Sessions at OSCON 2012 about Open Hardware on Thursday 19th July

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• Disrupting Hardware: The Next Era of Openness

  by Frank Frankovsky

  In this talk, Facebook's Frank Frankovsky will examine key moments from the history of open hardware and share learnings from his work on the Open Compute Project — a prominent industry initiative focused on driving greater openness and collaboration in infrastructure technology — to draw out insights on how we can create and sustain open source movements in hardware.

  • Hardware
  • Infrastructure
  • Open Hardware

  At 9:55am to 10:10am, Thursday 19th July

  In Portland Ballroom, Oregon Convention Center

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• Making Hardware Open: Challenges and Opportunities

  by Frank Frankovsky, Jonathan Bryce, Brian Stevens and Steve Ichinaga

  Facebook's Frank Frankovsky will lead a panel of industry leaders in a discussion of the challenges and opportunities in building open source movements around hardware. Frank will share key learnings from the Open Compute Project (a prominent industry initiative focused on driving greater openness and collaboration in infrastructure technology) and draw out similar insights from the panel.

  • Hardware
  • Learning
  • Open Hardware

  At 2:30pm to 3:10pm, Thursday 19th July

  In D137, Oregon Convention Center

• Open hardware and unconventional electronics

  by John Sarik

  Printable electronics have the potential to enable a revolution in open hardware design. We present a prototype electronic material printer based on a commercial desktop 3D printer, demonstrate its capablities, and present a roadmap for the development of printable, open components based on unconventional electronics.

  • 3D Printing
  • Electronics
  • Hardware
  • Open Hardware

  At 4:10pm to 4:50pm, Thursday 19th July

  In D137, Oregon Convention Center