Open Source Cars and More
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| The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) might be in full throws this week, but
| some of the coolest devices may be found off the Net — blueprints and all. A
| burgeoning trend in open source hardware is putting up somedevices on the Web
| — from machines that make anything (including themselves) to cars — with the
| specs to make them yourself (See our list below). While still in its infancy,
| the trend could redefine hardware cost models much as its done for software.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Greenfield/?p=174
Money can be made through various services. From the news:
Untangle Signs Up 60 Managed Service Providers
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| All Covered has about 20 offices and 300 employees — 200 of whom are
| consultants. One of those consultants embraced Untangle to identify and
| correct a customer network problem in LA, according to All Covered VP of
| Marketing Nick Pegley. From that simple beginning, All Covered and Untangle
| have gradually become close working partners, notes Pegley.
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http://www.mspmentor.net/2008/01/04/untangle-signs-up-60-managed-service-providers/
Related:
OSMB: OScar, the Open Source car
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| The first to be presented was the Open Source car called OScar.
| For eight years, a community that has grown to far over 1,000
| people has been working on the development of a car based on
| Open Source, though the project's founder Markus stressed that
| the goal is development, not production. The automotive industry
| has, however, already showed interest in the concept.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/84180/from/rss09
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