Prototyping spaces

  1. Local community

We will thrive a local community of builders in the four participating research institutions.

  1. Hardware publication platform

We will gather a community of interest to co-create an ecosystem for hardware publication, including a peer review system, that will provide recognition for the hardware makers.

  1. International collaboration

We will work inside GOSH, OSHWA and the RDA communities, producing guidance for makers in their path to open and FAIR hardware production, as well as driving further acceptance of the developed workflows.

  1. Research

We have been conducting interviews, surveys and observatory studies to understand the current practices and the community needs.

Team

Researchers from three Berlin universities are collaborating to make this project fly.

  • Industrial engineer, research associate at the TU Berlin.

    Robert Mies

    Hardware co-creation

  • Data manager and open science enthusiast, research associate at the TU Berlin.

    Dr. Julien Colomb

    Data management, scholarly comm.

  • Information scientist and open source developer, research associate at FU Berlin.

    Moritz Maxeiner

    Open source robotics

  • Ecology and open science, incoming fellow

    Dr. Pen-Yuan Hsing

    OSH Communities

  • Neuroscientist, Full Professor at HU Berlin.

    Prof. Matthew Larkum

    Neuroscience

  • Bioinformatician, Professor of Artificial and Collective Intelligence, FU Berlin.

    Prof. Tim Landgraf

    Open source robotics

  • Mechanical engineer, Full Professor at TU Berlin.

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roland Jochem

    Quality Science

  • Neurology, Professor at Charité.

    Prof. Dr. med. Petra Ritter

    Brain Simulation

  • Biology Bachelor student at HU Berlin.

    Fabio Reeh

    Student assistant

  • Science and technology studies, alumni.

    Dr. Julieta Arancio

    Qualitative data analysis

  • Energy modeller, alumni.

    Dr. Sacha Hodencq

    Hardware documentation

  • Alumni Master Student

    Diana Americano Guerrero

    Student assistant

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OHS2026 : Berlin student to participate via a 3 ECTS course !

on March 9, 2026

This year in Mai (23-24.05.2026), theOpen Hardware Summit (OHS 2026), is organised in Berlin, in the main building of the TU Berlin. The Open.Make project (and our partner project LAUDS Factories) will be presented quite extensively, and a specific 3 ECTS course module at the TU Berlin will bring students in contact with open source hardware topics. LINKS: OHS2026: https://2026.oshwa.org/ TU course “Transdisciplinary Networking Leveraging the Open Hardware Summit 2026” Satellite event “Business model for LAUDS Factories” on Friday We are indeed involved in the organisation as the local partner, proposing a specific course for TU Berlin students (this allowed to grow our teaching portfolio and provide the TU Berlin rooms for free).

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HEROES workshop in Geneva

on January 21, 2026

A focus on Open Science Hardware Metaresearch The Open Science Hardware Foundation (OSHF, an entity created by the Gathering for Open Science Hardware -GOSH - community) had organised a workshop in Geneva with the goal to discuss and update the GOSH roadmap. The workshop took place from the 21 to the 23d of January 2026. It was called HEROES for “Hardware Ecosystem Requirements for Open and Emerging Science”. A first roadmap was created 10 years ago at the first GOSH meeting, which was also organised in Geneva.

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Our first workshop in the Making Lab

on July 21, 2025

On July the 17th 2025, Julien ran a MINToring workshop in the Making Lab. Young FLINTA students (15-17 years old) were invited in the Making Lab (which is situated inside the TU/UdK library) as part of the MINToring Program of the FU Berlin. We met Dr. Mouawad while being on the FU campus with the Mobile lab. Since we are a BUA project, we could easily collaborate with this initiative from the FU Berlin.

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OpenMake on tour !

on May 26, 2025

Berlin researchers can now access a central lab and a mobile lab to design and produce research hardware. The BUA mobile lab is on tour, with a first stop at the FU Berlin in June 2025. Dear Berlin researchers, Have you ever heard of makerspaces, 3d printing, or open source research hardware? You may wonder how these concepts are connected with open science and research reproducibility. Whether you are developing, building or using hardware in your research, or are just curious about makerspaces and digital production technologies, make sure you visit the Making Lab or the BUA Mobile Lab on tour !

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