Future is open
Economy of Open Hardware
Valent Turković, CEO
Crisis Innovation Lab
ETFOS 04.05.2018.
valent@otvorenamreza.org
@valentt
2003. Osijek Wireless association

2006. - 2015. Iskon Internet
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100 km fiber optic cable (Osijek mainly but whole Slavonia)
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15 schools and universities
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25 ADSL/VDSL POPs
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Over 50 big corporate customers

2010-2013. Fusion Linux (Fedora Remix)
Distowatch top 10 - Ranked 8 in November 2010



2013. #labOS hackerspace

2011. Project Open Network


Fastest neighborhood network in the world
And now for something completely different...

And now for something completely different...
... yet very familiar.

Taken on September 18, 2015
Beli Manastir, Croatia


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Taken on September 20, 2015
Opatovac near Serbian border, Croatia
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Taken on 25th of September 2015
Opatovac refugee camp, Croatia

Taken on 27th of October 2015
#labOS hacklab, Osijek, Croatia
Refugee camp Slavonski Brod

Bapska, border crossing with Serbia
Asylum center in Kutina
Lessons learned
- KISS (Murphy's Law)
- Crisis (idiot) proof
- Autonomy (Battery and solar)
- Scalable (Mesh routing and software defined networking)
- Remotely monitored and managed

First open source, autonomous, rugged, wifi router for Crisis situations





International recognition
and partnerships









Can you make money
with open hardware?

$1M sold via Kickstarter



135 employes
$75M profit
Prusa i3 MK2 and MK3

Best 3D printer of 2016, 2017 and 2018



- Founded 2007
- Revenue ~ $200M


RED HAT
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Founded in 1993 (25 years ago)
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Red Hat Linux
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Biggest contributor to Linux kernel after Intel
- Revenue: $2.9 billion (2017)
Business model
1. Apply for patent
3. Profit
2. ???
How many patents does Rimac Automobili hold?
0
1. Apply for patent
3. They profit
2. Someone sues you
Patent trolls
We will enable next 5 billion people to connect to Internet
We will enable next 5 billion people to connect to Internet
Smart Cities
Hackaday.com/prize
Google Summer
Of Code
Pannonian Challenge

Questions?

Thank you!
Contact us:
www.meshpoint.me
info@meshpoint.me

Economy of Open Hardware (Crisis Innovation Lab @ ETFOS 04.05.2018)
By Valent Turkovic
Economy of Open Hardware (Crisis Innovation Lab @ ETFOS 04.05.2018)
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