Category Archives: open innovation
In defense of open source innovation and polite disagreement
First off: congratulations to the MakerBot team on Replicator 2, and on the store. It looks like a good product, from first impressions. It’s a lot of hard work getting a product out, and more opening a store. The team … Continue reading
Open Source Hardware Definition v.1.0 released
Last year, along with other members of the Arduino team and colleagues from several other open source hardware makers, I attended the Open Hardware Summit in New York. We began working on a definition and statement of principles for producing open … Continue reading
Open Hardware Summit, Sept 23, 2010
So what exactly is open source hardware? Â We’re getting closer to a consensus definition, thanks to Ayah Bdeir and Eyebeam. Â A few months ago, she put together a workshop on open source hardware, and invited a group of people who … Continue reading
Physicality, Conviviality, and Openness
Physicality, conviviality, and openness are the themes of a series of talks I gave last week to the HCI group at RWTH Aachen, thanks to Jan Borchers. Â These three ideas run through most of the work I’ve been doing over … Continue reading
Practice, Practice, Practice
Ashlynn Dewey just sent me links to a new Nike+ ad that she ran across that reminded her of our physical computing class(thanks, Ash!). It’s a great video that shows a couple of supercool Japanese DJs making music on specially … Continue reading
Idle speculation on the shan zhai and open fabrication
Strategy & Business magazine has an interesting article on the shan zhai manufacturers in China at the moment. It’s the first business press article I’ve seen in the US that takes a relatively balanced approach to reporting on them. It’s … Continue reading