Report for the D3.5 deliverable ("Finalised demonstrators - usability-tested, verified and validated demonstrators") of the OPEN_NEXT project
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Task 3.5: Validation of demonstrators
Lead Partner: FHG
Participants: WMDE, WIF, SOM, OPT, STY, XYZC, FIF, SOD
The solutions developed in the previous tasks will be checked against interaction with makers in a hackathon specifically organised for this purpose. The first aim of the event will be to get direct feedback from users about the functionalities developed in Wikifactory in task 3.2. The second aim will be to get a feedback on the data model implemented in the Wikidata instance task 3.3 and therewith to nurture the iterative work of WP2 and three on the development of this data model. WMDE provides this task with its expertise in supporting and building open knowledge communities and in performing user research in workshops. The close ties of the practice partners in the OSH scene provide the necessary domain knowledge for the hackathon to meet its targeted public. The 15 SME cases together with their co-development communities participating in both the piloting and demonstration phases of this project will join the hackathon too as part of the validation process of the developed demonstrators. A usability testing will be done for both the developed ICT platform and the usage of the Wikibase instance.
OPEN_NEXT is a collaboration between 19 industry and academic partners across Europe. Funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme, this project seeks to enable small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to work with consumers, makers, and other communities in rethinking how products are designed and produced. Open source hardware is a key enabler of this goal where the design of a physical product is released with the freedoms for anyone to study, modify, share, and redistribute copies. These essential freedoms are based on those of open source software, which is itself derived from free software where the word free refers to freedom, not free-of-charge. When put in practice, these freedoms could potentially not only reduce proprietary vendor lock-in, planned obsolescence, or waste but also stimulate novel – even disruptive – business models. The SME partners in OPENNEXT are experimenting with producing open source hardware and even opening up the development process to wider community participation. They produce diverse products ranging from desks, cargo bike modules, to a digital scientific instrument platform (and more).
The work carried out in this repository is subject to WP3 of OPEN!NEXT ("Supporting production engineering with ICT infrastructure") and lead by the department of Information and Process Control at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology.