discussion / Open Source Solutions  / 4 December 2024

Talk - Open source hardware for more equitable and sustainable conservation science

Today, I'm really grateful for the chance to present at the first WILDLABS Open Source Solutions online community meeting. Here are two links to go with my short talk: 

  1. I've published the editable, open source slides of my talk here under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14268566
  2. I've gathered additional notes, transcript, recording(s), and further reading/resources in this post: https://write.as/naclscrg/talk-open-source-hardware-for-more-equitable-open-science 

For those who didn't make the event today, I was basically talking about: 

  • Open science is good science, and it's true for conservation science
  • Physical hardware is an important part of scientific research (other than software)
  • Open source hardware is valuable not just because it has the potential for commercial success, but also because...
  • Open source technologies enable more equitable and inclusive participation in science
  • Links to further reading and resources (see links above)

Questions, comments, concerns welcome!