Open Source Hardware

hardware whose design is shared under an Open Source style

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_hardware

apr'2007: Make Mag http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/04/open_source_hardware_what.html |profile almost/kinda: inexpensive hardware running Open Source stack?

http://www.opencollector.org/Whyfree/

http://www.openhardware.net/

see also Open Cell Phone

does Chumby count?

BugLabs - see Nyc Money Men

does NaBazTag count? probably not really

PhidgEts http://www.phidgets.com/ - Phidgets are an easy to use set of building blocks for low cost sensing and control from your PC. Using the Universal Serial Bus (USB) as the basis for all Phidgets, the complexity is managed behind an easy to use and robust Application Programming Interface (API). Applications can be developed quickly in VisualBasic, VBA (Microsoft Access and Excel), Lab View, Java, Delphi, C and C++.

Daisy MP3 Player http://www.teuthis.com/daisy/index.html $115 from Make Zine store or build your own.


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