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Projects
- Arduino
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform
- Prusa3D
3D printer manufacturer who shares their work open online
- Precious Plastic
Tools to make plastic recycling as simple as possible
- Open Source Ecology
Industrial machines made open
- SafeCast
Environmental measurements for the public domain
- WikiHouse
Digital designed open housing
- RepRap
Humanity's first general-purpose, self-replicating manufacturing machine
- OpenBCI
Brain computer interface
OpenMV
Open-source, low-cost machine vision platform
- OpenSPIM
Open Access platform for Three-dimensional (3D) microscopy
- mesoSPIM
Open-source light-sheet microscopes for imaging in cleared tissue
- Mutable Instruments
Open-source eurorack classics
openUC2
Open-source modular microscopy toolbox
- OpenFlexure
Open-source, 3D-printed microscope, including a precise mechanical stage
Open-Source-Rover
A six wheeled, build-it-yourself, open-source rover
- Biohack Academy
Open-source biotechnological hardware such as Incubator, Thermocycler, Centrifuge, Microscope, etc
- GaudiLab
Open-source hardware projects for biology laboratories
- Winterbloom
Open-source eurorack modules, Thea has some stellar design write-ups on her blog
Open Gamma Detector
Hackable, low-cost gamma-ray spectrometer
- Opulo
Project that develops a pick and place machine
- FarmBot
automated gardening machine to grow vegetables
- PiKVM
Open and inexpensive DIY IP-KVM based on Raspberry Pi
- Mekanika
Tools & Machines for Makers
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)
- Get your open hardware manufactured
Tips by Ian of Dangerous Prototypes
- 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
- On behalf of mankind: thank you for sharing!
TEDx talk by Jerry de Vos
Papers
- What is the “Source” of Open Source Hardware?
Paper by Jérémy Bonvoisin, Robert Mies, Jean-François Boujut, Rainer Stark
- Emerging Business Models for Open Source Hardware
Paper by Joshua M. Pearce
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Kitspace.org
A place to build and share electronics projects
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
- Amp hour
Open Hardware and The Creative Economy
- Semiconductor Insiders
Open Hardware Diversity Alliance
- Open source hardware podcast
By the Programming Electronics Academy
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
Training programs
Further Readings
- Open Source Guide
A website created by GitHub to help people work on open source projects
- Wikipedia
General information about Open Source Hardware
- Open Collective
Enables groups to quickly set up a collective, raise funds and manage them transparently
- The Journal of Open Hardware
(JOH) is a peer reviewed open access publication for open hardware research and development
- 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
- HardwareX Journal
An open access scientific hardware journal
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