Leveraging conservation action with open-source hardware
Leveraging conservation action with open-source hardware
Data collection by conservation biologists is undergoing radical change, with researchers collaborating across disciplines to create bespoke, low-cost monitoring equipment from open-source hardware (OSH). Compared to commercial hardware, OSH dramatically reduces participation costs. Four barriers currently hold back its wide adoption: (1) user inexperience inhibits initial uptake; (2) complex and costly manufacturing/distribution procedures impede global dissemination; (3) lack of creator support results in lapsed projects; and (4) lack of user support degrades continued utility in the field. Here, we propose a framework to address these barriers, illustrating how OSH offers a route to rapid expansion of community-driven conservation action.
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Hill, Andrew
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Doncaster, Charles
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September 2019
Hill, Andrew
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Hill, Andrew, Davies, Alasdair, Prince, Peter, Christopher, Snaddon, Jake, Doncaster, Charles and Rogers, Alex
(2019)
Leveraging conservation action with open-source hardware.
Conservation Letters, 12 (5), , [e12661].
(doi:10.1111/conl.12661).
Abstract
Data collection by conservation biologists is undergoing radical change, with researchers collaborating across disciplines to create bespoke, low-cost monitoring equipment from open-source hardware (OSH). Compared to commercial hardware, OSH dramatically reduces participation costs. Four barriers currently hold back its wide adoption: (1) user inexperience inhibits initial uptake; (2) complex and costly manufacturing/distribution procedures impede global dissemination; (3) lack of creator support results in lapsed projects; and (4) lack of user support degrades continued utility in the field. Here, we propose a framework to address these barriers, illustrating how OSH offers a route to rapid expansion of community-driven conservation action.
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Accepted/In Press date: 20 June 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 June 2019
Published date: September 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/432215
ISSN: 1755-263X
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