My latest blog post: Hacking an IKEA HÖVOLM into a Helmet Rack
https://mikecoats.com/hovolm-helmet-rack/
I received my first ever 3D printer as a present recently, so I decided to put it to some practical use. I designed some new hooks to hold bike helmets securely on an IKEA HÖVOLM.
OpenFlexure is an open source laboratory-grade microscope used to diagnose malaria and cancer. In this interview Julian Stirling, one of the core developers, tells us how the project evolved from its academic roots to a diverse community of people who use it, build it, sell it, teach it & develop it.
OpenFlexure is manufactured in many places to build local capacity. The next step is medical device certification, a slow but worthwhile process.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250806-openflexure-interview.html
OpenFlexure is an open source laboratory-grade microscope used to diagnose malaria and cancer. In this interview Julian Stirling, one of the core developers, tells us how the project evolved from its academic roots to a diverse community of people who use it, build it, sell it, teach it & develop it.
OpenFlexure is manufactured in many places to build local capacity. The next step is medical device certification, a slow but worthwhile process.
https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250806-openflexure-interview.html
Europe has a unicorn obsession, and frankly it needs to stop. 🦄
The EU is pouring €43 billion through the CHIPS act into creating "European champions," but we're missing the bigger picture: why are we treating essential tech infrastructure as private property instead of public commons?
We need a different approach. One that serves public benefit over private extraction. Read my thoughts here: https://tarakiyee.com/the-hardware-innovation-monopoly-problem-why-europe-should-stop-chasing-unicorns/
#OpenHardware#TechPolicy#DigitalSovereignty#PublicInterestTech
Europe has a unicorn obsession, and frankly it needs to stop. 🦄
The EU is pouring €43 billion through the CHIPS act into creating "European champions," but we're missing the bigger picture: why are we treating essential tech infrastructure as private property instead of public commons?
We need a different approach. One that serves public benefit over private extraction. Read my thoughts here: https://tarakiyee.com/the-hardware-innovation-monopoly-problem-why-europe-should-stop-chasing-unicorns/
#OpenHardware#TechPolicy#DigitalSovereignty#PublicInterestTech
Open Healthware (an @oshwassociation conference) is free to attend, online or in person, this week on Aug. 1-2!
As a preview, I'm interviewing Herine Palacios and Avinash Baskaran on #HacksterCafe, today (Tuesday) at 10:30am Pacific. We'll talk about the schedule, health tech, art, open #robotics, and more!
Live & recorded, via Hackster.io :
▶️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8zyAhdIU1s&list=PLsRBa4uXjihZwcYrwwuPhsYxWtFwMBqDF&index=1
▶️ https://www.linkedin.com/events/7355695429101015041/comments
// #OpenScience#Healthcare#Biohacking#WearableTech#HacksterIO#OSHWA#OpenHardware
This blog post is a few weeks late, but here it is! Happy to be part of the 2025 cohort of the SOAM Residency Program to work on the theme of funding public interest technology. I'm focusing specifically on how we can make Open Hardware just as big and successful as Open Source Software, so we can gain back control of our technology where it really matters: chip by chip. I wrote about here, interested in your thoughts as always: https://tarakiyee.com/how-can-open-hardware-catch-up-with-open-source-software/
"I’m particularly interested in hearing from institutional designers interested in alternative models for tech financing, hardware developers who’ve struggled with the challenges of open hardware projects, manufacturers who are frustrated by proprietary tooling and licencing fees, policy researchers thinking about the regulatory and economic dimensions, and anyone who’s frustrated with the current state of proprietary hardware dominance."
#TaraKiyee, 2025
https://tarakiyee.com/how-can-open-hardware-catch-up-with-open-source-software/
NGI0 Commons Fund - EC's largest Open Source fund with 27M€ - is now operating in full speed and just announced its latest round of grantees: https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
Congratulations to the winners
#opensource #openhardware @nlnet#NGI
Hey! Stop what you're doing and nominate someone for the OpenUK Open Source Awards!
You can nominate any UK based person, project, or group. Including yourself 😄
We promise a glittering awards ceremony which is free to attend (no pay to play here) and a chance to show off how brilliant the UK's FOSS scene is.
Hey! Stop what you're doing and nominate someone for the OpenUK Open Source Awards!
You can nominate any UK based person, project, or group. Including yourself 😄
We promise a glittering awards ceremony which is free to attend (no pay to play here) and a chance to show off how brilliant the UK's FOSS scene is.
Flopper Ziro is a DIY open source Flipper Zero clone. It's a work in progress, but involves a custom printed circuit board and 3D printed case, combined with off-the-shelf components and software made with Arduino IDE. https://github.com/lraton/FlopperZiro#FlopperZiro#OpenHardware #FlipperZero
Meshcore is working well enough in Seattle that now adoption is the largest issue to having a more robust LoRa mesh network.
So if you're in the PNW area and want to build a solid handheld LoRa radio to try out meshcore I've made a bill of materials for my go to portable build LoRa plans.
https://git.devhack.net/nullagent/lora-builds/src/branch/main/rak
#meshcore #seattle #pnw #tacoma #openhardware #arduino #lora #radio
NGI0 Commons Fund - EC's largest Open Source fund with 27M€ - is now operating in full speed and just announced its latest round of grantees: https://nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250624-announcement-grants-CommonsFund.html
Congratulations to the winners
#opensource #openhardware @nlnet#NGI
Yay!! 
I'm going to DEF CON! Our submission for demo lab was accepted and my colleague and I will be bringing the open hardware PAPRa project.
https://tetrabiodistributed.github.io/papra/
#openhardware #defcon33 #demolabs #ppe #health #defcon @defcon
🔧 Big news: the first Liberux dev-board is here!
After weeks of work, we’ve finally received the assembled PCB and already started booting it up. Our hardware team has spent the last days debugging, testing, and getting the SoC to talk to the PC, and we’re officially entering the bring up phase! 🎉
📚 We just published a full post with all the details, photos and videos: 👉 https://liberux.net/our-first-dev-board-has-arrived/
🔧 Big news: the first Liberux dev-board is here!
After weeks of work, we’ve finally received the assembled PCB and already started booting it up. Our hardware team has spent the last days debugging, testing, and getting the SoC to talk to the PC, and we’re officially entering the bring up phase! 🎉
📚 We just published a full post with all the details, photos and videos: 👉 https://liberux.net/our-first-dev-board-has-arrived/
Das Veröffentlichen von Designfiles und Anleitungen ist nur ein erster Schritt. Um eine Entwicklung zu teilen und zur Zusammenarbeit einzuladen braucht es auch eine Lizenz. Erst durch die Lizenz wird deutlich, unter welchen Bedingungen das Wissen weiterverwendet werden kann.
Wir haben in einem kleinen Blogpost festgehalten, was es bei der Lizenzierung von #OpenSourceHardware für Möglichkeiten gibt.
https://blog.opensourceecology.de/de/2024/08/open-source-hardware-lizenzen/
#OpenHardware#OSH#Lizenzen#OpenLicense#OpenSource#OSEG#CERNOHL
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