Open source projects are easy to develop by a large team if they share the source by means of a software repository and of course some programming tools.
When we try to develop a hardware project in the same way, the drawings are like the source and machines are like the programming tools.
A third component is also required in both approaches: experience.
In Team FREDNET we have this open hardware approach:
Team FREDNET attempts to do several things that no organization has successfully done before, and that requires some innovation. Innovation often starts in chaos. Source
When we develop a new prototype based on shared drawings also we develop procedures and methods to build things and we have found hard to communicate this experience to any other people in the open community. For this reason we use a wiki where you can find designs, studies, and also information related to our organithation. I can provide you my example for the PicoRover a small lunar rover based in a crazy idea of a moving ball descovered in the Team FREDNET forums by me when I become a new Team FREDNET member one year ago. This lunar rover design is part of the some other lunar rover designs done by the guys of the Rover group as a result of the parallel development: It is to say develop the same thing by different working groups. Now I want to show to the opne community how I learned to build a PicoRover using a livestream channel.
If you want see in real time how I build the latest protoype of PicoRover or just see how we launch any stratospheric balloon you can see me at:
http://livestream.com/frednetballoon/
But if you were late, or you live in other part of the planet than me, don't worry. You can see on-demant any show I made for you.
My best,
Joshua Tristancho
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