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==What is OHO?==
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www.oho.wiki (OHO) is a platform that supports, improves and publicises sustainable Open Hardware projects. Open Hardware refers to technologies and products whose documentation (plans, parts lists, etc.) are freely available so that individuals and companies can replicate and further develop them. OHO a spin-off of the Technical University Berlin.  
|| In difference to other OH websites OHO is specialized in areas which are relevant for socially, ecologically and economically sustainable development.<br/><br/><br/>The OHO community is a network of individuals, companies and organizations who contribute with projects, technical documentations, new ideas, man power
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==Why does OHO exist?==
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The starting point of OHO is the fact that there are thousands of Do it Yourself and Open Hardware projects worldwide. These projects can make an important contribution in terms of sustainable development and job creation in small enterprises. However, more than 95% of these projects are poorly documented or not documented at all. This means that there are no construction plans and parts lists. Therefore other people cannot rebuilt or modify them, or only with great effort. In addition, many of these projects are published on small unknown websites, are only published in one language, and are therefore difficult to find.  
|| You can find informations about Sustainable Open Hardware and Do It Yourself  projects in different types of websites. More than 80% of the best projects are hosted on Youtube.
 
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On the other hand, there is a huge need for good Open Hardware projects, e.g. in the fields of renewable energies, environmental technologies, technologies for small industries, etc. Here, Open Hardware projects can give important impulses for sustainable economic activity and create millions of new jobs. Especially in developing countries, where access to affordable technologies and product ideas is much more limited than in industrialized countries, Open Hardware can be an effective strategy for technology transfer and sustainable economic growth.
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|| OHO Search Engine is a specialized search engine developped to find Sustainable Open Hardware and Do it Yourself Projects. OHO Search Engine is a multilingual (actually: english, german, spanish) and category based search engine.
==What does OHO do?==
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OHO aims to contribute to this in the following ways:
|| The OHO Directory contains selected projects from the Search Engine o directly uploaded projects.<br/><br/>The community selects projects to be reviewed. The technical documentation of these projects like drawings, CAD files, parts lists etc. becomes completed and actualized.<br/><br/>If necesary reverse engineering projects are carried out, i.e. complete drawings, parts lists and parts lists are created based on videos or photos.
 
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* Development of standards for the documentation and certification of Open Hardware projects e.g. through the DIN Spec 3105, developed together with the German Institute for Standardisation.
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* Registration and categorization of Open Hardware and Do it Yourself projects through a specially developed search engine.  
|| Projects of the directory can be reviewed through a Peer Review Process following DIN Spec 3105<br/><br/>
* Creation of CAD files, technical drawings, and parts lists of selected Open Hardware projects.
* two or more reviewer with specific experience examine all parts and assemblies of the project
* Certification of the selected projects, where the projects are checked by experienced designers for safety, quality, robustness, licensing, etc.
* technical clarification is made online together with the project developers and the OHO-Team
* Promotion and dissemination of the selected projects together with other organizations, such as Wikipedia, etc.
* a certificate is granted by OHO
 
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==Achievements of OHO so far?==
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|| In order to achieve the widest possible publicity for the certified projects, OHO cooperates with various organizations, such as Wikipedia and a number of other organizations. All these organizations can freely use the projects and their documentation because they are usually published under a free license.
The following milestones have been achieved since OHO was founded in 2019:
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*Development of the OHO search engine.
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*Development of DIN Spec 3105
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*Development of the OHO certification platform
* want to reproduce projects for their own needs
*Development of the OHO Standards for Technical Documentation.
* want to start a new business
*Cooperation with various governmental and private organizations
Companies
*Acquisition of first grants
* Startups
*Establishment of the OHO CAD Centre with several experienced engineers
* Small or Medium-Sized Enterprises (SME)
 
Organisations, Multipliers
==What happens next?==
* Open Source Hardware
====Projects====
* Do it Yourself, FabLab etc.
We are currently in the process of documenting and certifying the first reference projects. By the end of 2021, we will put as many well-documented open hardware projects as possible online on OHO. One focus will be the area of renewable energies.
* Sustainable Development
====Community====
* Development Cooperation
We will lay the foundation for the OHO community, and try to get as many hardware developers as possible to publish their projects cleanly documented under free licenses.
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====Publication of projects====
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An important goal is that as many people as possible have access to the information on OHO. To this end, we will cooperate with a number of other organizations, such as Wikipedia. Furthermore, we will set up various social media channels that will allow us to connect directly with the developers and users of Open Hardware.
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==The vision==
Our vision is to create an international community of people that - similar to Wikipedia - builds and develops a knowledge platform for free sustainable technical knowledge. And that this platform in the same way as Wikipedia is available to all people worldwide in many languages and thus contributes to making technical and economic development on our planet more sustainable.
 
==The key objectives of OHO are:==
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* Find sustainable Do It Yourself and Open Hardware projects ([[About the OHO Search Engine|OHO Search Engine]])
* Create CAD files, blueprints and parts lists of selected projects ([[About the OHO CAD Center|OHO CAD Center]])
* Certify selected projects and make them known worldwide ([[About_the_OHO_Certification-center|OHO Certification Center]])
* Connect project developers with users and supporters ([[About_the_OHO_Community|OHO Community]])
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==Target groups==
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====Individuals who====
*would like to replicate projects for their own use
*would like to develop projects further
====Start-ups, small or medium-sized enterprises who====
*want to replicate and market projects
*want to further develop existing products
====Organisations from the fields of====
*Open Source Hardware, Do it Yourself, FabLab etc.
*Sustainable development
*Development cooperation, Development aid

Latest revision as of 17:45, 24 January 2022

What is OHO?

www.oho.wiki (OHO) is a platform that supports, improves and publicises sustainable Open Hardware projects. Open Hardware refers to technologies and products whose documentation (plans, parts lists, etc.) are freely available so that individuals and companies can replicate and further develop them. OHO a spin-off of the Technical University Berlin.

Why does OHO exist?

The starting point of OHO is the fact that there are thousands of Do it Yourself and Open Hardware projects worldwide. These projects can make an important contribution in terms of sustainable development and job creation in small enterprises. However, more than 95% of these projects are poorly documented or not documented at all. This means that there are no construction plans and parts lists. Therefore other people cannot rebuilt or modify them, or only with great effort. In addition, many of these projects are published on small unknown websites, are only published in one language, and are therefore difficult to find.

On the other hand, there is a huge need for good Open Hardware projects, e.g. in the fields of renewable energies, environmental technologies, technologies for small industries, etc. Here, Open Hardware projects can give important impulses for sustainable economic activity and create millions of new jobs. Especially in developing countries, where access to affordable technologies and product ideas is much more limited than in industrialized countries, Open Hardware can be an effective strategy for technology transfer and sustainable economic growth.

What does OHO do?

OHO strategy 4.png

OHO aims to contribute to this in the following ways:

  • Development of standards for the documentation and certification of Open Hardware projects e.g. through the DIN Spec 3105, developed together with the German Institute for Standardisation.
  • Registration and categorization of Open Hardware and Do it Yourself projects through a specially developed search engine.
  • Creation of CAD files, technical drawings, and parts lists of selected Open Hardware projects.
  • Certification of the selected projects, where the projects are checked by experienced designers for safety, quality, robustness, licensing, etc.
  • Promotion and dissemination of the selected projects together with other organizations, such as Wikipedia, etc.

Achievements of OHO so far?

OHO strategy 5.png

The following milestones have been achieved since OHO was founded in 2019:

  • Development of the OHO search engine.
  • Development of DIN Spec 3105
  • Development of the OHO certification platform
  • Development of the OHO Standards for Technical Documentation.
  • Cooperation with various governmental and private organizations
  • Acquisition of first grants
  • Establishment of the OHO CAD Centre with several experienced engineers

What happens next?

Projects

We are currently in the process of documenting and certifying the first reference projects. By the end of 2021, we will put as many well-documented open hardware projects as possible online on OHO. One focus will be the area of renewable energies.

Community

We will lay the foundation for the OHO community, and try to get as many hardware developers as possible to publish their projects cleanly documented under free licenses.

Publication of projects

OHO strategy 6.png

An important goal is that as many people as possible have access to the information on OHO. To this end, we will cooperate with a number of other organizations, such as Wikipedia. Furthermore, we will set up various social media channels that will allow us to connect directly with the developers and users of Open Hardware.

The vision

Our vision is to create an international community of people that - similar to Wikipedia - builds and develops a knowledge platform for free sustainable technical knowledge. And that this platform in the same way as Wikipedia is available to all people worldwide in many languages and thus contributes to making technical and economic development on our planet more sustainable.

The key objectives of OHO are:

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Target groups

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Individuals who

  • would like to replicate projects for their own use
  • would like to develop projects further

Start-ups, small or medium-sized enterprises who

  • want to replicate and market projects
  • want to further develop existing products

Organisations from the fields of

  • Open Source Hardware, Do it Yourself, FabLab etc.
  • Sustainable development
  • Development cooperation, Development aid
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