In current era Open Source movement can be termed as an old wave with a new flair. World has a huge population of people loving and using open source software products either knowingly or unknowingly. From last decade Open Source Hardware is vigorously penetrating into the community with the introduction of low cost open source development boards like Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Open Source Hardware products have created a new movement in the community.Technologies, accessories, tools and community built around the open source products enables literally anyone to build products and applications, even though he/she has zero knowledge of the subject. Rise of such technologies have eased the task of prototyping for makers,hackers and engineers. It's also driving designers, artists, musicians and creative professionals to use these technologies and products to make their piece of work interactive. Open Source hardware products are also used in bringing children closer to learning science practically and interactively. Along with learning coding and physical computing, It's also encouraging non-engineers, hobbyists and amateurs to get into building things.
Open Source Hardware products like Arduino and Raspberry Pi are great! but there exist a wide diaspora of open source hardware which many are unaware of. These are not just prototyping boards or a technology to make learning easy but these are emerging technologies which are left open for the benefit of the people.
Here I have tried compiling 6 such Open Source Hardware Technologies which I think are Cool and one must not miss exploring them.
