DIY | Maker

Dave Rauchwerk, CEO of Next Thing Co., reveals that $9 CHIP computer is licensed as Creative Commons ShareAlike. That's just the beginning.

Thanks to 3-D printers and cheap prototyping, a new era of physical goods startups is here. Here's how to make the switch to hardware without running. afoul of rules ans backers.

Noah Dentzel, 07/02/2014

Notable hardware hacker bunnie Huang is building a completely open laptop, and you may be able to buy one too.

NATHAN EDWARDS, 28/04/2014

With the rise of the maker movement, many are trying to have a grasp at what open hardware, DIY and digital fabrication mean to society. Use some of your rare spare time to watch these documentaries. They will give you a clearer understanding of the concepts behind open source hardware and will inspire you to make projects and participate to the open hardware movement.

Spark Devices is using Kickstarter and DIYers as the gateway into building a hardware and cloud-based platform for the internet of things. Today it’s DIY, but tomorrow it hopes to have corporate clients.

A real, useful, open source computer, the $35 Raspberry Pi is powerful enough to use as a PBX. A DIY laptop is coming, too

Présentation sur l'open hardware à la conférence Toulibre de novembre 2012. Aperçu des différentes formes d'open hardware, de l'écosystème, des licences et des impacts de cette (r)évolution

When I think about the world that we are now living, I have to (I literally must) think about open source technologies, open source frameworks and products such good that became excellent platforms to build your own distrupting software, or board. We are living the same situation with wearable devices, in such a way that I am inclined to think about all of this stuff and easily identify a cyclic, predictable behavior. Once a technology or a concept starts to become part of the traditional software (and hardware) stack, suddenly clones begin to appear; and there’s a strong chance that the first to appear (as the first clone, or even the original product) is open source. 

Alessio Biancalana, 02/05/2014

The Open Reflex, a research about desktop 3D printing, open design and hacking.
100% Open-Source ! Fell free to copy, understand, improve then share again !


The OpenReflex is an Open-Source analog camera with a mirror Viewfinder and an awesome finger activated mechanic shutter (running ~ 1/60°s). What's more, it's compatible with any photographic lens.
All the pieces easily printable on an recent RepRap-like ABS 3D-printer without using support material !

Que recouvrent les notions d'Open Hardware et de matériel libre ? Peut-on les comparer avec l'open source et les logiciels libres ? Décryptage d'une tendance qui prend du poids, et pourrait bien bouleverser un partie de l'industrie.

L'Open Hardware Summit et la World Maker Faire, événements emblématiques, ont rassemblé la semaine dernière à New York les défenseurs passionnés du matériel libre, l'Open Hardware.