The Economist have published a new article entitled ‘Do-it-yourself science is taking off: A growing movement seeks to make the tools of science available to everyone (including you)’. This extended …
Outside the academy: DIY science communities (Force2017 Keynote by Lucy Patterson)
Lucy Patterson gave a keynote at the recent FORCE2017 meeting on DIY Science Communities with some very familiar groups mentioned! Take a look on youtube. About Lucy Lucy is a …
OpenCon 2017: Reflections from a GOSHer
OpenCon 2017 has taken place in Berlin, Germany, and so many things happened in those three days that reflection is almost mandatory. I’ll write mostly about my own impressions, …
Africa OSH Summit to take place in Kumasi, Ghana, 13th – 15th April, 2018
The first Gathering for Open Science & Hardware (GOSH) was held in March 2016 at CERN, Switzerland. GOSH is a diverse, global community working to enhance the sharing of open, …
PhD Studentship in UK: Pushing the boundaries of 3D printed mechanisms for open source instrumentation
GOSH alum Dr Richard Bowman is offering a PhD project on 3D printed mechanisms for open source instrumentation at the Univesity of Bath! More information and apply via findaphd.com >> Deadline …
Accelerating science and improving equitable access to hands-on STEM education through open science hardware
The US National Science Foundation (NSF) recently published a call for suggestions of research areas that could benefit from ‘networks of networks’ between US and international researchers. The GOSH Community …
GOSH Roadmap mentioned on BBC Radio 4 ‘Inside Science’
Jenny Molloy appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science with Adam Rutherford on Thursday 23 Nov to discuss synthetic biology and democratisation, including the need for open source technologies and …
Science Disrupt Podcast with Bethan Wolfenden & open-source lab-tech at the Royal Society
Hear a nice chat with Bethan on the Science Disrupt Podcast, which has also featured Tom Baden and Andre Chagas! Gemma & Lawrence who run the Science Disrupt project also …
Open Source Hardware Collaboration Survey – how people work together to design open source products
Robert Mies and Jérémy Bonvoisin are part of a research project team working on open source hardware at Technische Universität Berlin. They are launching a survey to better understand how …
Grassroots scientific research and keeping open hardware open
A thematic issue of ‘Engaging Science, Technology, and Society’ journal introduced by GOSH 2017 co-organiser Max Liboiron, Sara Wylie and Nick Shapiro has a range of Open Access articles that …