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Live Stream: See The New MNT Pocket Reform Open Source Mini Laptop

Live Stream: See The New MNT Pocket Reform Open Source Mini Laptop

By David Groom

David Groom

David bought his first Arduino in 2007 as part of a Roomba hacking project. Since then, he has been obsessed with writing code that you can touch. David fell in love with the original Pebble smartwatch, and even more so with its successor, which allowed him to combine the beloved wearable with his passion for hardware hacking via its smartstrap functionality. Unable to part with his smartwatch sweetheart, David wrote a love letter to the Pebble community, which blossomed into Rebble, the service that keeps Pebbles ticking today, despite the company's demise in 2016. When he's not hacking on wearables, David can probably be found building a companion bot, experimenting with machine learning, growing his ever-increasing collection of dev boards, or hacking on DOS-based palmtops from the 90s.

Find David on Mastodon at @ishotjr@chaos.social and to a far lesser extent on Twitter at @IShJR.

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Update: re-watch the livestream here: We’re dusting off the livestream machine for another fun chat with a maker who’s making hardware at scale, this time with MNT Research‘s Lukas F. Hartmann! If you caught our earlier stream with Kevin from Arduboy, then you’ll know what to expect: an exciting, free-form nerd out with folks who […]

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You Can Still Get Goodie Bag Tickets To The Open Source Hardware Summit

You Can Still Get Goodie Bag Tickets To The Open Source Hardware Summit

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. You can find me on twitter at @calebkraft and on youtube

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Coming up on April 22nd, the annual Open Source Hardware Summit will be happening digitally, for free, via Youtube and Discord. However, those that purchase tickets to attend had a nifty goody bag to look forward to as well (and also the joy of knowing they were supporting the initiative through the year). They had […]

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Check Out This Open Source Knob With Haptics and Display

Check Out This Open Source Knob With Haptics and Display

By Caleb Kraft

Caleb Kraft

I get ridiculously excited seeing people make things. I just want to revel in the creativity I see in makers. My favorite thing in the world is sharing a maker's story. You can find me on twitter at @calebkraft and on youtube

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Those of us that sit at computers all day can’t help but have a tiny bit of tech thirst for new and interesting input devices. This one really stood out as well done and presented. This open source project by Scottbez1 is a rotary encoder that has a built in display, LED lighting, and haptic […]

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Open Source Hardware Certifications for May 2021

Open Source Hardware Certifications for May 2021

By Salman Faris

Salman Faris

Salman Faris is a maker from India. currently working at steag csct and building makergram with his fellow makers. He is specialized in rapid hardware prototyping and digital fabrication.

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In May 2021 the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) certified a wide variety of hardware as open source.  we will have a certified variety collection of Open Source Hardwares, Let’s take a look! (And remember, certification is a free and easy way to show that your hardware complies with the open source hardware definition.) First, […]

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Amelia Buns

Maker Spotlight: Meet Amelia Buns and Her Open Source 3D Printer Tool Changer

By Mike Senese

Mike Senese

Mike Senese is the Executive Editor of Make: magazine. He is also a TV host, starring in various engineering and science shows for Discovery Channel, including Punkin Chunkin, How Stuff Works, and Catch It Keep It.

An avid maker, Mike spends his spare time tinkering with electronics, doing amateur woodworking, and attempting to cook the perfect pizza.

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Based in Iran, Amelia is hard at work on a low-cost printhead tool changer for 3D printers, which allows for multi-material 3D prints among other potential functions. A maker of various smart and mechanical builds, her endeavors are impressive, and her creativity and enthusiasm seems boundless. We reached out to find out more about her. […]

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Open Source Hardware Certifications For January 2021

Open Source Hardware Certifications For January 2021

By Alicia Gibb

Alicia Gibb

Alicia Gibb is the founder and Executive Director of the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA), an organization to educate and promote building and using open source hardware.

She also directs the Atlas BTU Lab (Blow Things Up) at CU Boulder, a hackerspace where she teaches in the areas of physical computing and information technology.

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Here’s a look at the first month of 2021 in Open Source Hardware! In January we had 139 pieces of hardware certified as open source, 119 of those were from SparkFun Electronics. A total of 9 different countries were represented in this month’s certifications. Categories represented were Electronics, Wearables, IOT, Sound, Environmental, and Science. Overall […]

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