On 23rd and 24th September 2026, the open-source hardware community gathered at the Steintor Campus in Halle for the annual OSHOP conference. Here are some impressions from Jess and I (Sigrid). OSHOP, the Open Source Hardware Innovation Platform, is backed by HTW Dresden, TU Dresden and Fraunhofer IWU. It brings together people from the OSH […]
How a menstrual cup built an action network
This blogpost is from Jessica. It describes the project which introduced her to Open Source Hardware. Thank you, Jessica! It started when a woman lost her menstrual cup, the only kind that fit her, and found out that it wasn’t made anymore. She told a friend who decided to try and redesign it for her. […]
Bits & Bäume Community Summit 2026
Bits & Bäume’s mission is to bring digitalisation and sustainability closer together. At this year’s Bits & Bäume Summit 2026 on 6 June 2026, the network of supporting organisations met with its community to discuss developments over recent years and the challenges ahead. I attended as a representative of OSEG and was impressed by the […]
10 years and three days
The days from 13 to 15 March were all about ten years of Open Source Ecology Germany e.V.. Day one, 13 March 2026, anniversary of the foundation The anniversary itself, 13 March, was celebrated in a relaxed atmosphere with drinks, food and conversations with friends. Members who hadn’t seen each other for a while travelled […]
A student perspective on the OSH community
In June 2025, Holger and I were guests at the SRH University. We gave students in the Market and Advertising Psychology module an introduction to open source hardware and an assignment where they could apply their knowledge. Yana, one of the participating students, has already written about it in this post. In this article, the […]