Sharing is Caring: But How to Distribute Open Hardware?
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... high-priced commercial devices.
Fig. 2: Workflow for open software (left) vs. open hardware...provide the construction plans or CAD (computer aided design) drawings of their devices, which makes it very...has allowed the community to regularly replicate designs worldwide. Distributing hardware via globally established...similar way to the biological protocol, and assembly designs based around the use of commercially available ...users outside the project to modify the raw and design files, allowing the device to take on a community-driven...of work from universities and research centers provides a potential conflict between traditional IP-based...