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Using Github To Track Hardware Projects By Gary Hodgson
Unlike software, hardware projects cannot be entirely defined, or contained within, the computer. That’s a shame because there are some really great tools for managing software projects. Gary Hodgson...
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Defense Distributed Had Their Stratasys 3D Printer Taken Away
Defense Distributed, headed by Cody Wilson, is championing the Wiki Weapon project, the aim of which is to produce files for a 3D printable gun. Unfortunately for them, when Stratasys found out what...
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Help OSE Refine The Design Of Their Backhoe
Open Source Ecology is gradually evolving their process for open source engineering. This latest installment is a Google Doc that anyone can jump in and view/edit. They’ve posted several questions so...
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VehicleFORGE – DARPA’s Open Source Hardware Competition Is Open For Registration
I’m gonna start this post with a little bit of background. I’m a developer on various open source hardware projects, others and my own. Hardware has more barriers to entry than software, particularly...
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iFixit Literally Opens Hardware
Part of the point of open hardware is, you know, the open part. If you can’t open it, then it’s not open. iFixit tears apart popular consumer products, then rates them 1-10 based on how easy they are...
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MakerBot Re-branded Thingiverse…Yawn
As reported on by Make Magazine, MakerBot has decided to change the logo on the Thingiverse page from “Thingiverse” to “MakerBot Thingiverse” and apparently some people feel this is a problem. Anyway,...
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Year of Open Source 2013 Calendar
Year of Open Source is a lifestyle and documentary project by Sam Muirhead. He is spending a year replacing as much as possible of what he does with open source alternatives. As part of his fundraising...
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DARPA’s Open Source Cyber-Electro-Mechanical Design Tools Are Posted
Just a quick post to remind the world that DARPA has posted the open source design tools (and associated tutorial) that will be used to simulate and eventually manufacture an infantry fighting vehicle....
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Aligni Wants To Let You Use Their BOM Software For Free
As Bunnie pointed out on his blog, managing the Bill Of Materials (BOM) for a project can become quite complicated. Even a simple project, if it needs to be manufactured by someone else, would benefit...
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The Open Hardware Toolchain Survey
Apologies for the silence. This blog got put on an unannounced hiatus as my new project gobbled up all of my free time. If you’re reading this then the odds are pretty good that you already know what...
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