Open Hardware Makers, A Training Program For Developing Open Science Hardware

Research in all fields requires dedicated equipment and tools, which are a lot of times, expensive, proprietary and hard to customise. In line with other Open Research efforts, Open Hardware has emerged as an answer to these shortcomings, where hardware developers freely share the documentation needed for scrutiny, replication and customisation of research tools. Examples range from interactive art pieces to microscopes able to measure details in atomic level.

However, being a newish field in Open Research, there isn’t widespread knowledge on best practices, or even what kind of files should be shared and how.

In this event attendees will learn more details about “Open Hardware Makers – UKRN edition” a mentoring program that guides hardware developers through best practices and community guidelines to make their projects open, sustainable and successful.

Moreover, they will also get training on how to train others themselves, making them “open hardware champions” on their local communities.