MEP EP#298: Has Open Source Hardware Run Its Course?

<h4><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep298-has-open-source-hardware-run-its-course" target="_blank">MEP EP#298: Has Open Source Hardware Run Its Course?</a><br></h4><ul><p> <p><li><a href="https://twitter.com/benheck" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Benjamin Heckendorn</strong></a> <ul> <li>An electronics hacking entertainment guru</li> <li>Former host of Element 14’s “ The Ben Heck Show”</li> </ul> </li></p> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/cwkraft" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Chris Kraft</strong></a> <ul> <li>A tinkerer currently working as a software engineer in the financial services industry</li> <li>Extensive background in 3d printing and building anything that seems interesting</li> </ul> </li> <li>Previous Podcasts with Ben and Chris <ul> <li><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep23-interview-ben-heck-the-ben-heck-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MEP EP#23: Interview with Ben Heck of The Ben Heck Show</a></li> <li><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep75-simulation-match-reality/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MEP EP#75: Does the Simulation Match the Reality?</a></li> <li><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep-153-discrete-atomic-luffa-control/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MEP EP #153: Discrete Atomic Luffa Control</a></li> <li><a href="https://macrofab.com/blog/mep-ep-167-benheck-and-the-pinotaur/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MEP EP #167: BenHeck and the PinoTaur</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Has Open Source Hardware Run It's Course?</li> <li>A google search of “open hardware” or “open source hardware” yields one of two results <ul> <li>A definition of OSHW</li> <li>A lot of requests for is there an open source <em>XYZ</em>?</li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@gendor/10-commercially-successful-open-source-hardware-projects-in-2013-515a799daa89" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10 commercially successful open source hardware projects in 2013</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.seeedstudio.com/blog/2019/01/0