This scalability mantra we have been used for years now is not getting us anywhere. I’m sick of this build – grow – exit thing. Building the next web startups is not going to make any big difference in the world: we have social networks, blog platforms, we have sites for sharing pictures, we have…
This week the American-Israeli company and 3D printing giant Stratasys acquired the once beloved, now discussed, Makerbot Industries for about 400 M$. Some said it’s quite a big valuation for a company that still need to find a sustainable revenue stream and a consolidated business. Those of you that are interested in the details of…
It’s just few months that I’m strongly involved in the open source hardware movement and, despite I still not have a clear idea of how this community is composed. I’ve got some impressions, especially by talking with lots of fabbers and makers, one of them is, luckily, my brother in law that built a CNC milling machine…
Perhaps because of resources crisis that we live, finally, a growing awareness about the materials is rising. In my opinion, there are three kinds of considerations we can do when talking about fair trade and, in general, when we talk of components built or including what we usually call “rare earths”. Conflicts The…
I was very impressed in the last days of the much talk that has been done around the Liberator, the first 3D printable gun, available for download on Defcad. [youtube id=”drPz6n6UXQY” width=”620″ height=”360″] The amateur, DIY guns, are not new, it is not the 3D printing today to make a difference: even if the team…
Many of you may have wondered several times about how to fund your experiments or even how to create products using crowdfunding platforms to supply capital. Crowdfunding has definitively characterized the past two years as a too important phenomenon to be overlooked by the hardware designers of our time. But what is the approach…
With this post we wanted to compare the latest arrived boards in the world of hobbyists electronics with devices that were already on the market. We highlighted the pros and cons of the most prominent alternatives with the aim of helping our readers to choose the one better fitting with their requirements. Here’s the list…
In this world we have open source projects of all kinds: from the software that runs the Internet, to tractors, laser cutters or 3D printers. Lately I have often wondered though: why don’t we have an open source toaster or a washing machine? A credible plan for a open source washing machine would have an…
When I look at the slowly emerging universe around open source hardware I often have a glimpse of great promises. Recently we have also published on this blog, a list of worthy projects from the world of ‘open source hardware that has stimulated a lot of discussion and interest on social media. Some of…
After the smartphones revolution that led us directly to the internet in our pockets the next one is already in place a will bring the Internet directly into objects. I often read lots of posts on a daily basis in which people try to define the Internet of Things: since a long time I…
The pleasure and passion to start a new project from an almost casual intuition, to create a new prototype, and then make it better and eventually available on the market does not always comply with the existing rules and laws in Europe. My personal experience in building Open Source, DIY Hardware from the Global…
All of us are passionate defenders of open electronics and supporters of the movement for open source hardware, and so today we decided to submit a list, a tribute, to those which, in our point of view, are the most important and most promising initiatives out there. Hopefully this list will bring some new inspiration…
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