Maker Faire Bay Area 2023
Global Distributed Tracking (GDT)
Home: California, United States
GDT is a free software implemented as a website (https://gosqas.org/) that any Maker can use to get a unique QR Sticker (and URL) for their product. By just pointing a phone at the sticker, people enjoying your project can upload an image or some words to tell you how much they love your project. This creates a fully encrypted, indelibly timestamped “provenance.” Only people who handle your project can see this provenance—not even us, and not even you, if you lose the URL! Although designed for global tracking of medical devices, we think Makers will love collecting anonymous feedback that stays with the project—even if it is gifted, sold, or shared in some other way. Our plan is to print sheets of stickers and give them away for free to Makers to make it super-easy!
https://github.com/gosqasorg/home
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Global Open Source Quality Assurance System (GOSQAS)
GOSQAS, a project of Open Source Medical Supplies and Public Invention, is a free-libre, open-source software for distributed tracking. It was developed to support distributed manufacturers in documenting internal processes and end-user feedback.
https://www.gosqas.org/What Inspired You to Make This?
This project was inspired by the humanitarian efforts of makers during the early days of the 2020 pandemic. While many life-saving medical supplies were made worldwide, documenting their testing and quality assurance process was sometimes challenging. Tracking the history and provenance of rapidly-produced medical devices is crucial to establishing trust in the end user. However, GOSQAS isn't just for humanitarian relief. Use it to track your creations, even if you are just gifting them to friends! Generating a QR code for your item allows anonymous, encrypted feedback and images to be added to the provenance record of the item.
