Neuros OSD - Open Source Hardware offers new possibilities
Posted on January 6, 2008 by Colin
We know all about Open Source Software, and now we have Open Source Hardware. The advent of the Neuros OSD (Open source Device) is one whose time has come. This bypasses the development cycle and market testing to figure out what people need. Let people design it themselves.
What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You - New York Times
But Neuros Technology International, creator of a new video recorder, has decided to go in a different direction. The company, based in Chicago, is providing full documentation of the hardware platform for its recorder, the Neuros OSD (for open source device), so that skilled users can customize or “hack” the device — and then pass along the improvements to others.
The gizmo plugs into a TV, and accepts a USB hard drive, so you can store as much as you wish.
One example of the Open Source creativity, is this:
What This Gadget Can Do Is Up to You - New York Times
The OSD has not only open hardware, but also open software: it is based on the Linux operating system. Neuros Technology encourages hacking of the device; it has contests with cash rewards for new applications for the OSD. One winner, for instance, designed a program that lets people use it to watch YouTube on their televisions.
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