Open Hardware Makers – A conversation with Julieta Arancio, Alex Kutschera, and André Maia Chagas

Julieta, Alex, and André share details about their mentorship program for Open Hardware projects. Hear their answers to questions such as:

  • What is Open Hardware?
  • How is Open Hardware used and applied in a research context?
  • What other applications exist for open hardware and who is the mentoring program designed for?
  • How did the program evolve to its current form?
  • Why is mentoring necessary/useful for hardware projects?

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OHM Profile
Website: openhardware.space 
Twitter: @openHWmakers
GitHub: ohwmakers 

ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2609-3017 
Website: amchagas.github.io
Twitter: @chagas_am
Linkedin: amaiachagas
Github: amchagas

ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8624-4182
Website: julieta.aranc.io
Twitter: @cassandreces
Linkedin: aranciojulieta
Github: thessaly

ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3218-1371
Website: alexanderkutschera.com
Twitter: @alexwastooshort
Linkedin: alexander-kutschera
Github: AlexKutschera

Which researcher – dead or alive – do you find inspiring?  
AMC: Marie Curie | JA: David Graeber | ALK: Ada Lovelace

What is your favorite animal and why? 
AMC: Octopus, they’re smart | JA: Capybaras, they’re so chilled | ALK: Parrots 

Name your (current) favorite song and interpret/group
AMC: Learning to live – Dream Theater | JA: Natalia Lafourcade – Soledad y el mar | ALK: Amenra – “Solitary Reign”

What is your favorite dish/meal? 
AMC: rice and beans | JA: a good baba ganoush, but it’s really difficult to choose one | ALK: Spaghetti with Tomato sauce

Image credit: JA. “Today in Bristol, UK”

References

Arancio, Julieta, and Shannon Dosemagen. “Bringing Open Source to the Global Lab Bench.Issues in Science and Technology 38, no. 2 (2022): 18–20. issues.org/open-source-science-hardware-gosh-arancio-dosemagen/ 

Maia Chagas A, Molloy JC, Prieto-Godino LL, Baden T (2020) Leveraging open hardware to alleviate the burden of COVID-19 on global health systems. PLoS Biol 18(4): e3000730. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000730

Maia Chagas A (2018) Haves and have nots must find a better way: The case for open scientific hardware. PLoS Biol 16(9): e3000014. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000014

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