ASKotec

Open Tech Emergency Case

#ASKotec; the Access to Skills and Knowledge Open Tech Emergency Case is a resource kit for community trainers, created for mobile field-use where there is neither easy power nor internet connectivity such as refugee camps, low-infrastructure regions or rural areas. Intended as Open Tech for Good, #ASKotec was created through a series of hub development workshops by a community of young innovators intent on bringing skills training and peace-building together in the effort to end the South Sudan conflict.

Official Website

ASKmods

The Askotec is divided into different modules for different applications. We call these modules #ASKmods. To get information about the individual #ASKmods and how they are built, you can find them in the following repositories:

• #ASKmod Arduino Set v.1.0 (latest version)
• #ASKmod Electronics Assortment Set v.1.0 (latest version)
• #ASKmod First Aid Set v.1.0 (latest version)
• #ASKmod Glue Set v.1.0 (latest version)
• #ASKmod Mechanical Tool Set (latest version)
• #ASKmod Mobile repair Kit (latest version)
• [#ASKmod Pencil Case]() (latest version)
• #ASKmod Repair Set (latest version)
• #ASKmod Travel Set (latest version)

Tutorials

• ASKnet Open Tech (wikifab)
• Training Modules Repository
• see also in the Guides (Open Learning Guide, Open Hardware Guide, Open Training Guide)
• Packing Guide Repository

More Video, Photo and binary material can be found in our Cloud

Costs

(for details, see the NEW content list)

• Support us: crowdfunding at https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/63347

Learn about hyracbox.com, developed by our project partners at Hyractech

Some new features added for Release 2.0:

• the case is now equiped with hook and loop parts

• Everything for traveling with air can now easily be separated into main and hand luggage

Public Relation

• https://audioboom.com/posts/6697512-hardware-and-innovations-workshop-opens-in-juba

FAQ

What is #ASKotec?

The #ASKotec is a kit designed to work as a mobile trainers set to tackle basic field challenges when it comes to Open Tech and Open Source Hardware innovation, education and repairing wherever needed. Providing Access to Skills and Knowledge as a multi-functional Open Tech Emergency Case gives rural and urban innovators a new point of entrance.

• https://openculture.agency/askotec/

What can #ASKotec be used for?

• repair cafes
• vocational training in tech, electronics, robotics, innovation, ...
• ... and more

Where can #ASKotec be used?

• designed for post-conflict and post-disaster regions
• schools and communities in remote regions
• ... and many more

Open Hardware Links and Open Linux Software

For links, see the Open Learning Guide (2015) and the following resources.

RESOURCES

• OPEN TECH, OPEN HARDWARE + ELECTRONICS

• MOZILLA WEB LITERACY\ https://learning.mozilla.org/en-US/web-literacy\ Web literacy 21st Century Skills: Problem-Solving, Communication, Creativity, Collaboration. Share, design, code, compose, remix, navigate, connect, open practice, contribute.

• OPEN! METHODS & TOOLS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT\ https://opensourcedesign.cc\ Current practices of open source product development & concrete guidance to support design process efficiency of open source product development projects.

• OPEN SOURCE HARDWARE ASSOCIATION\ https://www.oshwa.org/\ Open hardware community ensuring technological knowledge is accessible to everyone. Collaborative development of technology that serves education, environmental sustainability, and human welfare.

• OPEN SOURCE EDUCATION\ https://opensource.com/education/13/4/guide-open-source-education\ A guide to free and open source education. Stories about creating, adopting, and sharing open source solutions.

• AFRIMAKERS\ http://www.afrimakers.org\ Empowers makers in Africa to develop sustainable projects using rapid prototyping to solve local challenges.

• APPROPEDIA\ http://www.appropedia.org/Welcome_to_Appropedia\ Sharing knowledge to build rich, sustainable lives.

• IFIXIT\ https://www.ifixit.com/\ The free repair guide for everything, written by everyone.

• INSTRUCTABLES\ http://www.instructables.com/\ Share what you make with the world, and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts. Participate in make-a-thons through the platform. Add your own instructables.

• OPEN SOURCE ECOLOGY\ http://opensourceecology.org/\ Open source industrial machines can be made for a fraction of commercial costs, designs shared online free, to create an open source economy which increases innovation by open collaboration.

• WIKIFAB\ http://wikifab.org/\ Open source hardware documentation platform. Tutorials to make anything, written by everyone.

• WIKI-HOW\ http://www.wikihow.com/\ "We're trying to help everyone on the planet learn how to do anything. Join us."

Open Tech Linux Software Installation

(on a DEB based OS, like Ubuntu or Debian)

Please run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install gdebi software-properties-common libavcodec-extra ffmpeg \
    redshift firefox libreoffice shutter vlc pinta pdfshuffler geogebra \
    darktable gthumb trash-cli gimp inkscape openshot kazam audacity \
    kdenlive freecad librecad fritzing kicad

![#ASKotec in South Sudan](thumbs/askotec-in-south-sudan.jpg ")

Pictures Created by Timm Wille Group Picture by Jaiksane

History

• ASKotec v.2.0 https://github.com/opencultureagency/ASKotec/tree/ASKotec-2.0

• ASKotec v.1.5 https://github.com/opencultureagency/ASKotec/tree/ASKotec-1.5

• ASKotec v.1.0 https://github.com/opencultureagency/ASKotec/tree/ASKotec-1.0

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