AUTOMATING THE MAKER REVOLUTION @ Global Guerrillas… John writes -

Open source hardware is taking off. Hackerspaces are spreading like wildfire (we’ll see thousands, potentially tens of thousands, of these spring up in the next five years). To help this revolution zoom, we need an online system that standardizes and simplifies the description of the processes used to make the hardware. For example: Marcin over at openfarmtech has composed a replication document for partners developing the LifeTrac II open source tractor (see inset pic). It’s a great effort, but so much more should be done.

There are a few options…

• Wikis of all shapes and sizes (we like dokuwiki)
• Instructables
• Make: Projects

The big challenge is making documentation as part of the product and project. Each summer we’re asked if we have interns or jobs available and each year we say “document some projects you’ve made and send us links” – unfortunately not many have rallied to do this.