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<p>Open hardware is the counter-part to the <a class="wikilink" href="/open_source/">Open Source</a> software movement, and it may even share some <a class="wikilink" href="/open_source_values/">open source values</a>. The only difference is that it focus on physical tools, which create a different set of constraints. </p> <ul> <li>Meta discussions about Open Hardware:<ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/different_types_of_open_source_projects_based_on_community_engagement/">Different types of open source projects based on community engagement</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/scientific_incentives_push_to_build_new_not_build_on/">scientific incentives push to build new not build on</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/literature/202305251750_open_hardware_can_transform_access_to_lab_equipment/">202305251750 Open Hardware can transform access to lab equipment</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/is_openspim_a_good_example_of_open_hardware/">Is OpenSPIM a good example of open hardware</a>?</li> </ul> </li> <li>Open-Hardware practices<ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/sharing_reproducible_models/">Sharing reproducible models</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/list_of_open_hardware_projects/">List of open hardware projects</a>:<ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/single-molecule_detection_with_a_3d_printed_microscope/">Single-molecule detection with a 3D printed microscope</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/literature/open-source_miniature_spectrophotometer_(osms)/">Open-Source Miniature Spectrophotometer (OSMS)</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/astroplant/">Astroplant</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/octopi_microscope/">octopi microscope</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/open_hardware_microscope_chambers/">Open hardware microscope chambers</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/openspim/">OpenSPIM</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/opentrons/">OpenTrons</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>There are some discussions on <a class="wikilink" href="/open_hardware_business_model/">open hardware business model</a>:<ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/open_hardware_should_not_be_a_strategy_to_overcome_licensing/">open hardware should not be a strategy to overcome licensing</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/literature/202306121143_open_hardware_is_not_all_about_money/">202306121143 Open hardware is not all about money</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/outsourcing_experiments_with_open_hardware_tools/">Outsourcing experiments with open hardware tools</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/selling_open-hardware_tools/">Selling open-hardware tools</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/selling_open-hardware_services/">Selling open-hardware services</a></li> <li><a class="wikilink" href="/specialty_parts_suppliers_for_open-hardware_tools/">Specialty parts suppliers for open-hardware tools</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul>

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