[Linux-aus] Hardware Freedom Day 2014

[Tim Ansell]

On the Open Hardware related note, a number of organizations in the Google
Summer of Code are accepting open hardware (and related area)
proposals. *Deadline
for proposal submission is Friday next week!*

Google Summer of Code <https://developers.google.com/open-source/soc/> is a
global program that offers post-secondary student developers ages 18 and
older stipends to write code for various open source software projects.

Organizations with hardware possibilities;

   -

   Beagle Board<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/beagle>-
true open hardware, exposing users to the broader world of
electronics.
   -

   Crypto Stick<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/cryptostick>-
next generation USB security keys.
   -

   OpenLighting<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/openlighting>-
an effort to build tools for the entertainment lighting industry.
   -

   TimVideos<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/timvideos>-
recording and live event streaming for conferences, meetings, user
groups
   and and other presentations.


Software Defined Radio organizations;

   -

   GNURadio<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/gnuradio>-
free library for developing Software Defined Radio applications.
   -

   GNSS SDR<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/gnss_sdr>-
open source Global Navigation Satellite Systems software receiver.


Robotics

   -

   Open Motion Planning
Library<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/ompl>
   -

   Open Source Robotics
Foundation<http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/osrf>


Tim



On 12 March 2014 14:44, <kira0030 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Come and celebrate Hardware Freedom Day with us at Hackerspace this
> Saturday 15 March - talks happening between 1pm-4pm.  Bring along a project
> to display, discuss or work on.
>
> What is Hardware Freedom Day?
> It is a celebration of Open Hardware, It is the Free Software philosophy,
> extended to the world of physical things. It is technology where the plans
> are provided to the community to build and improve upon.
>
> What is Hackerspace Adelaide?
> We are an open group which holds regular "hacksessions" where we get
> together to work on projects together. Think, a "knitting circle" for nerds.
>
> What is hacking?
> Hacking is the understanding that technology is malleable and so much more
> than just a product you buy from a shop. Sometimes we take things apart to
> find out how they work, sometimes we put them back together to make them
> better and sometimes we take what we have learned and make entirely new
> things.
>
> http://wiki.hfday.org/2014/Australia/Adelaide/Hackerspace
>
>
>
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