Open Hardware

Julie Vastine, Alliance for Aquatic Resource Monitoring — Dickinson College The impact of community-based data collection programs — for volunteers, for organizations, and ultimately for healthy environments — is significant. …

Ashley Schuett (International Science and Technology Policy Graduate Student, George Washington University), Juan Pedro Maestre (Research Associate and Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin), and Katie Hoeberling (Director of Policy Initiatives, Open Environmental Data Project) Actors seeking to use open hardware and low cost tools for environmental data collection often…

Brianna Johns (GOSH Community Coordinator) and Pen-Yuan Hsing (GOSH Community Councilor; Co-founder MammalWeb; Research Associate Open!Next project, University of Bath, United Kingdom) Building and maintaining communities is a critical endeavor within both open source and environmental initiatives. …

Julieta Arancio, Drexel University and University of Bath post-doc. Open source origin stories are often associated with the joy developers get from learning, from being creative to solve problems (1,2). …

Pushing the boundaries of innovative and accessible tools Shannon Dosemagen, Alison Parker, Katie Hoeberling, Ashley Schuett How we collect environmental data is changing as new tools and approaches promise to broaden how people interact with this data. In particular, innovation in low-cost and open science hardware tools is making it…

When it comes to wind turbine designs, there certainly is no shortage of designs. With that in mind, I’m here today to exacerbate the situation by adding another design onto the pile. …

Being enthusiastic about Hardware, Software, or both, it is possible that you ever wondered if it is worth it or not to spend some time collaborating with other people. One way to do it is by collaborating on an Open Hardware project. …

What would our society be like if everyone could have their own molecular biology equipment and perform Covid-19 tests? We at Just One Giant Lab (JOGL) recently held our second ‘What If ‘ event, focused on fostering insightful conversations and stimulating new connections within our community. …

Open Hardware is a concept that has always been in constant evolution as many other aspects in the field of computer technologies, but currently the major concession is that Open Hardware is that hardware whose schematic diagrams and technical specifications are publicly available regardless of the monetary cost. The issue…