Another 100% Open Source camera is coming up: we really think that Open Source photography is the next big thing in open source! Lux is a work of beauty. This velvet looking camera is a has a waist level viewfinder and it shoots 120 film. Made by Kevin Kadooka it is 100% open source with everything up for improvement…
Machine Series is a platform that lives between industry and artisans, producing elegant everyday objects through approachable, open source manufacturing technologies. The goal of Machine Series is to craft simplicity out of complexity – to create restrained, subtle, and unobtrusive beauty through the optimisation of outstanding manufacturing techniques, no matter how simple or complex they…
A beautiful Timelapse video about the construction of the Tabby, the Open Source Vehicle that is making a lot of buzz worldwide! via OSVehicle: TABBY Timelapse on Vimeo.
Late January is finally time to make a little bit of history about the 2013 of Open Electronics: a big year for us, that started with a complete redesign of the website and went through a lot of content shared with some big hits! As just said, and as you may recall, early in…
A news coming from the Submit section: The team at Apertus just published an update to the rather popular Axiom Open Modules Concept that drafts a concept about how they want to allow swappable image sensor modules and swappable lens mounts in the Axiom camera the future: In our first post about the Axiom Open Module…
A beautiful project trying to create an open platform for telematics is rising funds on kickstarter! The name of Freematics stands for Free (as in freedom) and Telematics. The goal of this project is to make it possible, accessible, and affordable for people, especially makers, to carry out vehicle telematics projects with open-source hardware, more…
An interesting project about a Free software tool that is in the making to design fashion. A project you should keep an eye on, in case you’re following the Open Source Fashion industry. Unfortunately is still very early work but you can drop a line a join your efforts! At this stage of development Roman…
Finally someone seems to be near to deliver a Low-Cost Waterjet for the masses. Still no mention on openness unfortunately. Here’s the complete writeup on Hack a Day. Objective: My team of five decided to create the first ever, small-scale, low-cost, and easy-to-use waterjet cutter, finally making this great technology available to hobbyists and small businesses…
Fab10 in Barcelona finally announced: the 10th edition of the global conference on Fablabs will stop by the Fab City this year and you can’t lose the opportunity to be there: Fab10 Barcelona is the tenth international conference and annual meeting of the Fab Lab network. Fab10 Barcelona will gather the international Fab Lab community…
Chinese giant ZTE unveiled Eco-Mobius at the CES conferences earlier this month. The move looks highly interesting and confirms that modularity is THE new trend in Consumer Electronics hardware. No mention on Open Source role (differently from Motorola that seems to embrace the principle in Project Ara – we covered earlier). If you’re interested in…
Despite this project is not open source, this advanced HMI projects was submitted by the community and it looks like a great one, with a bold idea. The project is also open for app development: Ootsidebox is a breakthrough touchless technology that fits in just a case. It’s especially designed for your 7 inches Android tablet….
We’re everyday more astonished about the creativity that people can put into hacking projects: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6B3vYuzU4k RumbleRail is a standalone and modular Floppy Disk Jukebox – Load midi files onto the SD card and take it with you for tunes on the go! A beautiful machined black aluminium rail carries all components: Eight floppy drives, matching…
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