Open-source hardware for research and education

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Type	Paper
Title	Open-source hardware for research and education
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Year	2013
Language	English (en)
License	CC-BY-SA-3.0
Cite as	J.M. Pearce, "Commentary: Open-source hardware for research and education", Physics Today 66(11), 8 (2013); doi: 10.1063/PT.3.2160

In this short comment for physicists it is argued that by taking that extra step of sharing their existing hardware designs, users can help accelerate the availability of open-source scientific hardware for everyone, and they will directly benefit as the international open-source community takes the design, further improves it, and re-shares the results.

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Language	English (en)
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Created	November 5, 2013 by Joshua M. Pearce
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