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David Zakoth

at Hochschule Mainz

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Proceedings Article | 30 June 2022 Open Access

Utilizing open spaces for community-driven development of XR teaching applications in photonics

Johannes Kretzschmar, Sabine Best, David Zakoth, Henrikk Voigt, Ke Li, Thomas Kaiser, Reinhard Geiss, Christian Helgert, Thomas Pertsch

Proceedings Volume 12297, 122970E (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2635515

KEYWORDS: Photonics, Visualization, New and emerging technologies, Mobile devices, Visual communications, Software development, Quantum mechanics, Quantum communications, Prototyping, Precision optics

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Proceedings Article | 2 July 2019 Open Access

Open source photonics at the Abbe School of Photonics: How Makerspaces foster open innovation processes at universities

David Zakoth, Sabine Best, Reinhard Geiß, Christian Helgert, Peter Lutzke, Oliver Mauroner, Thomas Pertsch

Proceedings Volume 11143, 111430G (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2524615

KEYWORDS: Photonics, Prototyping, Applied sciences, Precision optics, Rapid manufacturing, Microscopes, Cameras, Optics manufacturing, Laser processing, Lithography

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The Abbe School of Photonics (ASP) provides photonics education of graduate and doctoral students at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena, Germany. The main instrument for training students in optical sciences is a Master’s degree program, which is open to international students, research-oriented and supported by German photonics industry. In this context, a conceptually new open lab Makerspace for photonics was established to support both the internal students in the realization of innovative and creative processes, as well as to build a strong and curious community of like-minded people from outside of the university. The photonics Makerspace provides all tools and materials needed to setup state-of-the-art optical instruments. Furthermore, it provides technical mentoring, open workshops and lectures. Partners from the photonics industry corroborate the process of making by well-established open innovation schemes and are integrated into the Makerspace with hackathon and innovation camp formats where the Makerspace users work on industry challenges. Finished and ongoing projects are transformed into freely accessible, open source hardware while a commercial exploitation of the projects is supported. Out of the broad topical spectrum of ongoing projects, two quite advanced examples are a low-cost smartphone-based 3D-scanner with a cloud-based, free software and a high-resolution microscope built of 3D-printed modules. For these projects, apart from hardware and software, also workshops and lectures are available. Other examples include a drone for medical applications in search and rescue, a smartphone-based lithography setup, a Raman-spectrometer, a camera array for meteorite detection, and many more. All activities of the Makerspace are scientifically investigated with special attention on the interaction between open innovation approaches and the Maker scene. Here, we will share our insights into potentials and opportunities offered by this novel educative approach.

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Proceedings Article | 16 August 2017 Open Access

Open innovation at the Abbe School of Photonics

Christian Helgert, Reinhard Geiss, Stefan Nolte, Falk Eilenberger, David Zakoth, Oliver Mauroner, Thomas Pertsch

Proceedings Volume 10452, 1045228 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2269953

KEYWORDS: Photonics, Electronics

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