Daniel Wessolek

Im Frühjahr 2022 startet die Open Knowledge Foundation den ersten Prototype Fund für Hardware. Wir geben erste Einblicke in das Programm und rufen dazu auf, sich an der Entwicklung zivilgesellschaftlich orientierter Hardware zu beteiligen.

Open Source Hardware ermöglicht die Nachnutzung und Reparatur, indem bestehende Technik kollektiv weiterentwickelt und Fehlkonstruktionen oder Schäden durch offene Dokumentationen behoben werden können. Freie Lizenzen und modulare Konstruktionen gewähren die dezentrale Modifikation. So wird die Integration in lokale Kreisläufe möglich, indem die Technologie an Bedarfe angepasst und in Infrastrukturen integriert werden kann. Damit ist Open Hardware ein wichtiger Baustein für eine zukunftsfähige Gesellschaft, die nicht auf Überproduktion setzt, sondern auf die kollektive Weiterentwicklung und den Erhalt von Technik. Das macht Technik transparenter und zu einem partizipativen Gegenstand, der insbesondere auch benachteiligten Gruppen zugute kommt und in Krisengebieten zu mehr Unabhängigkeit führt. Mit dem Prototype Fund Hardware möchten wir das fördern und Open Hardware mehr Sichtbarkeit geben.

Other people: Maximilian Voigt

We want to revive the Open Hardware Meetup and make it a regular event again starting with this year's Congress. In the future we want to present great Open Hardware projects and give a space for exchange - alternating in the world of bits and atoms. Join us, present what you're working on and let's get to know each other!

For this first session we discuss topics such as: + How do we interface open hardware dev + community work with questions of sustainability / climate change mitigation? + Open hardware as possibility to repurpose hardware and upcycle things + Funding for open hardware + Public funding -> public tech We will be joined by Helen Leigh from Crowd Supply, Luis Felipe Murillo, co-founder of the Journal of Open Hardware, Cedric Honnet from MIT Media Lab, Mitch Altman from Cornfield Electronics, Drew Fustini from BayLibre, Shannon Dosemagen from Open Environmental Data Project, and possibly others.

Other people: Mitch Maximilian Voigt Cedric Honnet unixjazz Helen Leigh Drew Fustini Shannon Dosemagen

Over the last two years our team has been working on the Pocket Science Lab. While we were connecting with each other online for years the Corona crisis posed a new challenge to us: Chip and component shortages. In this panel we will share our story of how we are tackling this problem and our ideas on how to move forward with local production to solve global delivery issues and reduce the carbon footprint of shipping.

Over the last two years our team has been working on the Pocket Science Lab. While we were connecting with each other online for years the Corona crisis posed a new challenge to us: Chip and component shortages. Even getting prototypes for testing became difficult. In this panel we will share our story of how we are tackling this problem and how the dedication of our community members in Sri Lanka, Sweden, China, India and Germany are essential to overcome difficulties. This session is conceived as a panel where we will also share our ideas about how to move forward with local production to solve global delivery issues and reduce the carbon footprint of shipping. **Panelists**:

• Mario Behling (Facilitator)
• Padmal Madhushanka
• Hong Phuc Dang
• Kee Wee Tang
• Daniel Wessolek
• Daniel Maslowski
• Alessandro Volpato

Other people: Daniel Maslowski Mario Behling Hong Phuc Dang Madhushanka Padmal Alexander Bessmann Kee Wee Tang Alessandro Volpato

Deaf Culture and Hearing Culture, both have established ways of communicating among each other. When you want to mix and mingle, members of both groups need to find new shared channels. We present design considerations leading to our playful prototypes, serving as icebreakers and dialog starters. We rely on open source software to create open source hardware.

Over the past year, we have been developing open source wheelchair add-ons through user research, ideation, design, prototyping and testing. We present the outcome and insights from the process.

The project started one year ago with a wheelchair hackathon at MakerFaire. Driven by ideas of the users, we intensively worked on three topics: transport and storage, driving in the snow and lighting. In particular, following criteria played a central role: feasibility, time spent on DIY production, costs, aesthetics and impact on wheelchair users. From numerous ideas and prototypes, two products have gained resonance amongst users - OPEN LIGHTS, a wheelchair lighting feature and OPEN TRAILER, a wheelchair trailer. The project is completely open source and can be reproduced by users themselves with DIY rapid prototyping technologies. The designs and files can be downloaded for free under Creative Commons License. It is important to us that the products can be easily and inexpensively replicated so that as many wheelchair users can benefit from them.

Other people: Isabelle Dechamps