The RISC-V instruction set architecture was originally developed at the University of California Berkley and is now being pushed as an open source alternative to proprietary chips for cloud architecture. The goal is to create a product that can be custom built for a variety of cloud deployments to make it more efficient than proprietary […]
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LiDAR is a remote sensing technology that measures distance by illuminating a target with lasers and analyzing the reflected light. It is a necessary part of building autonomous drones that are functional enough to be used in situations of high importance. A new project has been launched on kickstarter to fund an open source LiDAR […]
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The patent system was developed independently in 15th century Venice and was expanded upon to include temporary monopolies in 17th century England. By the 1860’s many had begun questioning the effectiveness of the patent system, and recent research has backed up the claim that patents stifle innovation. The pharmaceutical industry has been one of the […]
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An independent group of people have taken control of a NASA satellite for the first time ever. The ISEE-3 satellite has been in space for 36 years and has remained unused for over 20 due to a dead battery. However, solar panels allow for 98% of the satellite to remain functional, so a small team […]
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Microsoft has always had problems gaining traction in emerging markets, with many people not willing to spend exorbitant amounts for their software. In China this has resulted in widespread piracy of Microsoft software and the emergence of ‘naked PC’s’ which do not have an operating system installed. Between the costly prices of Microsoft products and […]
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The Taipei City government has been looking for methods to improve the lives of the city’s citizenry through the use of open data. The first area they targeted was transportation because they felt this information would have the greatest impact on people’s every day lives. Getting accurate data for the 5,000 buses, 1,000 bust stations, […]
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Shawn Frayne and Alex Hornstein are two inventors based out of the Philipenes who are developing a small-scale, open source, solar panel factory. Labor costs make up about 50% of the current consumer price of solar panels, so automating this process can go a long way towards reducing these costs further. More from P2P Foundation
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Range Networks and 2600hz have joined together to integrate2600Hz’s Kazoo telecom services with Range Network’s OpenBTS-powered radio access networks during ClueCon. Their solution will offer a network that is distributed, redundant, and fault-tolerant. More from Fierce Wireless
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Android accounted for 84.6 of all smartphone shipments for Q2 2014, a new record. Here are some additional numbers for Q2: 249.6 million Android smartphones were shipped, up from 186.8 from the same period last year. Overall smartphone shipments grew 27% annually in Q2 from 233M to 295.2M Strategy Analytics predicts smartphone users will approach […]
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Sandstorm.io seeks to change the way developers and users utilize cloud-based apps. It is an open source project aimed at making the installation of a cloud app as simple as the click of a button on server space that is relatively easy to set up. This can help enable more open source cloud apps and […]
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This article describes the design of a solar powered robot in detail including technical schematics, code, and electronic hardware designs. The robot is designed to spend time each day mowing a predefined area and charging automatically using solar panels mounted on top whenever it is needed. More from Open Electronics
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Ushahidi develops open source software for communities to track distributed, crowd-sourced data tools that can help in a variety of situations including crisis response and evaluation and government operations. More from Sci Dev Net.
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Red Hat is forming an alliance along with AMD, American megatrends, Appliced Micro, Broadcom, Dell, HP, Linaro, and ARM Holdings to develop a standardized 64-bit ARM platform for servers. ARM is being eyed by many companies for server environments because of its low power consumption and adaptability, but so far most server platforms have been […]
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ownCloud has gone from a minor open source project to a full-fledged company in a short 4 years. Led by Frank Karlitschek, the company is bringing cloud services to individual users and businesses in a way that allows them to keep complete control over their data without needing to trust third-party providers. ownCloud is turning […]
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Four companies have joined the Linux Foundation to further help spread the adoption of Linux. Daynix: a software development and consulting company, Linaro: an ARM engineering company, Systena: a software provider, and BearingPoint: a management and technology consulting firm have all joined the organization. More from the Linux Foundation
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Android is one of the most successful open source platforms, but most of the services that have been built on top of it have suffered to the closed source creep. Cyanogen and Replicant have arisen as open source alternatives to Android, but they lack the diverse selection of high quality apps found in Google’s services. […]
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Low-cost open source cellular networks can be a useful tool in reestablishing communications in response to natural disasters. The high-stakes nature of disaster response makes testing new methods and technologies a challenge. Burning man has proven to be an ideal testing ground for experimental, open source cellular networks such as OpenBTS. More from P2P Foundation
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Raspberry Pi was started as an answer to declining programming and debugging skills in undergraduates at Cambridge University. The low price point and open design quickly made it a hit in many communities including makers, inventors, and educators. The approach of Raspberry Pi has focused on education first, meaning that not everything is open source […]
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A Brief Introduction to Open Licensing
Open source communities rely heavily on the ability to freely share information with all participants; this participation requires some form of legal protection to ensure the people involved are not on the receiving end of potentially disastrous litigation. Open licensing serves as a legal method for ensuring the spread of information by protecting participants. This […]
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The AllSeen Alliance is an industry consortium working to develop open standards for the Internet of Things (IoT). They are currently assembling the Connected Lighting Working Group which will develop a framework that allows smart light bulbs to communicate with people and other connected devices. This has the potential to open up a wealth of […]
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Microsoft has always had problems gaining traction in emerging markets, with many people not willing to spend exorbitant amounts for their software. In China this has resulted in widespread piracy of Microsoft software and the emergence of ‘naked PC’s’ which do not have an operating system installed. Between the costly prices of Microsoft products and […]
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3D Robotics, the largest US-based drone manufacturer, announced the launch of their open source flight control app named Tower. In addition to providing plenty of beneficial methods for communicating with drones, it also allows developers to build new tools and features without needing to reinvent the wheel. The app includes the ability to set up […]
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Harvard University has released an open source soft robotics toolkit designed to help anyone get started building soft robots. Soft robots could play an important part in search and rescue missions or surgical operations due to their ability to flex and fit into confined spaces. They operate through a system of inflating/deflating to move and […]
