Many devices, from wearable tech to portable solar chargers, are being crowdfunded, and they ﻿also contain open source software. The Open Source Hardware Foundation (OSHF) is a nonprofit organization that supports the development of open-source hardware for use in consumer electronics. This can reduce the number of employees required and can enable more features to be developed and released earlier.
Many devices, from wearable tech to portable solar chargers, are being crowdfunded, and they ﻿also contain open source software. The combination of both of these is generating an eruption of mini-entrepreneurship which is completely different to anything seen previously. This can reduce the number of employees required and can enable more features to be developed and released earlier.