hardware hacking for software scripters

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Hardware HackingFor Software Scripters

Matt Biddulph

I see no social imperative for free hardware designs like the imperative for free software. Freedom to copy software is an important right because it is easy now–any computer user can do it.

Freedom to copy hardware is not as important, because copying hardware is hard to do.

On "Free Hardware" By Richard Stallman - Linux Today, 1999

Cheap Hardware

Hackable Hardware

3D Printing

“If you can't open it,

you don't own it.”

http://flickr.com/photos/todbot/297702523

http://www.botanicalls.com/twitter/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivibrator

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivibrator

Arduino

void setup(){ pinMode(ledPin, OUTPUT); }

void loop(){ digitalWrite(ledPin, HIGH); // sets the LED on delay(1000); // waits for a second digitalWrite(ledPin, LOW); // sets the LED off delay(1000); // waits for a second}

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radiolabs/2008/02/making_the_dabagotchi.shtml

http://schulzeandwebb.com

http://schulzeandwebb.com

HardwareWith APIs

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodeckahedron/1479948624/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjepson/2069920468/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bekathwia/2303529044/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodeckahedron/1479948624/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjepson/2069920468/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bekathwia/2303529044/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dodeckahedron/1479948624/http://www.flickr.com/photos/bjepson/2069920468/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bekathwia/2303529044/

Wearable Electronics

Hardware Geeks In Public

Matt Webb, http://schulzeandwebb.com/2007/hills/slides/?p=47

“It’s getting to the point where it’s as easy to get involved in this

world as it would be for you to go home, open

Notepad, and start writing HTML”

Matt Webb, http://schulzeandwebb.com/2007/hills/slides/?p=47

“It’s getting to the point where it’s as easy to get involved in this

world as it would be for you to go home, open

Notepad, and start writing HTML”

http://tinker.it

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