Co-Open

Brief

“An open source online collaboration platform for distributed manufacturing that supports thousands of simultaneous online contributors.”

Further information

Mira Luna:

“Another exciting development at Open Tech Forever is that they are launching an open source online collaboration platform called Co-Open, available for the first time this week on Github, that supports thousands of simultaneous online contributors. Inviting participants to collaborate on a project during its design phase can lead to significant cost reductions, as well as improvements in innovation. The first collaborative project for the platform is the OTF factory design, which is being worked on by people throughout the United States and India, including Marshall Hilton, a mechanical and architectural engineer who was previously OSE’s production manager.

OTF co-founder Yoonseo Kang explains, “Right now, on our online collaboration platform, thousands of people can easily co-design an open source factory. This means people from all over the world can spontaneously work together. So you might see earth building masters from India talking to engineers from the School of Mines about what soil mixtures work best to make earth blocks. The possibilities are endless – there is so much potential for our platform to be customized and improved. Together, we can create technology that is transparent and available for use by anyone in the world.” (http://www.shareable.net/blog/open-tech-forever-challenges-proprietary-innovation)