New tech is developed and released every day. Our global technological development has been rising at an exponential rate for decades, with each new breakthrough bringing us forward by massive strides. Many of those new developments come from the private sector, from individuals and small teams developing new ideas that change our world in countless…
3D printing is being part of our lives and we’re probably getting used to the idea of doing it to innovate and improve our work, and why not, our daily existence. It is always worth to look at the reality and not at the illusion, but the data and the market are quite clear. They…
A new year started, leving behind a 2015 rich in many projects, innovations and new opportunities offered by the open source hardware community. We hope that this year will be even better, and that will be another year of consolidation for the open source hardware community and also for Open Electronics. Fans who follow us…
It is undeniable that the 4th industrial revolution is sweeping us, bringing behind innovations and promises, but also many fears and uncertainties. But what triggered it and what is the concept that rotates at its base, and the change that it intends to provide? The 4th industrial revolution aims to overturn the productive paradigms known…
Being “Energy Efficient” at home isn’t just for granola-eating techies or Elon Musk. It’s the best way to reduce the price of your utility bill each month while also reducing your environmental impact on daily basis. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines energy efficiency as “delivering the same (or more) services while using…
One of the strongest trend we have seen this year at CES2015 is, as you can imagine easily, the IoT (Internet of Things) development. Consequently, the most important component needed is the “connection and communication” module that enables the remote interaction between the device and “the community” via internet. Here we will sum up the…
The 2015 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, has been the largest and most amazing exhibition in the history of CES so far, according to Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) that is the owner and showrunner of this fair. The venue stretched over more than 2.2 million net square feet of exhibit…
Here we are, the 2015 is fresh starting and as usual it’s the right time to take stock of the past year. In this post, we’ll go through the main accomplishments done in 2014 about open source and as you will easily see, the past one has been a very productive and inspiring year! Let’s…
Here we are, a great year full of innovations and open source project is passing by and we would like to celebrate with you this magic moment! As usual in this period, it’s time to take stocks of the work done so far, so here are the most visited posts on Open Electronics. Top 5…
The second Italian edition of the European Maker Faire, held in Rome from 3rd to 5th October, is just ended and has became a very big hit. Here are a few numbers: 90,000 visitors (3 times more than last year!), 600 exhibitors from all over Europe, 15,000 kids that visited the exhibitions and took part…
It’s already several years that we talk about open source software, as a winning approach. By now, even the most conservative CTO, or the slowest public organizations agreed to give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s: open source software is generally more mature and malleable, it can be tweaked and adapted more easily, it keeps…
Here at Open Electronics we are big fans of sailing. A good old friend of mine recently participated to 2013 edition of Mini Transat, a solo sailing race that starts in late october in Northern France and ends up in South America, was in Guadalupe this year, actually Pointe-à-Pitre. My friend’s race was definitely not…
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