Kicking off Day 1 of #OHS2026 we have Victoria Wenzelmann, Timm Wille and Susan Long who will introduce the Maker Emergency Kits to discuss how OSHW can create adaptable blueprints for local production to support rapid, community-led fabrication of tools during crises!

Curious about the world of electromagnetic frequencies? On Day 2 of #OSH2026 Darcy Neal can show the way with a hands-on workshop putting together your very own EMF reader badge! Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Open source domestic tools make our hearts SIIIING for we are so happy to have Thomas Weiß, Holger Kienle and János Adelsberger join us at #OHS2026 to tell the story of OHS Vacuum Project on Day 1! Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Day 1 of #OSH2026 you can catch Lisa talking DIY DNA sequencing, while most DNA sequencing is still too expensive for a playful approach, 1970's Sanger sequencing offers an alternative. It wasn't portable or user-friendly back then - but what if we rebuild it with today's low-cost electronics?

Our Open Healthware Conference will take place in San Francisco this year on July 9th and 10th! Grab your free in person or virtual tickets at Bit.ly/OpenHealthwareConference2026 !

Get your hands busy and play with yarn by learning what it takes to spin e-textile with Lily Gabriel! Learn about spindle spinning, plying, core spinning and supercoil methods on Day 2 of #OHS2026 Get your tickets to the Summit today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

If you decide to sell your hardware it won't be long until you learn that CE is a thing...and a little confusing. On Day 1 of #OHS2026 we've got @smandercom.bsky.social taking us through the ins and outs of legal requirements, responsibilities and more of selling open-source electronics in Europe!

Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. The settlement includes a 10-year “agreement by Deere to provide ‘the digital tools ​required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair’ of tractors, combines, and other machinery”. [thedrive.com]

Break the taboo during the Day 1 #OHS2026 talk on developing an open, trustworthy & safe-to-use menstrual cup mould that can be used to manufacture affordable menstrual cups run by Susanne (Sizou) Krenn, Sigrid Peuker, Yana Sadeghvishkaei, Phuong Minh Phung, Linh Hoang, Jessica Hellmuth!

On Day 2 of #OHS2026 you can join the Mi-Hy crew in learning to build your very own microbial fuel cell and learn how it works with hydroponics to power plant growth! Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Fantasy Fibre Mill will be presenting on Day 1 of #OHS2026 to tell us about their journey of developing farm scale machines for processing flax, wool, hemp, cotton and cattails from raw material into yarn! Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

I'm not totally sure what this does, but the branding on this newly @oshwassociation.bsky.social certified open source hardware is compelling nonetheless trunkcam.seacell.earth

So fun to see OSHWA in @xjasminelu.bsky.social 's thesis defence! Congratulations Jasmine, we can't wait to see what you do next 🥳

When COVID-19 shattered supply chains, makers produced ~48M units of open-source medical supplies but had to spend most their time figuring out how to get them to people, in his #OHS2026 talk Nathan Parker explores the open-source infrastructure being built to solve these issues.

Spend some time exploring the world of natural dyeing at #OHS2026 with Alex Bachmayer and experiment with the chemistry of shifting colours for textile dyes! Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

On Day 1 of #OHS2026 we're excited to have Achim Haug talk about the work of AirGradient Ltd., an open hardware and software to deliver air-quality monitor with 50,000 OSHW devices sold in 80+ countries! Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

In Circuit Necromancy Alison Clark will tell us all about her practice of electrical salvage, reframing e-waste as a site for play, learning, and transformation! Find out how she utilizes old tech to make new sounds at #OHS2026 Get your tickets to the Summit today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Finding your green bin overfilling with green waste? Fiona Bell has the solution! In this session at #OHS2026 you'll get to get goopy and explore using biomaterials for 3D printing. Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Alexandra Covor and Rehana Al-Soltane will have you aflutter in their butterfly wearable workshop using RP2040 PCBs with NeoPixel LEDs to experiment with sensors and interactive devices #OHS2026 ! Get your tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Our latest PCB has just been Certified Open Hardware by the nice folks at @oshwassociation.bsky.social (Make sure to check out the Mothbox in Berlin at the Open Hardware Summit!) certification.oshwa.org/pa000006.html

Knitting machines have a deep and beautiful history in open source hardware, before we even called it that! Nicole Messier and Victoria Manganiello of the Craftwork Collective are going to tell you all about the repair and adaption culture around them at #OHS2026!

Love to spend time with our fluttering friends of the sky? At #OHS2026 Andy Quitmeyer @dinalab.bsky.social can help you get up close & personal by building a Mothbox, an OSHW insect monitoring system! This workshop will guide you through the steps & even have a practical demo with fun surprises 👀

We've had some pretty dang cool badges over the years of the Open Hardware Summit existing! From PCBs to e-textiles to lego we've explored lots of ways to play with #badgelife and this year will be no different...

Fight the man by making free energy at #OHS2026! William Kennedy will teach you the ins and outs of a contactless bicycle dynamo light, using physics to power your bike light. Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

This project had a great talk at OHS2024! So rad to see it still growing!! m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qmga...

Most batteries are a real pain, proprietary & hard to recycle. Kirk Smith wants to power the world with the Flow Battery Research Collective by developing OS batteries for stationary storage! Hear all about in his talk on Day 1 of #OHS2026 and get your tickets right here: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

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Want to find ways to up your protests? Maya Williams will guide you through building your very own solar-powered projector at #OHS2026 ! Baby's First Solar Powered Protest Laser invites exploration of solar-powered electronics, hacking, & protest. Get your tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Call for proposals for our second annual Open Healthware Conference is up! Join us in San Francisco! Apply at: Bit.ly/OpenHealthwareProposals2026 RSVP to attend at: bit.ly/OpenHealthwareConference2026

The 2026 Open Hardware Summit is coming up this May in Berlin. Have an idea for where the 2027 Summit should be? OSHWA just opened the call for hosts. Find out more and submit an expression of interest by April 15: oshwa.org/announcement...

The 2026 Open Hardware Summit is coming up this May in Berlin. Have an idea for where the 2027 Summit should be? @oshwassociation.bsky.social just opened the call for hosts. Find out more and submit an expression of interest by April 15: oshwa.org/announcement...

At #OHS2026 You get the lowdown on molecular electronics with @samharley.bsky.social! This talk will introduce you to the field and give you the details on developing an OSHW tool for studying the electrical properties of single molecules. Get your tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Thursday! March 19th! 1pm EST! Join us on the stream to hear about 3 certifications that we think are super cool! We'll hear about OpenCPC from @openaeros.bsky.social , the EnviroDIY Mayfly Data Logger from Stroud Water Research Center, and the Rio: Modular Microfluids Controller from Tobias Wenzel!

Talks at #OHS2026 are always exciting! This year we have Kari Love and Daniel Ryan Johnston joining forces to tell the story of how OSHW came to the stage for a unique opera experience with escudo de monja designed for wearable sound, light & projection systems to enhance the story of Primero Sueño!

Give a second life to forgotten tech in Old Tech, New Game, a workshop run by @snaxwell.bsky.social Max Lander that encourages you to rethink how TTRPGs can utilize tech to create immersive experiences at #OHS2026 ! Get your Summit tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Working with open source medical/health related hardware? Submit a proposal to speak at our second annual Open Healthware Conference in San Francisco CA/virtually on July 9th and 10th. Apply at: bit.ly/openhealthwareproposals by April 6th! Want to attend for fun? RSVP: bit.ly/OpenHealthwa...

#OHS2026 is approaching! The schedule is full of exciting talks & workshops like the opportunity to experiment with the world of flexible PCBs with Jessica Stanley! Using a vinyl cutter you can make your very own flexible circuits right at home. Get your tickets today: ticket.nodeforum.org/OHS26/

Friday is the last day to submit your input on our Open Healthware Website! Give your feedback here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Did you know the amazingly awesome Open Hardware Summit is coming up in Berlin? May 23-24!? We will even do a workshop making Mothboxes there! @oshwassociation.bsky.social is a terrific organization that will help you join regardless of your ability to pay for tix! Get tix now! 2026.oshwa.org

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We're rolling our our new Open Healthware website soon but we'd love some feedback for edits! forms.gle/9kHjeDuavGmx...

We're excited to share that we are working on an Open Healthware website and are now at a point where it's time for feedback! We'd love to hear your thoughts on what you do and don't like about it so far and any suggestions on how to improve it. Here's the link: forms.gle/9kHjeDuavGmx...

Just registered for an @oshwassociation.bsky.social summit workshop. Very excited 🤩 Open Hardware Summit is in Berlin this year btw!

Join me at Open Hardware Summit in Berlin this May. Tickets are affordable and you'll come back a little more inspired that a better world is possible. We're also still looking for sponsors who want to get their products in front of the open source community!

We are so excited to announce the talks and workshop schedule for #OHS2026! Check out the lineup and see who is joining us from all over the world to talk open source hardware and maybe even register for one of the incredible workshops we'll have running on Day 2: 2026.oshwa.org/schedule/

We're getting close to releasing the 2026 OHS schedule but first... What were your favourite talks from 2025? You can (re?)visit them all on our channel! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Some thoughts from board member @michaelweinberg.org on the bills being raised around 3D printing and screening for specific parts michaelweinberg.org/blog/2026/02...

We've got the latest certification round up on Make and Hackster.io! See 3 new certs we loved including the first Vietnamese cert from Long Phan, the first Pakistani cert from Hariz Zoran Farooq & we're so stoked that Ribbit Network has certified their frogs! Read here: makezine.com/article/make...

It targets general-purpose tools instead of criminal acts — and puts educators, open source, and small makers on the hook first. 🗽🖨️ blog.adafruit.com/2026/02/03/n...

New York Wants to Ctrl+Alt+Delete Your 3D Printer New York’s budget bill proposes mandatory file-scanning “blocking” software for 3D printers and CNC tools. #3dprinting #opensource