
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The Chronological History Of 3D Printing
As the next industrial revolution gets closer and closer, we decided to write a white paper on the past, present and future of 3D printing. In the spirit of open source hardware, let us share our findings. Read More »
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The Coming Push For Open Source Everything
When we can no longer trust proprietary hardware or software, open source becomes the only option Read More »
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The Cornerstones Of The Hardware Revolution
Anyone who worked in technology before 2003 can tell you that it’s no coincidence that startups have exploded in the past 10 years – when servers costs when to zero, and open source software caught up to its proprietary counterpart, it didn’t matter how many people (a lot) were on the web, because scalability was born. [...] Read More »
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