The People and Skills Standard provides a framework for creating an individual record of experiences, skills, and relevant training and certificates that makers can use to showcase accomplishments and relevant knowledge to potential employers, peers, and collaborators across global networks. Join us for this month's community call, where Research and Community Engagement Lead Sarah Hutton will d
Read moreAfter receiving a job offer from the Internet of Production Alliance (IOP) in 2021 while opening a makerspace in Iraq, I started to see the world of manufacturing from a different perspective.
Read moreThe Innovative Manufacturing in Africa (IMA) project officially started with a Kick-off meeting on Thursday 13th April. This call brought together the IMA awardees, partners, and donors of the project.
Read moreThe IOPA governance task force convened an open council and community call to present the high-level propositions for redesigning the IOPA governance. The governance task force had worked on proposals for the IOPA governance.
Read moreHow do we create a shared understanding of the explicit, implicit, tacit, and procedural knowledge necessary for individual makers to participate in and easily navigate an open, distributed manufacturing ecosystem?
Read moreDuring the recent OKW Community Call, attendees had the opportunity to catch up on the latest community updates and hear about the successes and lessons learned from OKW community and OKW Data Awardees over the past year.
Read moreOpen Know-Where (OKW) was launched in April 2021 as a metadata standard for documenting and sharing information about the location of manufacturing facilities and capabilities worldwide.
Read moreThe Open Know-Where (OKW) standard was launched in 2021 to document and share information about the location of manufacturing facilities and capabilities globally, with the goal of mapping at least 150,000 points of interest by 2023. The OKW Data Awards offer financial awards for projects that integrate existing datasets or collect new data related to mapping manufacturing capabilities.
Read moreThis month focussed on Open Electronics Design-Data. Topics discussed included standardising a bill of materials format, creating a database of component names, and design rule checks for repairability
Read moreThe Innovative Manufacturing in Africa Project is seeking applications for the Innovative Manufacturing in Africa Awards, which will support research and innovation capabilities in the hardware maker innovation ecosystem in Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa.
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