Joi Ito: Open-source hardware is a no brainer — Tech News and Analysis.
Open-source hardware is on its way and it’ll foster a new era of innovation, according to MIT Media Lab director Joichi “Joi” Ito.
The emergence of freely available hardware designs and near-free components will unleash the same sort of technology innovation that open-source software kicked off a decade or so ago, Ito said Tuesday.
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I wonder if Joi will open source the new high-res 3d printer from the MIT startup Formlab, which he invested in?
http://venturefizz.com/deals/formlabs-raises-15m-funding