“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.” - Ray Goforth

“It’s [Citizen Lab] one of the few institutions that investigate cyberthreats exclusively in the public interest, and in doing so, it has exposed some of the most egregious digital abuses of the past two decades.”

A year’s worth of the full color PDF version of our newsletters can be found here: www.openresearch.institute/wp-conten…

Next issue of our newsletter will focus on debugging. www.openresearch.institute/newslette…

New Chip, Who This?: https://openresearchins.micro.blog/2025/12/10/new-chip-who-this.html

The changed code is a small fraction of an open source contribution. Your commitment to understand the issue, how your proposed solution fits with the project, and be ready to own and push the review process forward is the biggest chunk of the work. Your effort is the contribution, not the code.

Opulent Voice digital radio protocol is “Compressed but not compromised”. A video of a complete over the air demonstration of the system, including satellite simulator, will be published earlier than planned. Thank you to all the volunteers making ambitious #hamradio things happen.

I post open source digital radio work here. This is one of the things I work on and want to talk with other people about. I do #opensource #fpga #digital #radio projects with a variety of individuals & organizations. I'd love to hear more from you and meet up at ORI's weekly zoom call. Let me know!

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

Opulent Voice sent over the air with real Barker code synchronization words and basic framing is working great in the PLUTO SDR implementation. #opensource #amateurradio

We are having a Halloween party in collaboration with DEFCON Groups 858/619. Smart Cities Field Trip so bring your SDR, SAO prototype, Remote Lab tours, food, fun and more! If you are in San Diego, CA, USA and on the ORI mailing list, then check your inbox for more information.

Thank you to all our volunteers that attended #Pacificon this past weekend. Michelle W5NYV gave the MDARC meeting presentation on Friday night, everyone attended a wide variety of events and talks, and ORI made many new contacts and welcomed some new volunteers.

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Video recording of our projects meeting from 7 October 2025 can be found here: youtu.be/vbnwe62yP…

Our most recent projects meetup video recording: youtu.be/BaNtYhOJN…

I just don't feel like the President of the United States should be declaring that he hates his enemies. I don't feel like the VPOTUS should be calling citizens dipshits on social media. I'm old fashioned that way.

Open Research Institute’s August 2025 Newsletter. Thank you to all contributors and supporters! www.openresearch.institute/2025/09/1…

Defending Amateur Radio Spectrum: The AST Spacemobile Battle Continues www.openresearch.institute/2025/09/1…

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating generative A.I. chatbots: www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

Most recent FPGA projects meetup is at youtu.be/nLEXsOwlT…

Hey folks, I'm between the pastries and the coffee! And, more importantly, I get to talk about Open Research Institute openresearch.institute between two totally amazing people. What a fantastic opportunity from @amsat-dl.org

See the video recording of our latest project meetup here: youtu.be/65KgQueU7…

Transcriptions now work (and are configurable live) for audio in #OpulentVoice Interlocutor code. Check it out here: github.com/OpenResearch... Transcriptions appear in both web interface and CLI. Operators guide here: github.com/OpenResearch...

Opulent Voice demonstration conference server open for beta testing. www.openresearch.institute/2025/08/0…

Inner Circle Newsletter for July 2025 www.openresearch.institute/2025/08/0…

Silcoon pretzel beast! Ready to go into oven #pokemon

Online version of our Inner Circle Newsletter for May 2025 can be found at www.openresearch.institute/2025/06/0…

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Meanwhile, US educators don’t have to jump through hoops and over firewalls to get this same information and they simply don’t give a shit — they’d rather invite venture capitalists and quants to tell students how to get rich.

www.openresearch.institute/2025/05/2… Join ORI at Open Source Cubesat Workshop 2025

Read on to learn about the Double Doppler Shift in radar returns. This is part of Earth-Venus-Earth link budgeting work from ORI. www.openresearch.institute/2025/05/1…

Our over the air demonstrations at the Del Mar Electronics and Manufacturing Show were featured in an article by the San Diego Section of #IEEE. sdieee.org/sdieee/20…

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Here are the Top 5 Dogs of the week!

I wrote code that detects takeoffs and landings via ADS-B data. According to the code, on April 10, ZK-KEO in New Zealand was the hardest working plane in the world with about 150 takeoffs and landings: 1 every 5 minutes, for HOURS. What was it doing!? 1/

The appellate angle is that Leo XIV is a (canon) lawyer

Join me and other members of IEEE Consumer Technology Society at our upcoming social event on 28 May 2025 in San Diego, CA. This is a great opportunity to hear about experiences at the Consumer Electronics Show and meet your fellow IEEE members in San Diego. events.vtools.ieee.org/m/484326

ORI’s April 2025 Inner Circle newsletter available now at www.openresearch.institute/2025/05/0…

Here’s our video recording of our projects meetup from 6 May 2025. Thank you to all our #volunteers helping us achieve ambitious things! youtu.be/FjvgrElp1…

The assertion that computer models mimicking human speech equals understanding and competent participation in human affairs is strong. 
And it is has probably already filtered you out of a job, since LLM based tools are what many (~50%) of HRs are currently besotted with.

Thank you to #ARRL, who will be publishing four articles from Open Research Institute project work over the next year in their technical journal, QEX Magazine.

ORI Projects roundtable video recording from 22 April 2025 can be found here youtu.be/FDGpCdodX…

Please don’t equate machine knitting with LLM products. Machine knitting is a real art, that requires real human work, it’s incredibly complex with a steep learning curve, and most importantly, it doesn’t steal a goddam thing from anyone.

Weekly projects meeting video: youtu.be/r6jt3Ri2r…

Connecting the Dots: Protecting and Improving Amateur Radio Access to the 219-220 MHz Bands www.openresearch.institute/2025/04/1…

The original write up of this experiment is published at www.camras.nl/en/blog/2025... and the data and an analysis script are publicly available at data.camras.nl/venus/. Link-budget calculations by @abraxas3d.bsky.social and others can be found at github.com/OpenResearch...