LCA2016 Wednesday Keynote - Catarina Mota

Catarina Mota spoke about how open source software changed her life.

• Discussed the spilling over of online communities in the real world, with 3D printing as an example.
• In particular covered the RepRap printer and community.
• RepRap printer provided the ability to short circuit traditional manufacturing.

"think of RepRap as a China on your desktop" - Chris de Bona

• Open Source (GNU GPL) is core the RepRap mission and it's success.
• Catarina describe sher house as an Open Source house.
• Followed Open Source principles to design and build her home.
• The goal was more affordable and sustainable housing.

Why Does it Matter?

• Machines are not neutral.
• Talked about obsolescence and e-waste.
• Phones are big contributor,
• Phonebloks is a phone designed to be phone worth keeping with entirely replaceable components.
• Users are co-creators.
• Meant to be repaired, transformed, adapted and appropriated.

Catarina gave a wonderful talk on open source software, hardware and the way it's changing the world. Great talk.