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Building interest in Open Hardware within African undergraduate communities

Joined April 2018
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Here's our #chi2019 paper about using Lab Hackathons to overcome laboratory equipment shortages! Check it out! dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3… #openhardware #hackathon #responsible #innovation #science @CompSciOxford @UniKentComp @labhackathon @LouBezuidenhout @InSIS
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Are you a #maker, #DIY-er #openscience enthusiast? Do you believe research tools be #opensource ? Apply now to make this happen! bit.ly/buildopenequipment.
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Got me some @labhackathon stash! I talk to 100's of people about #openhardware for #openscience projects & I'm happy to be a walking business card dispenser - if you have cards/stickers send them my way. Promoting awareness is one key to adoption #AfricaOSH19 @GOSHCommunity
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Openflexture: Dr. Richard Bowman shares the thrills of the 3D printable microscope. #AfricaOSH19
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Very true and its crucial to note the difference.
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@karlkaddu12 Apr 2019
African innovators aim at solving local problems, as opposed to creating technologies and then seek for ways of deployment. @jdebeer #AfricaOSH19
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A job well done! #TReND2ndGen
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We have started a petition in support of our Sudanese academic colleagues. Please consider signing it and raising awareness of the current situation in Sudan! tinyurl.com/y5uoxwpt
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Here’s another example of teaching students using low-cost equipment and promoting innovation @LabHackathon theconversation.com/a-new-wa…
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team Namibia’s centrifuge - made from salvage metal from a car door and an old fan! @labhackathon #SANBioLabHack2018
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Team Botswana’s functioning PCR with an old computer power source @labhackathon #SANBioLabHack2018
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β€œIn Africa we have the solutions to our problems”: Tafadzwa Banga from Zimbabwe’s Young Inventors @labhackathon #SANBioLabHack2018
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Hard at work at LabHack Pretoria @labhackathon #SANBioLabHack2018
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Busy busy busy! It's all happening at @Oxford_IF #science #festival! Oh and here we are giving our @CompSciOxford on Lab Hackathon talk! #hackathon #tech #STEM
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Free registration now open for our annual Open Technology Workshop! Join us as we celebrate and showcase #opentech in research & education featuring @Raspberry_Pi, @labhackathon, @OpenCellLondon, and more! Info & RSVP via bit.ly/2OUcuab
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Check out my new, *shiny* article in @ConversationUK about the real issues with #developers (e.g. #Fortnite) bypassing #app stores! Hint? Subtly encouraging bad #security #behaviour, undoing #awareness efforts, & putting users at more #risk! theconversation.com/fortnite… @UniKent

Fortnite is setting a dangerous security trend

A serious security threat was found in popular video game Fortnite’s installation method after it bypassed Google’s official app store.

theconversation.com
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"A new way to equip Africa’s science labs: get students to build their own" - excellent piece on the @labhackathon in Zimbabwe from @LouBezuidenhout in the Conversation! #openhardware #openscience theconversation.com/a-new-wa…
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Another collaboration that I've been involved in outside of Comp Sci is with @InSIS @LouBezuidenhout & Helena Webb! Here we organised a Lab Hackathon in Zimbabwe with the aim of designing low cost laboratory equipment.. @labhackathon @jasonnurse labhackathon.wordpress.com/
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Hey! It's @jasonnurse here and I'm back for another Twitter Takeover today! I'm a research fellow in cyber security in @CompSciOxford @Ox_CyberSec at @UniofOxford, and will be happy to answer any of your #questions about online #security and #privacy! #CyberAware
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Some of the projects on display at the #LabHackZim. Behind each and every prototype was an interesting story of how they got the components. Goes to show that if given the chance, these kids have the ability to build anything! @labhackathon
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Centrifuges, microscopes and Bioreactors built from old desks, scrap metal or other people's discarded materials. Each and every prototype developed was just a marvel to behold considering they made these under exam pressure! #labhackzim @labhackathon @LouBezuidenhout @Chagas_AM
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Image from Rob (@rosenthalshons)
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