Hardware (Libre)

Designs for physical things.

This page only shows free, libre and open hardware. For a list that includes proprietary common content (that is to say, noncommercial and verbatim works), see Hardware (Shareable Resources).

General

Hardware

• Balloon Mapping Kit ● 'Once assembled, this kit -- developed by community researchers from the Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science -- enables you to collect your own aerial photos from up to 1000 ft.'
• DIYLILCNC ● Plans for a simple, cheap CNC mill.
• EveryCook ● 'Better food through information.'
• littleBits ● 'An opensource library of electronic modules that snap together with tiny magnets for prototyping and play'
• Open Hardware Journal ● A journal about open hardware.
• Protei ● Open hardware to clean up oil spills.

Sources of Hardware

• Appropedia ● A wiki to share designs of all sorts.
• Evil Mad Scientist Shop ● 'DIY and open source hardware for art, education, and world domination.'
• FreeLab ● A 'technical support collective for freedom oriented intentional communities'
• Open Source Ecology ● Technology for sustainable, localised, modern living.
• Qi Hardware ● 'Qi's mission is to promote and encourage the development of copyleft hardware.'
• Thingiverse ● Designs for 3D printers.