Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
One year ago, without any discernable tech skills or any practical experience within the fields of open hardware, free software or free culture, I embarked on a project to try to live as ‘open source’ as possible for a whole year.
Open source hardware could be a revolutionary tool for unlocking the shackles that currently tie us to profit motivated, proprietary innovation. The concept springs from a vision to alleviate poverty through empowering decentralized and affordable, small-scale production. Participants anywhere in the world can use the internet to access, improve, or adapt designs for local manufacturing and drastically increase the rate of innovation.
