"a Tinkering School which builds the confidence of children to take technology apart and to be creative with technology"

a study about Open Source Ecology

a 111 days accelerator program focusing on hardware-related startups.

Designed and manufactured in a collaboration by more than 50 companies, the StreetScooter (which isn't actually a scooter) may show a new way of engineering and producing cutting edge vehicles.

First-authored by Mark D. Huntington, a graduate student in Odom's group, a recent paper in Small ("A Portable, Benchtop Photolithography System Based on a Solid-State Light Source") describes the device that can be constructed from an array of UV light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and powered by AA batteries.

"Using the Objet Geometries Connex500 3D printer, one capable of on-the-fly use of multiple materials, he made a flute in 15 hours. The results are surprisingly good for a first attempt. The instrument is playable, but Amit plans additional iteration and improvement. (Be sure to watch through the video for some feedback on the details from flutist Seth Hunter.)"

"I will show how a distributed community is enabled to collaboratively develop not only the software but also physical innovations and content, independent of manufacturers. I will also show how a commons of open source 3D content can emerge and how this further lowers the barriers for individuals to innovate and express themselves. It is exciting to see more and more individuals empowered to participate in this expanded scope of open source. Possibly, projects like the RepRap will revolutionize "making" not entirely unlike the PC and Linux have done for computing."

"Open Design Engine is a web portal developed specifically to address the urgent need to publish not only the final plans but the entire design process for open source hardware projects. We like to think of it as the Source Forge for hardware."