Good open documentation is a labour-intensive topic. It is essential for the development of an open source hardware project and for building a community. The community review process according to DIN Spec 3105 is time-consuming, but it takes OSH projects a good deal further.
ZAC+ Fuel cell construction for beginners and advanced users with Citizen Science
A citizen science workshop on the zinc-air fuel cell took place at the weekend from 21 March to 22 March 2025, the documentation of which we already discussed in the last blog post. Sigrid has written a field report. Many thanks to Sigrid and enjoy reading! Bright sunshine in Knobelsdorffstraße in Berlin Charlottenburg. It must […]
ZAC+ Citizen Science Project
Fuel cells are a much-discussed technology with great potential that is now seeking its place in the economy. And as is always the case with new technologies in the economy, a lot of money is suddenly invested, but the research and findings are hardly shared. This is where our Zinc-Air Fuel Cell Citizen Science project, […]
How Open Source Hardware can design our way out of this
A guest article from Juni Sun Neyenhuys talking about the necessity of Open Source Hardware on our way towards a circular society. The entire article is also available as PDF in English in a more pleasant format. 1_Introduction It is evident that we must design our way out of the current destructive and extractive system […]
Open source hardware licences
Licensing the documentation and hardware makes it clear under what conditions the knowledge can be reused.
Open Source Hardware Booklet | OSEG e.V.
Open source hardware is an approach in which knowledge is shared openly. This enables individual and collaborative innovation on a scale we cannot even imagine today. As part of a project funded by the Postcode Lottery, a booklet has been produced that attempts to provide a low-threshold introduction to the topic of open source hardware […]
Open source hardware and intellectual “property”
There is always uncertainty as to what an open source licence protects. Here we want to give a brief overview of the different forms of intellectual property.