RE: OHS 2013: "Open-source hardware in the creative world"

DAB — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 19:46:25 GMT

Hi Drew,

An interesting idea. Did they indicate where they thought the technology would go from here?

I agree with Morgaine, the potential for biology and medical dosing are very intrigueing.

I also agree that if the public funded the research that the information should be open source. Why should we have to pay twice?

Just a thought,

DAB

RE: OHS 2013: "Open-source hardware in the creative world"

morgaine — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 04:59:39 GMT

I enjoyed reading about those OSHW projects, and that DMF device is the one that most caught my eye as well because of my interest in nanotechnology research, which crosses over into biotech so such instrumentation is relevant.

There's quite a bit of information on both hardware and software at the Microfluidics site, but I was very disappointed to find that all the information on principles and physics is in the paper in Applied Physics letters, which is not open. That's the real hardware documentation for such science and engineering equipment, so it seems that the concepts of OSHW haven't really caught on very well at University of Toronto. Making University research available only to those who can pay I find utterly bizarre to the point of being barbaric.

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