theOScarproject - Release 0.2
Location @ Dana Center:
D-studio
Date(s):
Wed 9 7:00 PM - Wed 9 9:00 PM
Host:
Markus Merz
Detailed text:
It is the goal of the OScar Project to develop a car according to Open Source principles. In our opinion, a car is not a vehicle full of high-tech gadgets. Instead, we are looking for a simple and functional concept to spread mobility. Form follows function. Apart from that, OScar is not just a car. It is about new ways of mobility and the spreading of the Open Source idea in the real (physical) world. On this website, you will find a great community of developers and drivers who want to invent mobility anew and together. The project started in 1999. In December 2005, it reached release 0.2. Starting in 2006, everyone is welcome to participate.
Biography:
Markus Merz was born in 1968 in Germany. He completed in 1992 his apprenticeship in agriculture in Bavaria, Germany, followed by an internship in Upstate New York. From 1993-1994 he studied Ecological Agriculture in Landshut / Schönbrunn. In 1994 Markus became Project Manager with BMW, responsible for Production and International Marketing. 1998 he founded monocom, merz and friends – an international communications Agency. Since 1999, he is the founder and maintainer of www.theoscarproject.org/, a project to develop a car according to the open source principles.
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