Paul Downey, SolderPad
Time: 14:30 – 15:30, Friday 30 September

An introduction to the Open Source Hardware ecosystem, illustrated using a series of projects ranging from small physical projects, alarm clocks, 3D-printers, wearable devices, through to laptops, scientific equipment, cars, tractors and windmills. What are the motivations for starting such a project? What is the best way to license, collaborate, and accept contributions to physical designs? And why is this movement important for mobile development?

Paul is a doodler, a maker and inveterate hacker. Formerly BT’s Chief Web Services Architect, lead W3C representative, and member of Osmosoft, he is now co-founder of SolderPad — a place to discover, share, discover and collaborate on electronic projects. Paul compères OSHUG, a monthly open source hardware meet-up in and around London, UK.