mini research project: Jaleel Vazquez
1- Eyebeam art and technology center was created as an non-profit center dedicated to distributing new technology and arts to the mainstream audience. It also provides funding for fellowships and residencies for artists and technologists. It’s offices and labs center where some of the members live in is located in new york city in Chelsea, where the Open Hardware Summit takes place from time to time.
2- The Open Hardware Summit is a conference that occurs annually since 2010 at the Eyebeam art and technology center in chelsea. It is the first ever open hardware conference in the world. In it, many diverse speakers attend the summit to discuss about the growing open source movement, and also the variety of topics in the present day situations.
The Maker faire is a technology fair where designers and artists go to showcase their creations. It is located in the hall of science in Queens, NY. it showcases hundreds of technological advances and family safe technology, as well as creative ideas and art.
3- Intellectual property is used by lawyers all the time during a copyright lawsuit. it usually means something a person owns or had created. yet the term today is a controversial topic, especially during the struggle between users and companies about proposed internet regulation laws. for example, you post a video onto Youtube.com with you and a friend driving down the road talking about what you are about to do in the video. And in the video, a song was playing on the radio while you are driving. Because of that song, your video is taken down and you might have to face copyright charges. Even if the song appeared out of pure coincidence, you are told you was stealing someone’s intellectual property. However, when you’re the creator of intellectual property, by banning copyright laws, there is no way you can secure your creation from other people stealing it and claiming it as their own creation, so there is really no way for both sides to win.
4-Designers could advertise their creations if they have enough on their budget, but most independent designers announce it on blogs, social networks, and websites like kick-starter.com for funding and publishing/producing their products for the public.
5-Many users modify/develop products because there isn’t any products that satisfy a specific need. for example, a person wants a product that does_____ but there isn’t a product that does ____ (or there is one, but it just doesn’t do it right). so the person either creates a new product designed specifically for _____ing, or improve an existing product to it exactly the way that person needs it.
6- My role in this open source tech landscape is a consumer/would-be-developer for this landscape. I buy the products of the developers and designers, and learn from their products flaws and perfections so I could one day I could improve on their products or create one of my own for the community.
