open source thermostat Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:12:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 $70 Thermostat proves the power of open-source technology https://www.greenoptimistic.com/70-thermostat-proves-power-open-source-technology-20140128/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/70-thermostat-proves-power-open-source-technology-20140128/#respond Tue, 28 Jan 2014 08:04:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45413 Although every big corporation and patent troll would tell you otherwise, the open source model is one of the surest paths to technological innovation and progress. By offering universal access to a product’s design, and then allowing improvements on said design to be redistributed to anyone who wants to continue polishing, open source democratizes the building process, […]

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