The SENSORICA OVN has received a $20,000 grant from Queen’s University to design and to build a low cost and open source photovoltaic cell characterization device, with the maximum social impact. The core of the project is a precise gimbal that controls the orientation of a photovoltaic cell material in front of a lamp that models sunlight. We are at the second Milestone, the design phase. We deliver everything on August 23rd!
We are driving this project in an open and transparent way, using SENSORICA’s open product development methodology. Anyone in the world can participate and get paid in proportion to contributions. Other incentives are attached to this. This is also an opportunity for yourself and for your community to experiment with long tail peer production. The main entry point to the project is the Project’s FORUM. The project page should be your main source of information.
Note that this is NOT a prize. This is not a competitive crowdsourcing process. This is a collaborative process. We all co-create this thing and share the benefits. If you come with a ready made solution you’re not going to take off with 20K. The process is as important as the end result.
The project will be developed in 4 milestones: Design characteristics, Design, Prototyping and Final production. See milestones, deliverables, activities and allocated budget HERE.
We think that your community has the skills and resources to contribute to this project, so we are happily inviting you to collaborate with us. Let’s swarm this project and share the benefits!
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