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Learning from the past, looking to the future

An incredible journey of open innovation, creativity … and making! The end of the year is so often a time […]

The end of a journey … or only the beginning?

OpenMaker: What a Journey! Final Event & Celebration of our Champions OpenMaker has been quite a journey. The journey has […]

Final Event

The End is Just the Beginning Industry open to innovation: OpenMaker final Event The OpenMaker journey is coming to end. […]

News: New Platform Release!

In the words of John, Paul, George and Ringo: I read the news today, Oh Boy  We released the final […]

OpenMaker Survey

Hi there Let's shape our community together! OpenMaker is always looking for new ways to create a more connected network […]

DSI Fair 2018

OpenMaker goes to Digital Social Innovation Fair On the 6th and 7th of June, OpenMaker attended the DSI Fair 2018 […]

Electrolux Innovation Factory

#Call4Innovation Electrolux Innovation Factory Are you an innovative thinker? Are you ready to make the difference? Are you up for […]

High-Level Policy Event at EP

Hacking Policy for the Maker Movement OpenMaker shakes the European Parliament   On the 22nd of May, as part of […]

MakersTown 2018

OpenMaker is back in MakersTown ... the City of the Future!   On the 22nd of May we were back […]

European Maker Week 2018

The European Maker Week is back. Be part of it. Hacking Policy for the Maker Movement The European Maker Week […]

Innovation Contest

'Ideas & Solutions' Innovation Contest “The purpose of the Ideas and Solutions Innovation Contest  is to further stimulate cooperation between […]

OpenMaker in … Paris!

Startup Europe Campfire and the European Social Innovation Competition On the 19th of March, at the first Startup Europe CampFire […]

Pure Junk

The Project As part of PURE JUNK DESIGN, which was set up as a start-up project in 2014, the project […]

SPiDA

The Project SPiDA (Smart Print: Inspiring the Digital Artisan) aims at piloting a digital smart print database with the vision […]

Sistema Venezia

The Project Sistema Venezia is a modular wooden furnishing solution made with cubic joints and connection systems. It is designed […]

BIO-cultivator

The Project Bio-cultivator is an innovative bio-inspired balcony greenhouse for urban areas. The goal of the project is to build […]

Move Ideas, Not Kilos

The Project PlayWood is a innovative modular furniture system that combines connectors and boards to create desks, shelves, stools and […]

Temporary Custodians Platform

The Project The product will be an interactive website that provides a platform for private collections, including the collections of […]

FreeWaste

The Project Free Waste Srl has patented a machine capable of demolishing organic waste in an impressively short time (about […]

Origami Pulse

The Project Mental Health Challenges cause £26.1 billion of lost earnings every year in the UK. Zulay Newell of Mobile […]

Voladd

The Project The aim of this project is to create practical and high quality 3D products to be printed with […]

XtMOS

The Project The solar energy prices significantly dropped to 0,0167 Euro/kWh, while the prices of energy from the grid is […]

DCM

The Project   Digital Crystal Manufacturing (DCM) seeks to digitise the making of sculpture/crystal artefacts by allowing artisans to reuse molds […]

E-GROW

The project E-grow aims to Develop a prototype of autonomous raised  bed, garden hose and solar panel driven by CNC […]

FUEd

The Project The project aims to create the first version of FUEd: a powerful, responsive and integrated educational tool designed […]

3D SLM Printer

 The Project The 3D SLM Printer aims to design, manufacture and commercialise high quality 3D metal printers using SLM (Selective Laser […]

BIOM

The Project BIOM is a pilot project aiming to develop a renewable, biodegradable material that can replace oil-based plastic. Previous […]

Crafting Fashion with Robots

The Project Crafting Fashion with Robots aims at exploring cross-disciplinary approaches and applications in the design of new on-demand fashion […]

JANE

The Project   JANE aims to get companies to work together in new ways, releasing existing assets in new distribution […]

Green Divisor 3D Clay Wall

The Project Thanks to 3D additive printer techniques, the project promotes a modular system of ‘flower beds’ made of baked […]

Liverpool AquaFarm

The Project The aim of the project is to develop through a maker-manufacturer collaboration a modular, off-grid, pilot-scale aquaculture centre […]

H.B.R.T.

The Project In the forthcoming years, artificial intelligence (A.I.) will become increasingly important in the school sector and in the […]

FENPS

The Project FENPS (Fall Early Notice and Position System) is a joint project that allows early warning for disorientation or fall […]

CLAY NEXT

The Project The goal of the project is to launch a new brand of 3D printed, on demand homeware called […]

TuLiMark

The Project TuLiMark aims to keep tourists safe on marked, hiking trails. The project is based on a technical solution […]

Tritino

The Project Tritino is a personal, easy-to-use and affordable shredder that, thanks to Felfil Evo, allows to recycle plastic waste […]

Aquapioneers

The Project  Aquapioneers aim to promote sustainable urban farming in households, offices and schools with a process called Aquaponics - […]

Aqua Running

The Project Aqua Running – Wearable Sensor Technology The project aims to develop a new wearable, sensors technology to be […]

JetClay

The Project   JetClay seeks to develop a dry clay extruder for ceramics and 3D printing, accelerating European innovation at […]

MicroHome

The Project Microhome is an affordable live & workspace available in a range of custom-built design prototypes. Microhome responds to […]

sobi

The Project sobi aims to close the loop in the textile industry by turning unwanted clothing and textile waste into […]

CoBoPro

CoBoPro - Corrugated Board Prosthesis The Project The project seeks to provide and promote the use of temporary cardboard prostheses […]

How was Maker Faire Rome?

As the European edition of the greatest show within the maker movement, Maker Faire Rome has been a fun-inspired event […]

OpenMaker GOES TO Maker Faire Rome!

Join us at the most important event in the world of innovation!   3PM December 1st  @LIMIX Stand D14 Pav. 6 […]

PSS Call Semi-Finalists selected

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PSS Call for submission closed

On October 18th, OpenMaker closed the submissions for its Pilot Support Scheme call. With more than 135 projects received, we are […]

OpenMaker launched the European Maker Week

OpenMaker launched the European Maker Week On October 18th, OpenMaker launched of the European Maker Week 2017.  European Maker Week is […]

Open Maker and European Maker Week: Disrupt, create, make!

OpenMaker opened the European Maker Week The European Maker Week is an initiative promoted by European Commission and implemented by […]

Pilot Support Scheme FAQ

Below you can find a general list of common questions that might arise as you consider applying for the OpenMaker […]

European Maker Week to be held 23-29 October!

We are excited to announce that European Maker Week 2017 will take place 23-29 October in cities all over Europe! […]

Slovak Accelerator hosts successful matchmaking workshop

The first MatchMaking workshop took place on 22 June 2017 in Impact Hub Bratislava. The aim of the workshop was […]

Launch of OpenMaker Accelerator in Slovakia

We launched our OpenMaker Accelerator on 1 June 2017 in Impact Hub Bratislava. The accelerator, along with the other three OpenMaker […]

Maker Stories: Mahmut Karaca’s Smart Glove

Mahmut Karaca is a Maker studying Computer Engineering at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. He's been developing software for 6 […]

Advisory Board Appointed for OpenMaker

OpenMaker has now appointed its Advisory Board in preparation for the launch of the call for submissions to the Pilot […]

OpenMaker at Startup Olé

On the 26 and 27 of April, representatives of Tecnalia, on behalf of the Spanish LES, attended the Startup Olé […]

The Pilot Support Scheme Call

The Pilot Support Scheme (PSS) Call is a pan-European contest aimed at awarding a total commission of €400,000 to successful partnerships […]

The technological culture

Between the 3rd and the 7th of July CIFCYT (Latin-American Congress of Philosophy of Science and Technology) was held in […]

Presentation day in Bilbao

On the 28th of June, the first Open Maker event organized by Tecnalia took place in Bilbao, with the collaboration of […]

Making the Future of Europe: MakersTown 2017

A wearable glove that allows you to "speak" out loud using sign language; a service that mixes beautiful graphics with […]

Open Call for Advisory Board Members

We are currently seeking applications to join our OpenMaker Advisory Board. In line with the objectives of the OpenMaker initiative, […]

MakersTown

How will the town of the future look? MakersTown seeks to answer this question through a unique showcase of the […]

OpenMaker

The OpenMaker initiative aims to create a transformational and collaborative ecosystem that fosters collective innovations within the European manufacturing sector […]