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Avinash Baskaran: the GlussCon, the Librecorder, and Supporting Rural Communities

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“I was asking Dr. Read if there were more ways for me to contribute, or how I could grow, especially in robotics. And that’s when he mentioned Public Invention.” – Avinash Baskaran Avinash Baskaran has been a crucial contributor to multiple Public Invention projects, and has been involved in the open-source movement since his undergraduate […]

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The Krake Project, Team Updates, and the 2025 Demo Day

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On June 15, 2025, three Public Invention project teams traveled to Austin, TX, to present their work and demonstrate their projects during Public Invention’s first, in-person Demo Day. The presenters included the PolyVent, the Moonrat Portable Incubator, and the Krake project teams. The latter is an alarm device whose development has been headed by Invention

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Lawrence Kincheloe: The Open Source Movement, Makerspaces, and Hardware

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Lawrence Kincheloe has been a crucial participant in multiple Public Invention projects, ranging from the General Purpose Alarm Device (GPAD) and the NASA-MCOG to a new preliminary project, the Biochar Toilet. A proud Oklahoma resident, Kincheloe has been a part of his local open source community since graduating from university in 2009, and he has

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Public Invention Begins 6-month Oxygen Production Experiment at Kids Operating Room

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Oxygen is a miracle drug for many conditions, and is absolutely essential for serious surgeries. Kids Operating Room (KidsOR)  (https://www.kidsor.org/) installs pediatric surgical theaters in the poorest countries of the world. Recently, they installed their 101st operating room, and have now performed 722,401 pediatric surgeries. Generally, these operating rooms use either bottled oxygen or pressure-swing

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Mentorship and Teamwork: The Story of the Krake

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The Development of a Wi-fi Enabled, Wireless Medical Alarm Device One of Public Invention’s most prominent projects, the General Purpose Alarm Device, or GPAD, which was recently published in HardwareX, has developed into a wireless version called the Krake. Both versions aim to be used in a medical setting as a peripheral annunciator, connecting to

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Jeopardy Game – July Inventor Gathering

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Greetings inventors, friends and supporters, Here is the jeopardy game from our July Inventor Gathering. This was created by our Outreach Coordinator, Megan Cadena. Please enjoy this slide deck and share it with others! It’s already available for you to use at your next virtual game night. Link to Game: invention-qs Sincerely, The Public Invention

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UNIVA Briefing: Humanitarian Engineering Student Organizations and Project Conceptualization

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Authored by: Miriam Castillo and Megan Cadena Public Invention is a non-profit organization located in Austin, Texas, USA. It was formed in 2016 through the vision and philosophy of Robert L. Read (PhD) who is the founder and leader of invention projects. Why is there a Public Invention? Born from a child whose books, comics

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UNIVA documento informativo: Organizaciones Estudiantiles de Ingeniería Humanitaria y Conceptualización de Proyectos

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Escrito por: Miriam Castillo y Megan Cadena Public Invention es una organizacion sin fines de lucro localizada en Austin, Texas, USA. La cual se forma en 2016 a traves de la visión y filosofia de PHD Robert L. Read quien es el fundador y lider de proyectos de invención. ¿Por qué existe Public Invention? Nace

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