Future’s so Bright, I Gotta Wear LED Shades
You can buy the new LED Matrix Shades from macetech on their online store. Or build the original version, now available as an open source design.
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You can buy the new LED Matrix Shades from macetech on their online store. Or build the original version, now available as an open source design.
Open Source Hardware Convention 2012 Madrid: Call for papers
The Open Source Hardware, Electronics and Robotics Convention is a 3-day event organized by the Synusia collective. The aim of the Convention is to extend the Open Source Software and to promote electronics and the philosophy of “do it yourself”. The event will take place in Madrid at the Centro de Formación Padre Piquer, from the 21 to 23 September 2012. During the Convention, visitors will be able to attend and participate in lectures, workshops, round table discussions, and exhibitions of personal projects. The Convention is currently seeking submissions for papers and talks. Deadline for papers: 23 of July.
For more information: http://oshwcon.org/en
Open Source Hardware Definition 1.0
The Open Source Hardware ("OSHW") definition version 1.0 was released a few weeks ago, and a bunch of organizations and people (like me!) have signed on in support of the definition and of OSHW in general.
One of my favorite parts, emphasis mine:
One of my favorite parts, emphasis mine:
4. Derived WorksIf I'm reading that right, by allowing and not obliging derivative works to adhere to the definition, industry is encouraged to incorporate as much or as little OSHW thinking as they like into their products. I think this is key for encouraging manufacturers at large to think in terms of making their products hackable, but more importantly, servicable. Of course companies will need to lay out all kinds of disclaimers for when you break their products when you were trying to fix them, but that's already standard practice. This is getting interestinger all the time...
The license shall allow modifications and derived works, and shall allow them to be distributed under the same terms as the license of the original work. The license shall allow for the manufacture, sale, distribution, and use of products created from the design files, the design files themselves, and derivatives thereof.
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