I’ve been out of sight due to some personal issues, but fortunately back on the road now. I’ll be attending this year’s OpenCon in Berlin from 11-13 November -thank you, Scholarships’ God-
So I’m starting this topic a) To see if anyone here is attending, b) If that’s the case, if you’d like to prepare something for the Unconference slots in the agenda, regarding GOSH c) If you’re not attending but will be in Berlin, maybe we can meet? I’ll be there for a month.
Hope to meet some of you! Meanwhile, have some Cocteau Twins
to c)…
I’m based in Berlin. I’m not going to make it to OpenCon, but our annual Berlin Science Hack Day is the weekend after, 17-19th November – maybe you want to join It’s our 5th edition and a big volunteer-organised family party of a hackathon that connects scientists, artists, designers, developers and other enthusiasts to each other for a all-day all-night weekend of diverse science hacking. We open for registration on 30th October at 6PM CEST and often book out quickly (in days or even hours), so if you’d like to come please don’t be late signing up. We would love to have you with us.
Dear July and Lucy,
Unfortunatelly, I will not be attending OpenCon 2017, but I’ll be participating with a communication in the “Challenging Corporealities” Conference at the Universitat of Barcelona on 9th and 10th october https://challengingcorporealities.wordpress.com/
Maybe there can be a chance of attending OpenCon if I manage to cover my travel expenses by my own from Barcelona (I have to confirm this with Open-Con organizers)
Anyway -and after attending a week ago the “Global Community Bio Summit” at the MIT (global community of bio-hackers and members of independent and community laboratories)- I would really want to join you in both events: (maybe Juli we can prepare previously something together in Buenos Aires, despite I can join you or not at the OpenCon). In any case I would really want to be part of the Berlin Science Hack Day! What do you think?
Hey Thomas,
We already opened and filled registration, but I reckon we could still squeeze you in. I’ll talk to the other organisers. It’d be great if you could sign up to our waiting list here: https://ti.to/science-hack-day-berlin/shdb17/ (link at end of event description). Thanks!
Lucy
Hello Thomas, thanks for the idea. But I have proposed 2 projects. I will have a unique chance to raise awareness about gender related and trans* safety in the education architecture, and since I live here in Germany, it is really important to make social impact in that matter, where I have personally had to cope with vulnerabilities.
Totally agree, I’m not sure about submitting a challenge or a project, what do you think @thomasmboa?
@nanocastro@laola@gpereyrairujo we have the chance of submitting a project or challenge (first one is more hands-on, second one is more discussion) to the OpenCon Do-A-Thon. Maybe we can use some of the ideas we discussed at the Argentina Workshop? What do you think?
Ok everyone, I’m proposing an unconference session (more info below) about GOSH and democratizing technology together with @thomasmboa , if anyone’s around, we’d love to see you there =)
Free/Libre Open source hardware, or the quest of democratizing technology
In this unconference session we want to share the experience of the Global Open Science Hardware (GOSH) movement, a recent but ambitious and horizontal initiative that aims for all science hardware equipment to be open by 2025. Within that frame, we’re interested in discussing ideas regarding challenges, opportunities and what we mean by democratizing technology.
Free-Libre Open source hardware, or the quest of democratizing technology
Session Lead Name: Julieta Arancio - Thomas Mboa
Session Contact: jarancio@fund-cenit.org.ar; thomamboa@gmail.com
Co-Organizers (if applicable): Thomas Mboa
Session Description: In this unconference session we want to share the experience of the Global Open Science Hardware (GOSH) movement, a recent but ambitious and horizontal initiative that aims for all science hardware equipment to be open by 2025. Within that frame, we’re interested in discussing ideas regarding challenges, opportunities and what we mean by democratizing technology.
What is GOSH
The 2025 roadmap
Democratizing technology?
Challenges/Opportunities
What to do next?
// Notes
Attendees: 6
GOSH presentation, the movement as something we’re building and discussing
Main uses and examples of open hardware
¿How free can it be, when processors are being more and more propietary?
Doubts about free and commercializing opportunities
How collaboration is different from software, the need of meeting when building objects, the locally-driven process
Doubts about regulations of quality and safety in objects, challenge of building secure technology but also detecting that some regulation has clear commercial interests behind, situating standards
The the black box concept and the idea of open hw as opening that black box
How much time does it take to learn? ‘I’d buy open but not build it’
Advantages of building open hw: ‘If it breaks down you can fix it without much cost’
Are all open hw scientific instruments accurate? How we make them more precise?
// Next Steps and Milestones
Asked attendees to join the GOSH forum and start participating -
Thanks for sharing these @jarancio! Would you be happy to write a quick intro to accompany them and I’ll put it on the GOSH blog? Do you have photos from the session? Also @thomasmboa@Alexis_Johnson if you have any nice photos from OpenCon it would be great to share on the GOSH blog and Twitter.
It’s our 5th edition and a big volunteer-organised family party of a hackathon that connects scientists, artists, designers, developers and other enthusiasts to each other for a all-day all-night weekend of diverse science hacking. We open for registration on 30th October at 6PM CEST and often book out quickly (in days or even hours), so if you’d like to come please don’t be late signing up. We would love to have you with us.