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*The '''MIT''' group behind ''[http://www.thinkcycle.org Thinkcycle]'' (open-source design for underserved communities and the environment) and ''[http://www.instructables.com Instructables]'' which is a website to share step-by-step instructions for building things''

*'''Adrian Bowyer''' - ''The [[RepRap]] project'' (an open-source rapid prototyping machine designed to be capable of self-replication), and in a similar vein, '''Hod Lipson''' with ''[http://fabathome.org/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Fab@Home]''

*'''Marcin Jakubowski''' and team - ''[[Open Source Ecology]]''. Farmer scientists dedicated to building the world's first replicable, open source, modern off-grid global village. Many open-source physical hardware projects being tested in the field (both metaphorically and literally)

*'''Cameron Sinclair''' - ''[http://architectureforhumanity.org Architecture for Humanity]'' - applying 'open-source' to humanitarian reconstruction and the built environment. See ''[http://www.openarchitecturenetwork.org/ Open Architecture Network]''.

* [http://www.shareddesign.org '''Shared Design Alliance'''] and their initiative [http://openprosthetics.org ''Open Prosthetics Project'']. Currently fairly lo-tech but near-term may become invaluable in the developing world. Should eventually evolve to sophisticated designs.

* '''Terry Hancock''' - co-founder of [http://www.anansispaceworks.com ''Anansi Spaceworks''] that is attempting to use open source principles to develop space technology. His series of articles titled ''Towards a free matter economy'' make interesting reading. Parts: <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy 1], [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy_2 2], [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy_3 3], [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy_4 4], [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy_5 5], [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy_6 6],</span> [http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/free_matter_economy_7 7]

*'''Massimo Menichinelli''' - developer of the ''[http://www.openp2pdesign.org/ Open Peer-to-Peer Design]'' concept and design methodology. While Open Design focuses on opening a design project, [http://www.scribd.com/doc/6208079/openp2pdesignorg11 Open P2P Design] focuses on building a community or social system that follows Open P2P principles and organizational forms in order to put in practice a collaborative activity that generates Open Innovations.

* [http://p2pfoundation.net/The_Foundation_for_P2P_Alternatives ''The Foundation for P2P Alternatives''], started by '''Michel Bauwens''', which is a large resource on related topics and in his words "functions as a clearinghouse for open/free, participatory/p2p and commons-oriented initiatives"

* The evolving open-source hardware definition at [http://freedomdefined.org/OSHW FreedomDefined.org]

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