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Open Source Hardware On The High Street
The open source hardware movement continues to grow at a rapid pace but could it ever give birth to mass market products that are seen on the high street? Read More »
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Open Source Hardware Relies On Creative Commons And Crowdfunding
Open hardware enthusiasts seem to prefer the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, instead of Kickstarter. If you are interested in promoting and support open hardware crowdfunding efforts, be sure to check out Indiegogo and search for open source hardware.
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Open Source Hardware, Workshops And Summits
We here at MAKE are really excited about Thursday’s Open Hardware Summit at EyeBeam in NYC. The OHS is always an inspiring event, and a perfect lead-in to World Maker Faire. Read More »
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Open Source Leads The Way Into The Cloud
Virtualization is now a well-established technology in enterprise computing. And in virtualization, VMware is the established leader. But virtualization has begat cloud computing and now the field of play in cloud computing is far more open thanks to open source technologies. Read More »
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Open Source Pushes 3D Printers To Success
[Desktop 3D printing is] definitely one of the hottest tech trends around. Open source DIY hacker engineers, artists, and craft designers have led the surge on the low end while higher-end models are already being used in rapid prototyping and short-run, custom manufacturing. Read More »
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Open Source Space Satellites Launched
This news story in NewScientist by Lisa Grossman caught the attention of a lot of people this week – "Space station poised to launch open-source satellites". Read More »
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Open Source's Final Frontier
This past Thursday, I attended the third annual Open Hardware Summit, organized by the Open Source Hardware Association and held at the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center in Manhattan. While open software is now very much mainstream, open hardware is in a far more primitive state. So hearing from the folks at ground zero of this newfangled way of developing and marketing products was illuminating. Read More »
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Open-Source Could Be A New Avenue For Manufacturers
Have you heard about the open-source revolution? Like 3D printing, it only recently made its way into the mainstream, but like the additive manufacturing machines, it has been around for a while...
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Open-Source E-Bike Uses Smartphone As On-Board Computer
Urban mobility startup Velo is hoping to make an open-source computer-aided e-bike available to road users in the form of the Velo-1. Read More »
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Open-Source Hardware For Embedded Security
Imagine you’re waiting in line, queuing to enter a major event. The ticket you have bought online is stored on your smart phone. As you swipe your phone over some designated area, an NFC connection is set up, your ticket is validated and the gates open to let you in. And the good thing is, that it all happened anonymously... Read More »
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Open-Source Hardware Hacking Effort 'Smacked Down' By USB Overlords [UK]
The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF), the organisation that oversees the USB standard, has apparently sent the director of a small British electronics firm away with a flea in his ear for daring to suggest how it could make the lives of open-source hardware developers easier and cheaper.
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Open-Source Hardware In The Creative World
Open Hardware Summit attendees packed the Kresge Auditorium at MIT last Friday with eyes and minds wide open to hear from engineers and makers on their open-source designs and overall thinking on the concept of sharing ideas and knowledge. Read More »
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Open-Source Hardware: Copy & Paste Empowerment
Last week I was privileged enough to speak at the Open Hardware Summit. It was a wonderful experience, and I hope to return again in the years to come. Read More »
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OpenWFD Aims To Bring Wireless Display Streaming To Tablets, Phones
Wireless connectivity between devices and display monitors remains mostly fantasy today, Google's Chromecast notwithstanding. But it could become a big deal for tablets, smartphones and even traditional PCs in the future. And it may even work on Linux, if the nascent OpenWFD project succeeds—which would be very good news for open source hardware vendors. Read More »
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OSIA backs an end to software patents
The Open Source Industry Australia (OSIA) has lodged a submission with the Australian Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP) urging the abolition of Innovation Patents and the exclusion of computer software from patentability altogether.
...According to OSIA chairman, Jack Burton, there is a strong grassroots movement pushing to disallow software patents. Read More »
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