Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics
Openly shared low-cost electronic hardware applications, known as open electronics, have sparked a new open-source movement, with much untapped potential to advance scientific research. Initially designed to appeal to electronic hobbyists, open electronics have formed a global “maker” community and...
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| author | Oellermann, Michael Jolles, Jolle W. Ortiz, Diego Seabra, Rui Wenzel, Tobias Wilson, Hannah Tanner, Richelle L. |
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| description | Openly shared low-cost electronic hardware applications, known as open electronics, have sparked a new open-source movement, with much untapped potential to advance scientific research. Initially designed to appeal to electronic hobbyists, open electronics have formed a global “maker” community and are increasingly used in science and industry. In this perspective article, we review the current costs and benefits of open electronics for use in scientific research ranging from the experimental to the theoretical sciences. We discuss how user-made electronic applications can help (I) individual researchers, by increasing the customization, efficiency, and scalability of experiments, while improving data quantity and quality; (II) scientific institutions, by improving access to customizable high-end technologies, sustainability, visibility, and interdisciplinary collaboration potential; and (III) the scientific community, by improving transparency and reproducibility, helping decouple research capacity from funding, increasing innovation, and improving collaboration potential among researchers and the public. We further discuss how current barriers like poor awareness, knowledge access, and time investments can be resolved by increased documentation and collaboration, and provide guidelines for academics to enter this emerging field. We highlight that open electronics are a promising and powerful tool to help scientific research to become more innovative and reproducible and offer a key practical solution to improve democratic access to science. |
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| spelling | INTA177662024-05-16T11:57:58Z Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics Oellermann, Michael Jolles, Jolle W. Ortiz, Diego Seabra, Rui Wenzel, Tobias Wilson, Hannah Tanner, Richelle L. Electrónica Investigación Ciencia Abierta Ciencia de Información Electronics Research Open Science Information Science Código Abierto Open Source Openly shared low-cost electronic hardware applications, known as open electronics, have sparked a new open-source movement, with much untapped potential to advance scientific research. Initially designed to appeal to electronic hobbyists, open electronics have formed a global “maker” community and are increasingly used in science and industry. In this perspective article, we review the current costs and benefits of open electronics for use in scientific research ranging from the experimental to the theoretical sciences. We discuss how user-made electronic applications can help (I) individual researchers, by increasing the customization, efficiency, and scalability of experiments, while improving data quantity and quality; (II) scientific institutions, by improving access to customizable high-end technologies, sustainability, visibility, and interdisciplinary collaboration potential; and (III) the scientific community, by improving transparency and reproducibility, helping decouple research capacity from funding, increasing innovation, and improving collaboration potential among researchers and the public. We further discuss how current barriers like poor awareness, knowledge access, and time investments can be resolved by increased documentation and collaboration, and provide guidelines for academics to enter this emerging field. We highlight that open electronics are a promising and powerful tool to help scientific research to become more innovative and reproducible and offer a key practical solution to improve democratic access to science. EEA Manfredi Fil: Oellermann, Michael. Technical University of Munich. School of Life Sciences. Aquatic Systems Biology Unit; Alemania. University of Tasmania. Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Fisheries and Aquaculture Centre; Australia Fil: Jolles, Jolle W. Centre for Research on Ecology and Forestry Applications—CREAF; España Fil: Ortiz, Diego. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi; Argentina Fil: Seabra, Rui. Universidade do Porto. CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos. InBIO Laboratório Associado; Portugal. BIOPOLIS Program in Genomics, Biodiversity and Land Planning; Portugal Fil: Wenzel, Tobias. Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Schools of Engineering, Medicine and Biological Sciences. Institute for Biological and Medical Engineering; Chile Fil: Wilson, Hannah. Utah State University. College of Science. Biology Department; Estados Unidos Fil: Tanner, Richelle L. Chapman University. Environmental Science and Policy Program; Estados Unidos 2024-05-16T11:43:15Z 2024-05-16T11:43:15Z 2022-10 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17766 https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/62/4/1061/6590044 1557-7023 (Online) 1540-7063 (print) https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac043 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E6-I128-001, Mejoramiento genético de maíz y sorgo info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E6-I114-001, Caracterización de la diversidad genética de plantas, animales y microorganismos mediante herramientas de genómica aplicada info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-REC-E6-I117-001, Red de mejoramiento vegetal y animal info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Integrative and Comparative Biology 62 (4) : 1061-1075. (October 2022) |
| spellingShingle | Electrónica Investigación Ciencia Abierta Ciencia de Información Electronics Research Open Science Information Science Código Abierto Open Source Oellermann, Michael Jolles, Jolle W. Ortiz, Diego Seabra, Rui Wenzel, Tobias Wilson, Hannah Tanner, Richelle L. Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics |
| title | Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics |
| title_full | Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics |
| title_fullStr | Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics |
| title_short | Open Hardware in Science: The Benefits of Open Electronics |
| title_sort | open hardware in science the benefits of open electronics |
| topic | Electrónica Investigación Ciencia Abierta Ciencia de Información Electronics Research Open Science Information Science Código Abierto Open Source |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/17766 https://academic.oup.com/icb/article/62/4/1061/6590044 https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icac043 |
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