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+ | <p>The Cambridge-JIC team is looking to make our product as accessible as possible. This means making our microscope open-source. According to the Open-Source Hardware Association (OSHWA), this means it “is hardware whose design is made publicly available so that anyone can study, modify, distribute, make, and sell the design or hardware based on that design” [1]. This not only requires well-documented procedures but also clear and simple designs that can be modified by non-experts.</p> | ||
+ | <p>The advantages of OSH (Fig. 1):</p> | ||
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+ | <li><p>The core values reflect the power of collaboration in troubleshooting and improving designs</p></li> | ||
+ | <li><p>Improvements are shared to all users of the hardware, and it can remain freely available forever</p></li> | ||
+ | <li><p>Scientific experiments have different requirements in terms of software and hardware. OSH can address the need for low-volume production of equipment that can be tailored to specific protocols [3].</p></li> | ||
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+ | <p>The OSH revolution extends much further than scientific hardware, and is fully compatible with a commercial business plan. Universally, it has the potential for “market expansion, innovation, acceleration, educational enhancement and medical care improvement” [3].</p> | ||
+ | <p>OSH is “free as in free speech, not free beer” or more formally <i>Libre</i> rather than <i>Gratis</i> [4]. For example, the Arduino microcontroller(5) designs are freely available online but the foundation also sells them for a profit for funding. Arduino is registered as a trademark too, which protects the brand from cheap replicas [5].</p> | ||
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