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.'
• Contraptor ● 'open source DIY rapid hardware prototyping'
• DIYLILCNC ● Plans for a simple, cheap CNC mill.
• EveryCook ● 'Better food through information.'
• Eyewriter ● 'This international team is working together to create a low-cost, open source eye-tracking system that will allow ALS patients to draw using just their eyes.'
• Fairphone ● 'You can change the way products are made, starting with a single Phone. Together, we’re opening up the Supply Chain, and redefining the Economy – one step at a time.'
• Farmbot ● "Humanity’s Open-Source Automated Precision Farming Machine"
• 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.
• Open Source Beehives ● 'Sensor enhanced hive designs for bees'
• OSVehicle ● Download car designs.
• Protei ● Open hardware to clean up oil spills.
• WikiHouse ● Build your own house.

Sources of Hardware

• Appropedia ● A wiki to share designs of all sorts.
• Arduino ● Embedded development platform
• 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 Compute Project ● 'A small team of Facebook engineers spent the past two years tackling a big challenge: how to scale our computing infrastructure in the most efficient and economical way possible.'
• Open Source Ecology ● Technology for sustainable, localised, modern living.
• Open Source Seed Initiative ● Seeds.
• Qi Hardware ● 'Qi's mission is to promote and encourage the development of copyleft hardware.'
• Thingiverse ● Designs for 3D printers.