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10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with open source

admin — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 07:00:00 +0000

10 ways to celebrate Earth Day with open source admin Sat, 04/22/2023 - 03:00

Here's a roundup of our favorite articles about open source sustainability.

Even though we strive to live every day like Earth Day here on Opensource.com, today is an especially good day to discover new ways to help the planet. Open source brings…

Keep the solar system in your pocket with a Raspberry Pi

cherrybomb — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:00:00 +0000

Keep the solar system in your pocket with a Raspberry Pi cherrybomb Mon, 03/13/2023 - 03:00

Explore the open source planetarium Stellarium using a Raspberry Pi 4. Then have some scripting fun with animations.

In my previous article, I talked about Stellarium in a web browser. This stellar software allows for a 3D view of your local sky, with amazing telescopic and scripting…

AI robot wrestling with open source

omichel — Sat, 25 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

AI robot wrestling with open source omichel Sat, 02/25/2023 - 03:00

Program the artificial intelligence (AI) of simulated robots in an online international competition.

The ICRA 2023 conference will take place from May 29 to June 2, 2023 in London. It brings together the world’s top robotics researchers from academia and industry. During this…

Stargaze from the web browser with an open source planetarium

cherrybomb — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Stargaze from the web browser with an open source planetarium cherrybomb Fri, 02/17/2023 - 03:00

Stellarium is an open source planetarium that enables you to explore the night sky right on your own computer.

If you've seen the news recently, you'll have noticed many articles on the comet with the green tail (C/2022 E3) that will only come once in a lifetime for everyone to see. In…

How upstream contributions power scientific research

cdelia — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 08:00:00 +0000

How upstream contributions power scientific research cdelia Fri, 02/03/2023 - 03:00

Just as with software development, research under Horizon Europe promotes the adoption of sharing research outputs as early and widely as possible to citizen science…

Horizon Europe emphasizes open science and open source technology. The program evolved from Horizon 2020, which provided financial support for research projects that promoted…

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Open source software is transforming healthcare

James Ahern — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Open source software is transforming healthcare James Ahern Thu, 01/12/2023 - 03:00

Healthcare organizations realize tangible benefits from using open source tools. Explore these examples.

In the summer of 2022, the UK government and NHS England published its Open Source Policy, stating that open source technology is: Particularly suitable for use within the…

6 articles to inspire open source sustainability this year

jehb — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 08:00:00 +0000

6 articles to inspire open source sustainability this year jehb Tue, 12/27/2022 - 03:00

Here are some examples of how the scientific community and open source community have worked together to improve sustainability.

The scientific community builds upon open access and open information. Recalling the famous quote in a 1675 letter by Isaac Newton: "if I have seen further [than others], it…

How open organizations can harness energy disruptions

Ron McFarland — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 07:00:00 +0000

How open organizations can harness energy disruptions Ron McFarland Mon, 08/08/2022 - 03:00

Learn strategies for communities on the use of electric vehicles over internal combustion engined cars, the use of self-driving vehicles over human-driving vehicles, and the…

Many people talk a lot about the values of Open Organization Principles, but in many ways, they require people to change how they do things, which can be difficult. That is…

4 ways you can preserve the Earth's livability with open source

Tobias Augspurger — Tue, 17 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000

4 ways you can preserve the Earth's livability with open source Tobias Augspurger Tue, 05/17/2022 - 03:00

Why actions rooted in open source culture can make a big impact.

Earth's uniqueness in creating a stable environment for life in a completely hostile space is a miracle. Various life forms have taken billions of years to build up the…

How open source leads the way for sustainable technology

hanopcan — Sun, 08 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000

How open source leads the way for sustainable technology hanopcan Sun, 05/08/2022 - 03:00

There are huge parallels between the open source way and what our wider society needs to do to achieve a more sustainable future.

There's a palpable change in the air regarding sustainability and environmental issues. Concern for the condition of the planet and efforts to do something about it have gone…