En el blog del Make Magazine nos presentan la The Open Source Gift Guide: Open source hardware, software, and more for the holidays!. Por supuesto, mucho software, mucho hardware, muchas consolas y videojuegos, pero también electrónica, robots, “herramientas analógicas” y hasta cereveza. Una forma de evangelizar el open source y de hacer regalos que sigan divirtiendo con el tiempo al darle mayore libertad al usuario (eso sí, con una exigencia de dedicación mayor de la habitual):
There are hundreds of gift guides this holiday season filled with junk you can buy, but a lot of times you actually don't own it, you can't improve upon it, you can't share it or make it better, and you certainly can't post the plans, schematics, and source code either. We want to change that. We've put together our picks of interesting open source hardware projects, open source software, services, and things that have the maker spirit of open source. Some are kits, some are open software projects that you'll need to build hardware for before gifting, and some are just support for the projects/groups that do open source. Included in this guide are things you can get from the MAKE store too (we try and have as many open source goods as possible).
And we're not done. Post in the comments on what you think should be in the Open Source Gift Guide and we'll add it! Just stick to the same format we did, name, link, and a couple of sentences. We need your help, so send in other great OS gifts. If you're spending money this season, support open source, and give a gift that gives back!
Algunos ejemplos de “regalos abiertos”:
- Ubuntu with Support
- Multimachine - Open Source machine tool
- The Leaf - Open source robot using artificial intelligence and vision
- Rockbox an new MP3 player
- Open source IR for Xbox
- Game of Life Board
- DIY Fuel Injection Conversion using open source engine management
- Open source beer
- LEGO Mindstorms NXT
- Minty Boost kit - charge USB devices
- High Speed Photography Kit
- XGameStation Pico Edition 2.0 - DIY game console
- Open Gameboy - Flashcar and DevKit
