1. Local community

We will thrive a local community of builders in the four participating research institutions.

  1. Hardware publication platform

We will gather a community of interest to co-create an ecosystem for hardware publication, including a peer review system, that will provide recognition for the hardware makers.

  1. International collaboration

We will work inside GOSH, OSHWA and the RDA communities, producing guidance for makers in their path to open and FAIR hardware production, as well as driving further acceptance of the developed workflows.

  1. Research

We have been conducting interviews, surveys and observatory studies to understand the current practices and the community needs.

Team

Researchers from three Berlin universities are collaborating to make this project fly.

  • Industrial engineer, research associate at the TU Berlin.

    Robert Mies

    Hardware co-creation

  • Data manager and open science enthusiast, research associate at the HU Berlin.

    Dr. Julien Colomb

    Data management, scholarly comm.

  • Information scientist and open source developer, research associate at FU Berlin.

    Moritz Maxeiner

    Open source robotics

  • Neuroscientist, Full Professor at HU Berlin.

    Prof. Matthew Larkum

    Neuroscience

  • Bioinformatician, Professor of Artificial and Collective Intelligence, FU Berlin.

    Prof. Tim Landgraf

    Open source robotics

  • Mechanical engineer, Full Professor at TU Berlin.

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Jochem

    Quality Science

  • Neurology, Professor at CharitĂ©.

    Prof. Dr. med. Petra Ritter

    Brain Simulation

  • Biology Bachelor student at HU Berlin.

    Fabio Reeh

    Student assistant

  • Science and technology studies, alumni.

    Dr. Julieta Arancio

    Qualitative data analysis

  • Energy modeller, alumni.

    Dr. Sacha Hodencq

    Hardware documentation

  • Alumni Master Student

    Diana Americano Guerrero

    Student assistant

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Interview summary: audiomoth

on January 23, 2024

Interview: audiomoth Alex Rogers is a Professor of Computer Science who lead the team that developed the audiomoth, a low-price passve sound recorder used for biodiversity monitoring in the wild. by the Open make team, Alex Rogers. Copyright to the authors, distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Sections: The project The hardware The research outputs The participants *Banner image: logo of the openacousticdevices company, By openacousticdevices, used with permission

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Interview: Gorgas Tracker

on January 22, 2024

Interview: Gorgas Tracker Pierre Padilla Huamantinco is a PhD student at Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering, he led the development of the Gorgas Tracker, a device that was used to track the position of people and investigate the role of human population movement in malaria epidemiology in rural villages in the Peruvian Amazon river networks. by the Open make team, Pierre Padilla Huamantinco. Copyright to the authors, distributed under a CC-BY 4.

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Interview: Guaudilabs, the Pocket-PCR

on January 18, 2024

Interview: GaudiLabs Urs Gaudenz has been part of hackteria and similar open source hardware communities for a long time. Nine years ago, he started GaudiLabs, a “desktop manufacturing” company that is selling open source hardware produced in small scale. One of these products is the Pocket-PCR machine. by the Open make team, Urs Gaudenz. Copyright to the authors, distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Sections: The project The hardware The research outputs The participants Banner image: GaudiLabs logo, used with permission

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Interview: craniobot

on January 16, 2024

Interview: Craniobot by the Open make team, Suhasa Kodandaramaiah. Copyright to the authors, distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Sections: The project The hardware The research outputs The participants Banner image: fixme, distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 Interviewee: Suhasa Kodandaramaiah Interviewers: Robert Mies (TU Berlin) & Moritz Maxeiner (FU Berlin) Transcription and editing: Diana Paola Americano Guerrero, Robert Mies, Fabio Reeh, Moritz Maxeiner & Julien Colomb Screenshot of the interview.

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