Open Source at 90 MPH
BusinessWeek asks, can we build an open source car?
“Inspired by Linux, the OScar project aims to build a car by tapping the knowledge of a volunteer team. It won’t be an easy ride, but their journey is important…
So here’s a question: Can open-source practices and approaches be applied to make hardware, to create tangible and physical objects, including complex ones? Say, to build a car?” - Link.
There are hundreds of open source hardware projects going on - just as complex or more so than cars. But cars go on roads, require approvals, it’s a little more than making an open source hardware arduino project. The hot-rod culture shared everything and it was completely common to build a car from scratch in many enthusiast communities in the 50s, that is still going on today.
Here’s a DIY Fuel Injection Conversion using open source engine management - Megasquirt is an affordable, open-source, DIY […]
