List of Open Hardware Projects
From Gosh! 2009: Open Source Hardware Summit
Art
- APO33 French art collective
- Glocal Camera Project, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
- Open source embroidery at the Bildmuseet, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
- NORTD studio open source architecture, hardware and software. US and EU
Artist-Driven
- AID (Art Interface Device): open source artist microcontroller project by Inter-access. Michelle Kasparzak. Likely defunct, but good historical info.
- Create USB Interface Another microcontroller project - alive and kicking.
- Scrying low-power radio boards by Martin Howse
- multio io platform (development in stasis)
- Redundant Technology Initiative getting creative with technology trash: hardware re-use and re-purposing.
Computing
- Zero Dollar Laptop and Low Tech Manifesto, part of lowtech.org
- Open Graphics open source graphics cards
- pandorra OSH / Linux-based handheld gaming device
- Ben Nanonote ultra small form factor computing device
Design-Driven
- Zoybar - open R&D Lab in the field of electric music instruments.
Development Projects
- Open source solar hearing-aid charger by Godisa Technologies. Also read this article on the above hearing aid
- North-by-South, a San Francisco-based company specializing in open source development projects in the Americas
Distribution Projects
- Etsy, the home DIY distribution/sales platform
- Ponoko open source, distributed manufacturing of laser-cut designs
Electronic Technology/Hobbyist
- Zoybar - open R&D Lab in the field of electric music instruments.
- A hack a day keeps boredom away!
- midibox non-commercial DIY Projects for MIDI Hardware Geeks
- Colorforth VLSI design tools
- Uzebox An open source game console
Housing
- The Hexayurt project, a $200 shelter licensed public domain.
Industrial
- Open source CNC machine
Self-Replicating Machines
- Fab@Home home fabrication technology
- RepRap universal constructor project
- Theo Jansen's Strandbeest "animals." Also see his TED Talk.
Lifestyle/Consumer Interactive
- Bug Labs open source modular media platform, by Peter Semmelhack
- Zoybar - open R&D Lab in the field of electric music instruments.
- Lilypad wearable microcontrollers and other electonic components, by Leah Buechley and SparkFun Electronics
- NORTD open source modular multitouch systems and kits by Addie Wagenknecht and Stefan Hechenberger
- Neuros OSD Open source video recorder unit
- Myopen Signal Processor Skin surface human interface device. Interpret muscle movements for video gaming, prosthetic control, robotic teleoperation and more.
Music Instruments
- Zoybar - open R&D Lab in the field of electric music instruments.
Software Radio
- USRP Universal Software Radio Platform - FPGA-based gnuradio companion hardware
Organisations
- [1] Open Hardware And Design Alliance - Media:Ohanda_piksel.pdf File:Ohanda piksel.pdf
Telecommunications
- Mesh Potato A Wi-Fi mesh router and SIP client for analog phones
- Free Telephony Project Open Source hardware and software
- Bug Labs open source modular media platform, by Peter Semmelhack
- OpenMoko open source cell phone
- TuxPhone open source cell phone project
- Android, Google's open handset project
Transportation
- Oscar, the open source car
Video
- Milkymist Visual Synthesizer FPGA based video effects synthesizer
- Neuros OSD (Open Source Device) Video capture, streaming and storage device.
- Elphel firewire cameras (sourceforge) FPGA based imaging device with open source firmware and fpga design.
