I spoke about a concept related to this a few years ago in "Fair Trade Consumer Electronics with Open Hardware": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM80hQ117JM htt

I spoke about a concept related to this a few years ago in "Fair Trade Consumer Electronics with Open Hardware": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM80hQ117JM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FM80hQ117JM Might have some prior art for folks interested in the topic. It's a pretty interesting topic from both a technical & business/marketing point of view. Couple other lists of somewhat related links: * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119053707/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-open-consumer-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119053707/http://www.labrado... * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-fair-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labrado... * http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labradoc.com/i/follower/p/notes-fair-electronics http://web.archive.org/web/20200119061518/http://www.labrado...