Thanks for posting and considering. I agree. It would be great if more people researched this.
A simple way to start would be to study the open science hardware momentum. A few anecdotes from that scene over the past decade:
OpenROV (us) — made ROV prices >10X cheaper
Open qPCR (Chai Bio) — made qPCR multiple X cheaper
OpenTrons — made liquid handling multiple X cheaper
Cubesats (not really OSH, but similar idea) — made satellites 10x cheaper
They are all orders of magnitude more affordable, and many have completely rearranged who uses the tool, sometimes opening up big new markets. The lack of demand pull assumption should be tested.
Thanks for posting and considering. I agree. It would be great if more people researched this.
A simple way to start would be to study the open science hardware momentum. A few anecdotes from that scene over the past decade:
OpenROV (us) — made ROV prices >10X cheaper Open qPCR (Chai Bio) — made qPCR multiple X cheaper OpenTrons — made liquid handling multiple X cheaper Cubesats (not really OSH, but similar idea) — made satellites 10x cheaper
They are all orders of magnitude more affordable, and many have completely rearranged who uses the tool, sometimes opening up big new markets. The lack of demand pull assumption should be tested.
-David