Glad to see Jono has seen the light - welcome to the world of open source hardware! ;) A good place to start would be the Open Source Hardware Association: http://www.oshwa.org/ .
A great book on the topic of open products is Open Design Now, available to read at http://opendesignnow.org/
I totally agree that the problem of collaboration for open products has not been solved, but platforms like Wevolver (http://www.wevolver.com) are making some headway.
Glad to see Jono has seen the light - welcome to the world of open source hardware! ;) A good place to start would be the Open Source Hardware Association: http://www.oshwa.org/ .
A great book on the topic of open products is Open Design Now, available to read at http://opendesignnow.org/
I totally agree that the problem of collaboration for open products has not been solved, but platforms like Wevolver (http://www.wevolver.com) are making some headway.