Bengaluru, India

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Campaigns

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Back open-source hardware that ships with full source files. Every campaign is transparent - BOM, schematics, firmware, everything.

Lampy - The Open-Source Desk Lamp
Live Electronics CERN-OHL-S

Lampy - The Open-Source Desk Lamp

A modular, repairable LED desk lamp with adjustable color temperature.

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Priya Sharma · Bengaluru, India
142% funded 238 backers
SoilPulse - Open Moisture Sensor Network
Live Agriculture CERN-OHL-S

SoilPulse - Open Moisture Sensor Network

LoRa-connected soil sensors for small farms. Solar-powered nodes that last 3 years.

Born from community request
S
Sofia Alvarez · Mexico City, Mexico
91% funded 184 backers
TinyTracker - GPS Module for Wildlife
Live IoT MIT

TinyTracker - GPS Module for Wildlife

A 4-gram solar-powered GPS tracker for bird migration research.

R
Ravi Menon · Kochi, India
67% funded 112 backers

Requests

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Describe something that should exist. The community refines the spec, and a maker brings it to life.

Open-Source Adaptive Traffic Signal Controller

356 votes · Software

Solar-Powered Phone Charging Station for Public Spaces

245 votes · Sustainability

Affordable PCB Prototyping Service/Tool for Indian Makers

203 votes · Hardware

Makers

All makers

Hardware rebels with workshops, not just followers. Meet the people who build what the community needs.

Kenji Tanaka
Kenji Tanaka Education · Osaka, Japan
Curriculum DesignArduinoLaser Cutting
Tomasz Wilk
Tomasz Wilk Firmware · Warsaw, Poland
ESP32RustJTAG
Elise Dupont
Elise Dupont Firmware · Lyon, France
FPGAVerilogRISC-V

Events

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Bengaluru-first STEAM meetups, workshops, hackathons, and talks for the endlessly curious.

Jul 5

Soldering Saturday

2:00 PM - 7:00 PM IST

Bengaluru · workshop
Jul 5

Embedded Rust Hack Night

6:00 PM - 11:00 PM IST

Bengaluru · hackathon
Jul 10

3D Printing Open Lab

4:00 PM - 8:00 PM IST

Bengaluru · workshop

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FAQ

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What is Ooru?
Ooru is an open-source STEAM platform built by Absurd Industries, based in Bengaluru, India. 'Ooru' means village in Kannada and Telugu - we're building a digital village where makers, tinkerers, engineers, artists, and the endlessly curious come together to build hardware and software in the open. Everything we make ships with full source files.
How do campaigns work?
Makers launch crowdfunding campaigns for open-source hardware projects. Each campaign includes a bill of materials, schematics, firmware, and CAD files. You back a project you believe in, the maker builds it, and you get both the product and the knowledge to build it yourself.
How do requests work?
Anyone can describe something that should exist but doesn't. The community upvotes, discusses, and refines the spec. When a maker picks up a request, it becomes a campaign. Your idea could become a real product backed by the community.

Friends of Ooru

Communities and companies building the open-source STEAM ecosystem with us.

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