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The 2008 Guide To Open Source Hardware Projects

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 1, 2008

“”This is one of the new and emerging trends we’ve seen really
take off over the last few years. Each year we do a guide to all
open source hardware and this year there are over 60 projects/kits
– it’s incredible! Many are familiar with Arduino (now shipping
over 60,000 units) but there are many other projects just as
exciting and filled with amazing communities – we think we’ve
captured nearly all of them in this list. Some of these projects
and kits are available from MAKE others from the makers themselves
or other hardware manufacturers – but since it’s open source
hardware you can make any of these yourself, everything is
available.

“”You can also call this guide… “The Open source hardware gift
guide – The one and only, 3rd annual celebration of open source
hardware!” – we think these are some of the best things to consider
for the holidays and it supports an exciting development in
hardware design.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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