This month on OSOH

Open 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 Science 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 Science, there isn't widespread knowledge on best practices, or even what kind of files should be shared and how. In this Office Hours Session we will have an overview of What Open Hardware is, how to get started and where to find the communities forming around it.


Workshop: February 7, 11:30 am ET at de Grandpré Communications Center, The Neuro, McGill University, and via Zoom
Expert: André Maia Chagas, Scientific Officer and Lecturer in Open Science, University of Sussex.

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