Open Source Hardware

How Open Source Hardware is Kick-Starting Kickstarter!

How Open Source Hardware is Kick-Starting Kickstarter!

Imagine waking up and seeing your design for a circuit being used in a product by someone who never contacted you to ask if it was okay. You will not get any payment for their usage of your design, they’ve raised over $31,000 dollars, and they’re selling something you worked really hard on. You have no control over what someone does with something you made. Is this a nightmare? Perhaps for some, but this is actually a dream come true for others. And it’s what this week’s Soapbox is about: Open-source hardware kick-starting Kickstarters!

New in the Maker Shed: littleBits Starter Kit

New in the Maker Shed: littleBits Starter Kit

The littleBits Starter Kit is a set of unique, space sensitive modules provide a simple, intuitive avenue into electronics. Each bit has a function (light, sound, sensors, buttons, thresholds, pulse, motors, etc), and modules snap together to make larger circuits. The kit includes 10 color coded modules (power, input, output, and wire) that snap together magnetically.