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Bruce ByfieldBruce Byfield is a freelance journalist specializing in free and open source software, and is author of Designing with LibreOffice. Bruce has been a contributing editor at Linux.com and Maximum Linux, and has been published many times in well-known publications, including Datamation, Linux Journal, LinuxPlanet, The Linux Developer Network, Slashdot, and LWN, among others. Bruce can be reached at bbyfield@axion.net.


Human Augmentation and Arduino Technologies
On March 15, 2019 in All, EIT 2018: Generation Robot, Medical, Open Source, Robotics by Bruce Byfield
Bruce Byfield
Arduino microcontrollers are playing a major role in the development of prosthetics and devices for human augmentation. Once aimed at students and hobbyists, today Arduino technologies offer numerous advantages typical of open source software and hardware that significantly accelerate development and reduce costs.
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Tagged With: Arduino, Arduino-based prosthetics, Atmel, e-Nable, Free software, Human augmentation, Microchip, Open source, Prosthetics
Open Source Reinvents the Keyboard
On March 9, 2018 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, Maker, Open Source by Bruce Byfield
Bruce Byfield
Open source developers are rethinking the traditional mechanical keyboard. New releases, such as the Keyboardio Model 01, display an aesthetically pleasing, ergonomic, programmable, customizable, and quiet mechanical keyboard as an alternative to high-end proprietary keyboards.
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Tagged With: Arduino, ergonomic keyboard, Keyboardio, Makers, mechanical keyboard, open source, repetitive strain injury, RSI
A Combo for Innovation: Open Source and Crowdfunding
On January 24, 2018 in 3D Printing, Computing, Dev Tools, Maker, Open Source, Security by Bruce Byfield
Bruce Byfield
In the last few years, open source and crowdfunding have become a joint force multiplier, leading to new product innovations and a deeper expansion of open source into business.
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Tagged With: Crowd Supply, crowdfunding, engineers, entrepreneurs, force multiplier, innovation, innovative, Keyboardio, Linux, open source, ORWL, Pi-Top, Purism, Raspberry Pi, venture capitalist

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