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 …
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 …
Open-source oceanographic instruments reach final of NatGeo Competition – support #openhardware for science!
GOSHer Andrew Thaler and the OpenCDT project that he presented in his GOSH 2017 pivot talk have reached the final of a National Geographic Chasing Genius competition with the idea …