It has been a very Seattle-like star of the summer. 
Don't let you weekend go to waste, consider sending a talk proposal to #seagl2025 before it is too late. New deadline is June 30th!
Details: https://pretalx.seagl.org/2025/cfp
My latest blog post: Building the Kilnettle Tape Dispenser
https://mikecoats.com/building-kilnettle/
@stephencoyle presented his Kilnettle Shrine Talking Tape Dispenser as a Lightning Talk at the @oshwassociation 2025 Open Hardware Summit. He was kind enough to send me one to build.
Yay!! 
I'm going to DEF CON! Our submission for demo lab was accepted and my colleague and I will be bringing the open hardware PAPRa project.
https://tetrabiodistributed.github.io/papra/
#openhardware #defcon33 #demolabs #ppe #health #defcon @defcon
System76 Founder @carlrichell sits down for an episode of "Nerding out with Viktor" to chat about open hardware and building a Linux-first future. Check out the episode! @vpetersson and @Screenly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiMaL8e1tAU
#Linux #OpenHardware
A warm thank you to #tropicsquare for backing #openSUSE Conference 2025! Together we push for transparency, trust, and open security. #oSC25 #LinuxSecurity #openhardware https://events.opensuse.org/
While I'm on my way to my interview with the developers of the #openHardware Bluetooth speaker #MYND from Teufel, I have the #tangara in my ears for the first time - how fitting! Great device, many thanks to @jacqueline and the whole team
I am in hell. Son's iPad has a corroded power port and of course they can't open or fix it sooooooo...
...we're buying a new iPad.
Apple sucks.
The Orange Pi RV2 is a RISC-V development board - HTTAY 125 Sylph
#httay #orangepi #opensource #openhardware #risc-v #development #technology
Attack Of The Beepy Clones - In the Blackberry-keyboard-based project lineage story last week, I covered how a ... - https://hackaday.com/2025/06/13/attack-of-the-beepy-clones/ #blackberrykeyboard #blackberryhacks #handheldshacks #sharpmemorylcd #openhardware #hackberrypi #colorberry #hackberry #beepy #bepis #sqfmi
The phone speaker of my Teracube 2e no longer works. The reason I bought a Teracube was because it was designed to be repairable -- but Teracube no longer sells the necessary replacement part, so, short of finding another identical Teracube and cannibalising, it is in fact not repairable.
Does anyone make a phone which is #OpenHardware, with a published bill of materials, which could reasonably easily be repaired even if the manufacturer went bust?
My latest blog post: I presented at the 2025 Open Hardware Summit
https://mikecoats.com/presented-at-ohs-2025/
Apologies for the break in blogging, but I've spent the past month preparing for, and then giving, my 'VanSpoof and F**dG3ar' talk at the 2025 Open Hardware Summit.
Tips til holdbar tech - reparerbar, åben kode og ikke-forlortede dimser
Jeg vil gerne prioritere at købe ting der er holdbare og åben kode også når jeg skal have den slags tech man kan tage og føle på: høretelefoner, højtalere, smartphone, bærbar etc.
Det føles som det rigtige at støtte folk der arbejder på at lave noget teknologi, som kan holde lang tid, er reparerbart, ikke har materialer fra konfliktzoner og slavearbejde i miner. Men jeg må sige de gange jeg har skiftet til åben, reparerbar, ikke-forlortet tech har det også været en enorm frihedsfølelse. Man behøver ikke smide ting ud så snart noget går i stykker. Jeg kan få mere kontrol over de apparater jeg omgiver mig med!
Jeg har researchet lidt og også allerede taget nogle valg. Kan vi bruge den her tråd til at samle tips og eksempler sammen? Jeg vil gerne se alt hvad der findes af den her slags tech.
Hvis det blive et hit, så opdaterer jeg den her post som vi skrider frem.
Smartphones
Computere, bærbare
Høretelefoner, earbuds
Aktive højtalere, Bluetooth-speakere (farvel JBL!)
Musikafspillere (goodbye Spotify!)
Reklame-video for Tangara:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C597AkhGtw
Keyboards
Computermus
Another piece of cool, open source, user repairable #linux #hardware ordered because #accessibility focused guides on user-repairable hardware basically don't exist. I can't wait to evaluate it and make a post series about the experience. Maybe with some videos! I need a Patrion or something if I keep this up, but oh well. It's fun and people seem to enjoy what I have to say. #mnt #linuxHardware #a11y #openSource #foss #openHardware
Long before smartphones became walled gardens, there was OpenMoko. Launched in the early 2000s, it was one of the first truly open source smartphone projects with open hardware, open software, open everything. The Neo1973 and later the FreeRunner aimed to give users full control, down to the bootloader and radio firmware.
The idea was radical for its time. Developers could tinker with the kernel, replace the UI, or even rewrite the modem stack. But poor hardware, high prices, and limited polish meant it never took off commercially. Still, it left a lasting impression on the DIY and privacy-focused communities. OpenMoko was a vision of freedom in your pocket, long before most people realized what they’d given up.
Want to actually see your home energy usage in real time?
Tog Hackerspace member Christian built a live energy monitor with an ESP32, touchscreen, and Home Assistant.
Solar 
Grid 
Battery 
Hot water – all in one DIY dashboard.
Full build: https://www.tog.ie/2025/05/monitor-your-home-energy-in-real-time-with-esp32-and-home-assistant/
The second Open Source Hardware Conference will take place in Chemnitz in November. Abstracts can still be submitted until 04.06.25.
Oh no, Openbuilds goes out of business 
The CEO Mark Carew invented the V-Slot extrusion in 2013. We use them on the Bear because the V shape offered an easy alignment during the assembly and more flexibility for the printed parts (no support needed).
Everything must go, check them out:
https://us.openbuilds.com
Thank you Openbuilds and the community for those 12 years 
Not Just for PCs: @hgesser shows you how to run @ubuntu 24.04 on your Raspberry Pi
https://www.makerspace-online.com/ubuntu-24-04-on-the-raspberry-pi/?utm_source=mms
#Ubuntu #RaspberryPi #OpenSource #Pi5 #GNOME #Debian #SBC #OpenHardware #FOSS
Blog updated!
The Call for Presentations for 2025 is open!!
