Funding for the proposal “Owning your own work, no matter where you publish: portability and interoperability of hardware designs through new Open Know-How standards and tools” was awarded in early 2022, by the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative for the Data Portability and Services Incubator (DAPSI).
Read moreWe will be holding an IOPA Community Call on November 9th during which Technical Lead Max Wardeh and Research and Community Engagement Lead Sarah Hutton will discuss the research findings and tooling development work from DAPSI Phase 2 and show you what’s been built in support of decentralized publishing and data conversion and mapping.
Read moreThe IOP Alliance is delighted to announce the recruitment of Sarah Hutton as Research and Community Engagement Lead. Sarah's work is focused on developing a thematic community around the People and Skills specifications necessary in distributed manufacturing. She brings with her the network and experience in open hardware, makerspaces and fabrication.
Read moreMembers of the more than 2,000 Fab Labs around the world get together once a year to talk shop, network, and form communities based on their shared passions for digital manufacturing, technological advancement, and creative problem solving.
Read moreJoin us on October 26th at 13:00UTC to hear more from the awardees of round 1. During our October IOPA Community call. David and Ronald will be interviewed by the community and tell us more about their work testing the OKW data standard.
Read moreThe OKW Data Awards are back for round 2. By 2023, we want at least 150,000 machines and tools mapped leveraging the OKW standard. This will allow us to develop a key part of the infrastructure for distributed manufacturing. Do you know anyone who has mapped / or do you want to map manufacturing capabilities?
Read moreInnovation Hubs are hubs for the growth of the maker movement, helping it to thrive and to flourish. Innovation Hubs are hubs for the growth of the maker movement, helping it to thrive and to flourish. In Europe, Barcelona stands out as a hub for hardware digital innovation hub innovators. It also plays host to the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalunya (IAAC).
Read moreThis month’s Community call has a running theme around governance. Anna Sera Lowe the Chair of the governance task force will present: the "Governance Reboot" that is in progress. A new member of the Alliance Tiberius from Sensorica, will introduce themselves and the network they are a part of.
Read moreThe Internet of Production (IOP) applied for the European Commission's Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative Phase 1 of the research component of the proposed work kicked off in April. The report back to DAPSI on the research is available for your review.
Read moreThe Internet of Production Alliance (IoPA) has received financing for R&D. DAPSI Phase 2 will test decentralized publishing of designs and documentation for manufacturing and fabrication projects with makers and partner platforms.
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