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Low-cost robotic hands for amputees around the world

Doing good for the world is often the nature of an open source software or hardware project. Offering code and schematics to others free of charge and with a license that…

Lettuce farming field for Open Food Week

Hacking the farm with low-cost, open source tool designs

After starting his own farm in Missouri, Marcin Jakubowski quickly discovered it's an expensive business. The tools he needed to start and maintain a sustainable farm didn't…

Kids can refurbish computers for others at Kramden

I just turned 13 years old, and I am in 7th grade at Rogers-Herr Middle School in Durham, North Carolina. I heard about the Kramden Institute from my dad, who is an avid…

How to build an open hardware guitar amplifier in 5 steps

ElectroSmash just released an open hardware guitar amplifier called the 1Wamp. Designed as a small and portable 1 watt amplifier loaded with all the features of big amps, the…

Open hardware tools with t-square, pencil, cabinent, and gears

Best of Opensource.com: Hardware

Hardware projects and the culture of makers in tech continued to grow by leaps and bounds in 2015. At Opensource.com, we published numerous articles about how to build, rig up…

Special edition: Top news of 2015 in open source

In this Special Edition of our weekly open source news roundup, we look back at the top news stories in 2015! I looked most closely at news in the areas of business…

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