• Speakers
    • Limor Fried - MIT graduate in EECS
    • Phil Torrone - senior editor at MAKE mag
  • People build all sorts of cool stuff
  • This movement of making things parallels the open source software movement
  • How does the open source software movement relate to hardware? How do you OSS physical stuff?
  • Open source CAD design using SketchUp make OSS hardware or stuff possible to release to the public
  • Limor releases her creations under Creative Commons license
  • Open hardware
    • The Linksys W54G router project is a key example of how popular hardware has been opened up to user tinkering
    • The Roomba floor robot’s API was opened and people started using it for all sorts of different purposes than vacuum cleaning
    • The Green Phone is an open linux based cellphone that is open all the way down to the device drivers
  • The two enjoy all types of electronics hackery
  • Showing example of a cell phone jammer made from readily available components
  • Audience member calls him and gets blocked on screen

Hellonline has another great writeup on Limor and Phil’s keynote conversation.