Open Innovation Labs
for Open Entrepreneurship
CERN, 9 September 2015
Paul Bristow, Co-founder
Classic Startup Route
1. Have an idea

2. Protect it

3. Find investment

4. Exploit it

5. Become immensely rich
What is an idea worth?
@maebert
An open source toolkit for
entrepreneurs
Open Source software has
changed the world…
Freely shareable open source software has
changed the entire world, bringing us:

Linux, most of the internet, the majority of
websites

Wikipedia, the Creative Commons

Android, most mobile phones

100,000’s of new SMEs

Today >86% of all companies worldwide
use open source software
… but software was just the start
The Open source revolution is
moving to the real world

Open Source Hardware shares
designs for physical objects
that you can manufacture
anywhere
MOOCs are open source
applied to education

The next twenty years will see
immense changes in the way
we do things
tiers_lieu{x}
Open Source Hardware
The price of flexible
machines for making
things is collapsing

3D Printers were €20,000 in
2010, now available from
€200

The core enabling
technology is low-cost
electronics and open
source machine control
A few examples
Made in USA
Made in Italy Made in UK
Made in Netherlands
Made in Geneva
3DFunlab
Made in Geneva
3D Robotics
Seeedstudio
Google “Arduino” + “anything”
Open Source as a Tool
With open source:

software

hardware

business Models

data

We can prototype FAST
Lean Startup
Minimum Viable Product
😩
😌 😌
😩 😩😩
😌😌😌
Not like this
Like this
1 2 3 4
1 2 3 4 5
The LocalFab Renaissance
Make physical things
inexpensively

Add intelligence with open
source electronics and
software

Connect them to the
Internet of Things
Resulting in an explosion of innovation everywhere.
Why not here too?
Since August 2014…
Open Innovation Labs, based around an
entrepreneurial, ecological fablab.
“Fab Labs give people the tools they need to
create technology and make (almost) anything”
Professor Neil Gershenfeld
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
HACKERSPACE
MAKERSPACE
FABLAB TECHSHOP
networking
hardware recyclingcomputer hacking
programming
robotics community electronics woodworking
metalworking
shared machines
kids / schools
courses
CNC
Laser cutting
3D printing
pro consulting
small production
education
bits & atoms
research
network
open access
About us
We are a team of entrepreneurs with a shared
passion for open innovation.
We aim to create experimental laboratories, to
prototype ideas and create businesses
We see an ecological fablab as a tool for
expanding open source innovation beyond the
software world into more tangible things
Team: Founders
Founders & Management
Paul Bristow, Yves Zieba, David Jeanneret,
Arnaud Blain, Cristina Olivetti, Charlie Sellers,
Ayse Ozturk, Alain Vuilleumier, Denis Bucher,
Clement Drevo, Carmelia Rubio-Torset
Y V E S
Z I E B A
PA U L
B R I S T O W
C A R M E L I A
R U B I O -
D AV I D
J E A N N E R E T
C H A R L I E
S E L L E R S
C A R M E L I A
R U B I O - T O R S E T
AY S E
O Z T U R K
D E N I S
B U C H E R
C L E M E N T
D R E V O
A R N A U D
B L A I N
C R I S T I N A
O L I V E T T I
+ A L A I N V U I L L E U M I E R
Founders’ businesses
hl-support
Typical fablab equipment…
Ideas->reality
Idea Computer 2D drawing or 3D model
2D drawing Laser cutter or CNC
3D model 3D Printer or CNC
In a short time, you go from an idea in your head
to your idea in your hand!
Cost balance is shifting
Renewable Energy
Local Materials
Recycled Materials
1
10
100
Transport & Far East Labour Costs
Local Fabrication Costs
We can accelerate
this trend, using
Working with ecologically
sound materials
Bio-plastics where possible
Composite wood/PLA
Recycled ABS/PET/HDPE
Local Wooden offcuts
Local Aluminium offcuts
Local Recycling
and other similar projects
Circular Economy
Inserting ourselves into the
local industrial ecosystem
Here in Geneva
The Geneva area has mostly lost it’s prototyping
ecosystem.
It’s not in great shape for the Internet of Things.
Even industries like watches and jewellery are too
traditional to innovate.
…part of the solution
A FabLab provides a shared resource for the
entrepreneurial community: digital fabrication
equipment and expertise for physical prototyping
and small production runs.
An entrepreneurial FabLab is part of the
collaborative economy, sitting alongside co-
working spaces as a resource for local
entrepreneurs starting their activities.
For example:
Newco.ch wants to create an activity tracker with
air quality measurement in the wearable IoT
space.
Our plan
Build creative spaces to
stimulate local innovation
A hybrid mix of fablab,
creative lab, media lab,
nutrition lab, mobile lab and
edu lab
Prototyping ideas of any kind
Use the frontier - and work
with the network of other
spaces - we can’t do
everything!
.com
.org .edu
After-workers.
Hobbyists
Teachers.
students,
beginners
Entrepreneurs,
Artists,
Businesses
People are the secret ingredient
Where?
Pangloss Labs #1
Ferney-Voltaire, FRANCE

12bis rue de Gex,
Domaine des Marmousets
(Bus F, Château de Voltaire)

Non-profit Association

Pangloss Labs #2
Geneve, SWITZERLAND

Searching under way, with
lots of discussions ongoing

Association, becoming a
Foundation

Activities are ongoing already
WHAT CAN YOU MAKE?
A few books…
eBook sale oreilly.com
www.panglosslabs.org
@panglosslabs1
With open source, we
can go fast, together
- not an African Proverb
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Open Entrepreneurship for CERN

  • 1.
    Open Innovation Labs forOpen Entrepreneurship CERN, 9 September 2015 Paul Bristow, Co-founder
  • 2.
    Classic Startup Route 1.Have an idea 2. Protect it 3. Find investment 4. Exploit it 5. Become immensely rich
  • 3.
    What is anidea worth? @maebert
  • 4.
    An open sourcetoolkit for entrepreneurs
  • 5.
    Open Source softwarehas changed the world… Freely shareable open source software has changed the entire world, bringing us: Linux, most of the internet, the majority of websites Wikipedia, the Creative Commons Android, most mobile phones 100,000’s of new SMEs Today >86% of all companies worldwide use open source software
  • 6.
    … but softwarewas just the start The Open source revolution is moving to the real world Open Source Hardware shares designs for physical objects that you can manufacture anywhere MOOCs are open source applied to education The next twenty years will see immense changes in the way we do things tiers_lieu{x}
  • 7.
    Open Source Hardware Theprice of flexible machines for making things is collapsing 3D Printers were €20,000 in 2010, now available from €200 The core enabling technology is low-cost electronics and open source machine control
  • 8.
    A few examples Madein USA Made in Italy Made in UK Made in Netherlands Made in Geneva 3DFunlab Made in Geneva
  • 9.
  • 10.
  • 11.
    Google “Arduino” +“anything”
  • 12.
    Open Source asa Tool With open source: software hardware business Models data We can prototype FAST
  • 13.
  • 14.
    Minimum Viable Product 😩 😌😌 😩 😩😩 😌😌😌 Not like this Like this 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5
  • 15.
    The LocalFab Renaissance Makephysical things inexpensively Add intelligence with open source electronics and software Connect them to the Internet of Things Resulting in an explosion of innovation everywhere. Why not here too?
  • 16.
    Since August 2014… OpenInnovation Labs, based around an entrepreneurial, ecological fablab.
  • 17.
    “Fab Labs givepeople the tools they need to create technology and make (almost) anything” Professor Neil Gershenfeld Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • 18.
    HACKERSPACE MAKERSPACE FABLAB TECHSHOP networking hardware recyclingcomputerhacking programming robotics community electronics woodworking metalworking shared machines kids / schools courses CNC Laser cutting 3D printing pro consulting small production education bits & atoms research network open access
  • 19.
    About us We area team of entrepreneurs with a shared passion for open innovation. We aim to create experimental laboratories, to prototype ideas and create businesses We see an ecological fablab as a tool for expanding open source innovation beyond the software world into more tangible things
  • 20.
    Team: Founders Founders &Management Paul Bristow, Yves Zieba, David Jeanneret, Arnaud Blain, Cristina Olivetti, Charlie Sellers, Ayse Ozturk, Alain Vuilleumier, Denis Bucher, Clement Drevo, Carmelia Rubio-Torset Y V E S Z I E B A PA U L B R I S T O W C A R M E L I A R U B I O - D AV I D J E A N N E R E T C H A R L I E S E L L E R S C A R M E L I A R U B I O - T O R S E T AY S E O Z T U R K D E N I S B U C H E R C L E M E N T D R E V O A R N A U D B L A I N C R I S T I N A O L I V E T T I + A L A I N V U I L L E U M I E R
  • 21.
  • 22.
  • 23.
    Ideas->reality Idea Computer 2Ddrawing or 3D model 2D drawing Laser cutter or CNC 3D model 3D Printer or CNC In a short time, you go from an idea in your head to your idea in your hand!
  • 24.
    Cost balance isshifting Renewable Energy Local Materials Recycled Materials 1 10 100 Transport & Far East Labour Costs Local Fabrication Costs We can accelerate this trend, using
  • 25.
    Working with ecologically soundmaterials Bio-plastics where possible Composite wood/PLA Recycled ABS/PET/HDPE Local Wooden offcuts Local Aluminium offcuts
  • 26.
    Local Recycling and othersimilar projects
  • 27.
  • 28.
    Inserting ourselves intothe local industrial ecosystem
  • 29.
    Here in Geneva TheGeneva area has mostly lost it’s prototyping ecosystem. It’s not in great shape for the Internet of Things. Even industries like watches and jewellery are too traditional to innovate.
  • 30.
    …part of thesolution A FabLab provides a shared resource for the entrepreneurial community: digital fabrication equipment and expertise for physical prototyping and small production runs. An entrepreneurial FabLab is part of the collaborative economy, sitting alongside co- working spaces as a resource for local entrepreneurs starting their activities.
  • 31.
    For example: Newco.ch wantsto create an activity tracker with air quality measurement in the wearable IoT space.
  • 32.
    Our plan Build creativespaces to stimulate local innovation A hybrid mix of fablab, creative lab, media lab, nutrition lab, mobile lab and edu lab Prototyping ideas of any kind Use the frontier - and work with the network of other spaces - we can’t do everything!
  • 33.
  • 34.
    Where? Pangloss Labs #1 Ferney-Voltaire,FRANCE 12bis rue de Gex, Domaine des Marmousets (Bus F, Château de Voltaire) Non-profit Association Pangloss Labs #2 Geneve, SWITZERLAND Searching under way, with lots of discussions ongoing Association, becoming a Foundation Activities are ongoing already
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  • 39.
    www.panglosslabs.org @panglosslabs1 With open source,we can go fast, together - not an African Proverb 39