uHbench: open source hardware public bench

uHbench

• Pronunciation: "you bench" (/ˈjubɛnʃ/)
• Mimics cryptic scandinavian names
• urban Hacker

Inspiration

• "So you wanna write on walls" − Mark Surface
• Street art
• Guerrilla Gardening
• Open source urban planning

William Lamson

Mark Jenkins

Origin

• What is the cheapest & easiest material you can find in an urban area?
• What is missing in my environment?

Publication

• One day I will…
• Peer pressure
• Workshop with neighbours

License

• OSHW
• CC by-sa
• Problems?
• Advantages

Use cases

• Community (gardens)
• Festivals
• (Street) performers
• Free culture experience
• Recycling, green, eco-minded,...

Future

• Update
• Forking?
• uHtable
• Open source product design (mailing list)

Thank you

• Julien Deswaef
• @xuv
• http://bit.ly/uHbench