Open Source Hardware Projects

Main List

• P2P Foundation goldmine, but many outdated - http://p2pfoundation.net/Product_Hacking#Companies
• WikiPedia List of Open Source Hardware Projects
• Open Innovations Projects - German updatable directory - [1]
• The Bypass Movement - http://thebypassmovement.com/how-to-participate/
• Makers of the 3rd Industrial Revolution - List of projects in resources directory, p. 144 onwards
• OKFN List - http://okfn.org/about/team/
• [2]
• Kickstarter's Open Source Tag - updated regularly

Specific Areas

City and Country

• Open Source Juba, Sudan. Contact Stephen Kovats.
• Open State - prototyping a smallest cell of a sustainable future. 2013.

Cars

• Only on electronics and software - OpenXC by Ford, collab with Bug Labs - smartphone-integrated cars.
• Wikispeed

Routers

• AnniRouter - appears to be good on philosophy of tao of making - simplicity.

Dead

• Ronja - [3]

Electronics

• Open_Electronics_Interview_with_Nathan_Seidle

Lasers

• LAOS - from Europe, appears to have traction

Metal Melting

• Electric Aluminum Melting Furnace - plans for $4

Phones

• TuxPhone - dead as of 2009
• Openmoko turns into OpenPhoenux - alive; $700 cost for motherboard.

Robotics

• Willow Garage

Video

• ELphel digital camera - [4]

Solar Concentrators

• Zenman Energy

• Zenman Energy - Facebook

3D Printers

• Robo 3D Printer

Strategy

• Buglabs to design universal power supply or at least some modules? Talk to Peter Semmelhack in NYC office, founder
• Wikispeed for potential ops managers?
• Solidoodle commercial 3D printer is in Brooklyn. Code and electronics are open source.
• OpenSat - visit with founder during Seoul Digital Forum
• Open State micro-civilization build in Berlin.