anna-lena, a white woman with long wavy hair leaning on an oscilloscope

photo of the ZEReader project with four pcbs spread out and an e-ink screen with text

Day 1 of #OHS2026 talks will wrap with Anna-Lena Marx telling the story of the ZEReader project that uses a software-first workflow, leveraging Zephyr and modular design, to simplify bring-up and debugging.

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headshot of lars, a white man with short brown hair, glasses and facial hair with a filter on it

an image with random elements of emojis, colour splashes and leetspeak on top that reads new modular design

Join Lars Zimmermann On Day 1 of #OHS2026 in his talk covering the Ikego Project—a participatory design studio that creates an open source modular design system to build almost anything!
And it all works because the components are open source.

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Open Hardware Summit May 23 – 24, 2026

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graphic of the maker emergency kits process

Kicking off Day 1 of #OHS2026 we have Victoria Wenzelmann, Timm Wille and Susan Long who will introduce the Maker Emergency Kits to discuss how OSHW can create adaptable blueprints for local production to support rapid, community-led fabrication of tools during crises!

darcy, a white nonbinary person, in low light staring off into the distance with the reflection of led's in their glasses

the EMF explorer badge lit up with green LEDs featuring art of a figure being abducted by aliens

Curious about the world of electromagnetic frequencies? On Day 2 of #OSH2026 Darcy Neal can show the way with a hands-on workshop putting together your very own EMF reader badge!

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thomas, holger and jános standing together all holding different parts of the OSH vacuum and smiling widely

a digital mockup, a physical prototype and an image of a fluidsimulation composed to show the different steps in designing the vacuum

Open source domestic tools make our hearts SIIIING for we are so happy to have Thomas Weiß, Holger Kienle and János Adelsberger join us at #OHS2026 to tell the story of OHS Vacuum Project on Day 1!

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Open Hardware Summit May 23 – 24, 2026

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lisa, a white woman with brown hair pulled back, glasses and a light smile

Day 1 of #OSH2026 you can catch Lisa talking DIY DNA sequencing, while most DNA sequencing is still too expensive for a playful approach, 1970's Sanger sequencing offers an alternative. It wasn't portable or user-friendly back then - but what if we rebuild it with today's low-cost electronics?

Our Open Healthware Conference will take place in San Francisco this year on July 9th and 10th! Grab your free in person or virtual tickets at Bit.ly/OpenHealthwareConference2026 !

Hi Chris! We're sad to miss you, especially for such a frustrating reason, but that's such a kind offer! We can definitely find a way to make sure someone who needs it gets it :) can you shoot us an email at info@oshwa.org so we an figure out best options?

lily, a white person with short brown hair and large glasses smiling happily

a small bundle of conductive yarn wrapped around a card

Get your hands busy and play with yarn by learning what it takes to spin e-textile with Lily Gabriel! Learn about spindle spinning, plying, core spinning and supercoil methods on Day 2 of #OHS2026

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clemens, a white man with glasses posed to look like he's holding a CE logo and an illustration of an orange dinosaur mascot is behind him

If you decide to sell your hardware it won't be long until you learn that CE is a thing...and a little confusing. On Day 1 of #OHS2026 we've got @smandercom.bsky.social taking us through the ins and outs of legal requirements, responsibilities and more of selling open-source electronics in Europe!

John Deere to Pay $99 Million in Monumental Right-to-Repair Settlement The ag manufacturing giant will also make digital diagnostic, maintenance, and repair tools available to third parties for 10 years.

Farmers won their right-to-repair fight against John Deere. The settlement includes a 10-year “agreement by Deere to provide ‘the digital tools ​required for the maintenance, diagnosis, and repair’ of tractors, combines, and other machinery”. [thedrive.com]

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a depiction of a menstrual cup coming out of a mold in front of a back of mountains in bright colours

Break the taboo during the Day 1 #OHS2026 talk on developing an open, trustworthy & safe-to-use menstrual cup mould that can be used to manufacture affordable menstrual cups run by Susanne (Sizou) Krenn, Sigrid Peuker, Yana Sadeghvishkaei, Phuong Minh Phung, Linh Hoang, Jessica Hellmuth!

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On Day 2 of #OHS2026 you can join the Mi-Hy crew in learning to build your very own microbial fuel cell and learn how it works with hydroponics to power plant growth!

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rosie, laura and nick working with their farm scale flax processing machine

Fantasy Fibre Mill will be presenting on Day 1 of #OHS2026 to tell us about their journey of developing farm scale machines for processing flax, wool, hemp, cotton and cattails from raw material into yarn!

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I'm not totally sure what this does, but the branding on this newly @oshwassociation.bsky.social certified open source hardware is compelling nonetheless trunkcam.seacell.earth

screenshot of jasmine lu defending with a slide that talks about open source, the open hardware summit and the certification program

a slide from jasmine's defense that show's her doing workshops, outreach speaking at the summit and getting awards

So fun to see OSHWA in @xjasminelu.bsky.social 's thesis defence! Congratulations Jasmine, we can't wait to see what you do next 🥳

Open Hardware Summit May 23 – 24, 2026

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nathan, a white man wearing a ballcap and speaking into a mic

When COVID-19 shattered supply chains, makers produced ~48M units of open-source medical supplies but had to spend most their time figuring out how to get them to people, in his #OHS2026 talk Nathan Parker explores the open-source infrastructure being built to solve these issues.

alex, a white woman with long brown hair standing in nature and smiling lightly at the camera

lined up glassware on a lab table with various shades of liquid going from yellow to red

Spend some time exploring the world of natural dyeing at #OHS2026 with Alex Bachmayer and experiment with the chemistry of shifting colours for textile dyes!

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achim, a man with thick rimmed glasses smiling at the camera

a remote control car with a gopro and an air quality monitor mounted on top

On Day 1 of #OHS2026 we're excited to have Achim Haug talk about the work of AirGradient Ltd., an open hardware and software to deliver air-quality monitor with 50,000 OSHW devices sold in 80+ countries!

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alison, a white woman with long slightly curly brown hair and glasses smiling as she looks off to the side

the guts of an old machine with ancient components

In Circuit Necromancy Alison Clark will tell us all about her practice of electrical salvage, reframing e-waste as a site for play, learning, and transformation! Find out how she utilizes old tech to make new sounds at #OHS2026

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fiona, a white woman with long brown hair tied back and a smattering of freckles across her face looking intently at her work

a modified 3d printer with a long tube full of biomaterials printing a structure

Finding your green bin overfilling with green waste? Fiona Bell has the solution! In this session at #OHS2026 you'll get to get goopy and explore using biomaterials for 3D printing.

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a custom pcb shaped like a butterfly

Alexandra Covor and Rehana Al-Soltane will have you aflutter in their butterfly wearable workshop using RP2040 PCBs with NeoPixel LEDs to experiment with sensors and interactive devices #OHS2026 !

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Our latest PCB has just been Certified Open Hardware by the nice folks at @oshwassociation.bsky.social (Make sure to check out the Mothbox in Berlin at the Open Hardware Summit!)
certification.oshwa.org/pa000006.html

Open Hardware Summit May 23 – 24, 2026

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vitoria and nicole in a textile studio surrounded by notions, victory is standing and smiling at the camera with tied back hair and red/orange lipstick. nicole is sitting on the workbench with long dark hair and a smile.

a bottom view of a knitting machine where the knit comes out with a large swatch with text that reads: the domestic machine

Knitting machines have a deep and beautiful history in open source hardware, before we even called it that! Nicole Messier and Victoria Manganiello of the Craftwork Collective are going to tell you all about the repair and adaption culture around them at #OHS2026!