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== DDWRT and OpenWRT ==
 
[http://openwrt.org OpenWRT] is a community produced firmware for home routers including the Linksys WRT. [[http://www.dd-wrt.com DD-WRT] is a version of OpenWRT that is now distributed commercially on several routers.
 
* [http://wiki.openwrt.org/CompleteTableOfHardware List of currently supported hardware]
 
Software hacks:
 
* [http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/What_is_%22DD-WRT%22%3F#Features DD-WRT feature list]
* [http://lifehacker.com/software/router/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router-178132.php Turn $60 router into a $600 router]
* [http://www.polarcloud.com/tomato Tomato firmware]
 
Hardware hacks:
 
* [http://www.talug.org/events/20050115/Wireless_Linux/img26.html Adding ports]
* [http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4517 Overclocking]
* [http://yasha.okshtein.net/wrt54g/ Wifi Car] ([http://yasha.okshtein.net/wrt54g/pics2.html more pictures])
 
There are now even several books on the topic of modifying a WRT54G machine including this one:
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/Linksys-WRT54G-Ultimate-Hacking-Asadoorian/dp/1597491667/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1204907833&sr=1-1 Ultimate WRT54G Hacking]


== Roomba/iCreate ==
== Roomba/iCreate ==

Latest revision as of 11:08, 10 June 2012

This talk was has been giving a number of times at Eric von Hippel's classes and is usually 90 minutes in length.

The following links act a tour of a series of examples of user innovation to show the breadth of user innovation and community innovation and production.

CHDK[edit]

CHDK is a free software/open source firmware add-on for digital cameras.

RockBox[edit]

RockBox is alternate firmware for Digital Audio Players (DAP) including Apple iPods.

dotSUB[edit]

Is an online community that engages in collaborative translations of videos and film through collaborative amateur subtitling at less than order of magnitude the cost of professional subtitling.

Wikitravel[edit]

Wikitravel is a non-Wikimedia collaborative projects that allows communities to create travel guides.

Other (more whimsical but no less useful) community travel sites include:

DDWRT and OpenWRT[edit]

OpenWRT is a community produced firmware for home routers including the Linksys WRT. [DD-WRT is a version of OpenWRT that is now distributed commercially on several routers.

Software hacks:

Hardware hacks:

There are now even several books on the topic of modifying a WRT54G machine including this one:

Roomba/iCreate[edit]

iRobot is a version of iRobot's popular Roomba vacuum cleaner that is designed for hobbiest. A large number of hobbiest had modified and improved their Roomba robotic vaccum cleaners. Create is essentially a Roomba minus the vacuum cleaner that is targeted at hobbiests.