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An interesting example of potentially #solarpunk technology is https://www.instructables.com/TerraSono-a-Sustainable-Acoustic-Intelligence-Syst/ : a low-energy, solar powered audio sensor for forests and oceans which automatically logs and catalogs abnormal sounds. Runs on #LoRa and #tinyML .
The https://storyseedlibrary.org/seeds/the-beekeepers/ Story Seed is about a very similar projects, using MLs for monitoring the forests.
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TerraSono: Guarding Forests and Oceans Through AI-powered Intelligent Listening: TerraSono is a sustainable, modular acoustic intelligence system designed to give nature a voice — whether in forests or oceans. By capturing and analyzing sounds with low-power Edge AI, TerraSono can detect threats like illegal logging, poaching, o…
The confusion surrounding the concept of « open source » is probably going to have major political implications. The brand new EU open source strategy doesn't seem to be purely a software strategy.
- EU open source strategy: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-source-strategy
In 2020, the institution released specifically a policy named « Open source software strategy », but software disappeared this time which could be a signal from a shift to a broader vision beyond « open source ».
With current documents, it seems to have a tension over the use of the term by including both open source software and open source hardware under this umbrella.
On one side, it's a software centric policy where they also specify in their COM(2026)503 documents "for the purpose of this Communication, ‘open source’ refers to software released under licences that comply with the Open Source Initiative’s Open Source Definition".
On the other side, they declare to "Prioritise open source funding in key areas like semiconductors" while stating "semiconductors: to develop, under the Chips Act 2.0, open source hardware IP such as the one based on RISC-V, targeted investment in open source electronic design automation tools;"
And this is where true confusion comes up for me: what is precisely open source hardware IP ? RISC-V is an open standard, with both open and closed hardware implementation. [https://semiengineering.com/open-source-hardware-risks/]
But open (source) hardware is about providing editable design, this sentence being confused by potentially conflating standard and design files.
The Chips Act 2.0 is more about empowering the production of semiconductors at manufacturers level, but does not seem to cover the open IP part. The open source strategy and this Chips act could be therefore two complementary layers with unclear links. [https://www.techpolicy.press/how-the-eus-tech-sovereignty-package-finally-puts-open-source-to-the-test/]
This little semantic confusion may have an impact on the entire industrial strategy of the EU. Will critical hardware components such as semi-conductors produced in the open source hardware philosophy ? Based only on open standard or requiring entire designs/source files available for production ?
The meaning and definition of « open source » remain confused, it can be a billion(s)-dollar question.
[Thought related to the work « Open Source 2.0 : From Open Source Software to Open Source Resources? » : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20257010]
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L'« open source » on comprend pas le concept épisode 564310989 (niveau institutionel). Est-ce que la nouvelle EU Open Source Strategy est purement une stratégie logicielle ? Possible que non.
The EU open source strategy : https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/open-source-strategy
Dans le résumé de leur stratégie, la notion n'est pas vraiment définie. On pourrait implicitement supposé logiciel, mais possible que c'est une erreur de lecture. Une de leur ancienne stratégie était explicitement nommée « The Open source Software Strategy of the EU institutions ». Ce qui n'est plus le cas ici, et c'est peut être un signe de bascule.
D'un côté, le logiciel est central, et dans leur document COM(2026)503 ils spécifient "For the purpose of this Communication, ‘open source’ refers to software released under licences that comply with the Open Source Initiative’s Open Source Definition". [https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register/detail?ref=COM(2026)503&lang=en]
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On a aussi un aspect particulier : "Prioritise open source funding in key areas like semiconductors".
Est-ce que :
A/ on parle des logiciels pour les semi-conducteurs ?
B/ Ou on parle des plan de hardware ?
"semiconductors: to develop, under the Chips Act 2.0, open source hardware IP such as the one based on RISC-V"
Réponse B.
Il semble que ce soit une stratégie dont le cœur est logiciel, mais qui s'étend pour inclure d'autres typologies de ressources.
The EU Open Source Strategy n'est donc peut-être pas qu'une stratégie logicielle. Il semble qu'il y ait une tension dans le sens donné à l'open source dans cette stratégie.
open source ≠ open source software ? Qu'en pense les experts de l'open source (software) ?
[Article « Open Source 2.0 : From Open Source Software to Open Source Resources? » : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20237079]
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It's here! Quick impressions: it's awesome.
Looks good, the strap is very comfy, the build quality is superb, so far no faults or bugs that I've noticed. The Android app works well and Pebble OS is really smooth.
The only negative is that it defaults to imperial units and it took me a while to find all the options to cure it from this sickness 😁
Die Bundesregierung verabschiedet das vorliegende Aktionsprogramm mit priorisierten Maßnahmen aus der Nationalen Kreislaufwirtschaftsstrategie (NKWS), die die Bundesregierung bis Ende 2027 umsetzen will.
It's Tangara time: first impressions of a new open hardware MP3 player
Nvidia bündelt mit dem Isaac GR00T Reference Humanoid Robot Hardware von Unitree und Sharpa mit dem Jetson Thor Chip.
Das offene Design bietet akademischen Einrichtungen wie der ETH Zürich eine Basis für physische KI. Der 1,80 Meter große Roboter verfügt über 75 Bewegungsachsen.
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https://www.all-ai.de/news/news26top/nvidia-roboter-referenz
How long does it take me to build a thermostat and ship it?
Today it took 2.5 hours. Usually it takes about 1-1.5 hours, but if there's a problem that I need to troubleshoot & fix (as there was today), it takes longer.
The value that I'm adding is not just the soldering time, skills, and consumables (solder, flux, soldering iron tips, etc.), it's that you get a fully tested, ready-to-go, #OpenSource thermostat. It's peace of mind. You won't have to deal with these issues.
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