The open access, open source software, and open standards concepts have been garnering increased attention in the field of librarianship and elsewhere. These concepts and their benefits and importance to libraries are examined. Benefits include lower cost
n an effort to understand usability in the OSS world, I’ve researched the stories behind my favorite — and least favorite — OSS programs. I’ve found a fascinating variety of personalities, design philosophies, and project organizations. Although I
Citizen Engineer is an online video series about open source hardware, electronics, art and hacking
Here is my short list of the most important open source [free] information retrieval libraries being used today that are undergoing active development as of writing. It is a mixture of engines used for both research and industrial applications.
Blog for the RepRap project
This blog is for people building a RepRap self-replicating rapid-prototyping machine to log their comments, experiences, and suggestions.
This RepRap printer will make the components using Rapid Prototyping technology, which essentially builds the component up in layers of plastic.
