Citizen Cyberlab in Geneva, Switzerland, is one of the eleven United Labs where students can work in projects tackling the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During the summer, the Geneva-Tsinghua …
A new way to equip Africa’s science labs: get students to build their own
Water urns become bioreactors with this clever design. Jeffrey Barbee, Alliance Louise Bezuidenhout, University of Oxford How does one train science students without equipment? As a sociologist of science …
Una revolución en el acceso a las herramientas científicas
Una comunidad global de 30 países promueve el libre acceso al hardware científico Más de 100 representantes del ámbito científico, la educación, organizaciones sociales, artistas y profesionales independientes de 30 …
GOSH Roadmap: launching a revolution in access to scientific tools
A global community from 30 countries calls for open sharing of scientific hardware Over 100 researchers, engineers, educators, entrepreneurs and community organizers from 30 countries have published a report describing …
[Guest Post] Journal of Open Hardware Interview Series: Andrew Pelling in coversation with Erin “RobotGrrl” Kennedy
This is a guest post from the Journal of Open Hardware Team! Journal of Open Hardware editorial board member, Andrew Pelling had a chance to sit down and chat with …
GOSH Community Members feature in The Economist this week!
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, …
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 …
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 …