UMass Open Hardware Workshop July_14_2012
Thanks to everyone who participated in the workshop, and made it the great success that it was. Please keep in touch -- we're hoping to plan another event soon.
Check out the nice write-up of the workshop on the Public Laboratory website:
Also check out more photos from the event:
The open hardware community has been evolving rapidly in recent years, and there now exists a vast array of easy-to-use, inexpensive, modular and highly flexible hardware designs that are becoming increasingly useful for the rapid prototyping and implementation of cutting edge, accessible scientific instrumentation. We hope this workshop will serve as an introduction to this ecosystem through several demos, and will generate discussion around how to accelerate its adoption in research.
- Open Science Hardware Intro - DB
- BlotBot - DB
- Intro to Arduino 1 - DB
- Intro to Arduino 2 - JF
- Breadboarding an Arduino
- High Speed Photography - JF
- Intro to Wireless Communication with Open Hardware - MB
- Zigbee intro (Slides from presentation) - MB
- [[Zigbee demo]] - MB
- [[Running a server on an Arduino]] - MB
- Jeenode demo - DB
- Cosm.com, Japan Geiger Map - DB
- Kite Aerial Photography - CF
- CHDK: open firmware for Powershot cameras - CF
- NDVI - CF
- [[PLOTS]] - CF
- 3D Printing / Open Source Hardware Philosophy / RepRap - BG
- Temperature Feedback Control - CV
- Python control of Arduino - CV
- Peltier devices - CV
- Thermistors - CV
- Live display of Arduino-collected info - CV
- Automation and enhanced data collection - JF
- General discussion on the future of open source hardware - All
- Kite photography
- Infrared photography
- Public Laboratory
- FarmHack
- Arduino
- Instructables
- Adafruit Industries
- Sparkfun
- RepRap
- MIT "We Hack Health"
- Thingiverse
- Xbee
- High Speed Photography w/ Arduino
- CHDK
- Python: SciPy
- Cosm.com
- Jee Labs
- OpenPCR -- screen your genome for under $512.
- OpenPID
- [Arduino Cookbook](http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920022244.do Arduino Cookbook)
- Craig Versek (UMass Amherst, Physics)
- Badel Mbanga (UMass Amherst, Polymer Science + Physics)
- Hunter King (UMass Amherst, Physics)
- Ben Gamari (UMass Amherst, Physics)
- Jiansheng Feng (UMass Amherst, Physics)
- Ilke Ercan (UMass Amherst, Electrical Engineering)
- Laura Dietz (UMass Amherst, Computer Science)
- Richard Buckman (UMass Amherst, Physics)
- Matthew Bockmann
- Don Blair (UMass Amherst, Physics)
- Sinan Bank (UConn)
- Steve Brewer -- for his insights into the open source community and philosophy, and for securing the fantastic presentation space.
- Chris Fastie -- for a great presentation, and for facilitating very useful discussions (over ice cream) about the future of the working group
- Jane Knapp -- for all of the logistical support at the last minute
- Mary Ann Ryan -- for sage advice on the mechanics of holding a workshop at UMass
- Baird Soules -- for great help in planning the content of this and future workshops
- Mort Sternheim -- for indispensible guidance in tailoring the format of the workshop to its audience
