This post celebrates few of the most incredible Open Source Hardware project from 2013. Most of these projects were crowdfunded, and I believe this tells much about how innovations is funded and encouraged these days. 2013 was a year full of open innovations and 2014 looks largely promising as both huge companies and independent developers and startups increasingly look at this approach to innovation. Stay on top of the news by following @OpenElectronics and @Meedabyte and be sure not to loose news and updates!   July: Open Source Instruments Red Pitaya Sources: still undisclosed Original OE News: http://www.open-electronics.org/open-instruments-for-everyone-by-red-pitaya-is-on-kickstarter/ For sure, buying laboratory equipment can be costly: that’s why the folks at Red Pitaya decided to create a piece of hardware that can transform a phone, tablet or pc in a research lab equipment. Apparently many folks believed in the project and they ended up rising [...]