Open hardware

Open hardware is the counter-part to the Open Source software movement, and it may even share some open source values. The only difference is that it focus on physical tools, which create a different set of constraints.

• Meta discussions about Open Hardware:
  • Different types of open source projects based on community engagement
  • scientific incentives push to build new not build on
  • 202305251750 Open Hardware can transform access to lab equipment
  • Is OpenSPIM a good example of open hardware?
• Open-Hardware practices
  • Sharing reproducible models
• Some examples of (scientific) open projects:
  • Single-molecule detection with a 3D printed microscope
  • Open-Source Miniature Spectrophotometer (OSMS)
  • Astroplant
  • octopi microscope
  • Open hardware microscope chambers
  • OpenSPIM
  • OpenTrons
• There are some discussions on open hardware business model:
  • open hardware should not be a strategy to overcome licensing
  • 202306121143 Open hardware is not all about money
  • Outsourcing experiments with open hardware tools
  • Selling open-hardware tools
  • Selling open-hardware services
  • Specialty parts suppliers for open-hardware tools