<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I had a post recently on our site about my own experiences and why I believe in the OS Hardware movement (<a href="http://kcohg.org">kcohg.org</a>), for me it is the ability to learn almost unhindered by requirements. I am no longer tied to a specific way of doing something or learning a process and if I find a better method or design improvement, I am able to make that change.</div><div><br></div><div>That change will itself allow the next learner to repeat and refine the process.</div><div><br><div style="margin: 0px 0px 8px;"><p style="margin: 12px 0px 8.39999961853027px; width: 300px !important;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><strong class="" style="outline: rgb(102, 102, 102) none 0px; border: 0px none rgb(102, 102, 102);">Regards - <br>Hal Gottfried<br>Cofounder KC Open Hardware (OSHWA KC Branch) </strong></span></p><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div style="padding: 0.5em 0px;"><div style="margin-top: 1em; padding-top: 0.5em; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: gray;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I<i>f you received this email in error, please notify us immediately by sending an e-mail or by calling</i>.</span></div></div></div><div><br>On Oct 12, 2014, at 5:44 AM, Javier Serrano <<a href="mailto:Javier.Serrano@cern.ch">Javier.Serrano@cern.ch</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Dear all,</span><br><span></span><br><span>Many thanks for the great summit in Rome. I finally met many people I</span><br><span>only knew from email and it was a perfectly organized and very inspiring</span><br><span>event.</span><br><span></span><br><span>As some of you in the past, I have been asked to give a TEDx talk on</span><br><span>Open Hardware and its current and potential impact on society. This one</span><br><span>will be in the Palais des Nations (UN) in Geneva, Switzerland on 11</span><br><span>December 2014. I have a pretty clear idea of what I want to say, but I</span><br><span>may be forgetting some important concept (hopefully not!), or some cool</span><br><span>example of how open hardware is shaping the future (more likely). I know</span><br><span>this is a vague request, but if you think you have something I should be</span><br><span>presenting, feel free to drop me a line off-list.</span><br><span></span><br><span>Thanks!</span><br><span></span><br><span>Javier</span><br><span></span><br><span>PS. For those of you I discussed it with, we just published the design</span><br><span>for the f*watch! <a href="http://www.ohwr.org/projects/f-watch/wiki">http://www.ohwr.org/projects/f-watch/wiki</a></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>discuss mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:discuss@lists.oshwa.org">discuss@lists.oshwa.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.oshwa.org/listinfo/discuss</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>