Quantum computing has long been dominated by proprietary machines locked behind corporate and national lab firewalls, but a different model is starting to take shape. A growing coalition of ...

Interest in open-source hardware (OSHW) has exploded beyond its early hobbyist adopters. Favoring design transparency over confidentiality, the OSHW movement lies at the core of some of the hottest ...

Researchers from the University of Waterloo's Faculty of Science and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) are ...

Pentair plc with its Schroff brand, and Radisys® Corporation announced the development of open source rack-level hardware systems specifically designed to meet the next-generation requirements of the ...

For many years now, there has been a trend toward open source in the field of system development. It can be seen in software libraries for the product itself as well as in development tools. A clear ...

Since e-ink first hit the market a couple decades back, there’s always murmurs of “that’d be great as a second monitor”— but very, very few monitors have ever been made. When the commecial world is ...

Open source hardware and software development have transformed scientific research by providing freely accessible design schematics, code, and protocols that empower researchers to build, modify and ...

Have you ever wanted to play Resident Evil 2 with a Fisher-Price Laugh & Learn Controller?

The world of custom mechanical keyboards is vibrant, with new designs emerging weekly. However, keyboards are just one way we interact with computers. Ploopy, an open-source hardware company, focuses ...

The chip designer says the acquisition of the open-source hardware and software firm will allow it to provide a ‘full-stack platform for modern development.’ This will start with the new Arduino Uno Q ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American In the not-so-distant future you will read of ...