Ready to make a real impact in Austin? Public Invention Con 2026 is just one month away! We're looking for recent grads who want to meet new people, flex their skills, and help us bring open-source hardware ideas to life. If you’re passionate about giving back and want your work to matter, we’d love to have you on our volunteer team.

Don’t miss your chance—sign up now to join the PIHE movement and help shape a better future. Click the link to learn more and register today!

Our Public Inventors learn and growth in the PIHE community. This is how?

Public Inventors, do
Invention Coaches, Watch
Public Inventors, Take the chance to fail
Invention Coaches, help while taking the risk

This is a safe STEM Humanitarian Engineering community, with a great environment to growth and learn while doing in an humanitarian firm

Join r/PublicInvention a nonprofit focused on humanitarian engineering, and help manage our volunteer and mentors team. Coordinate activities, meet with the public inventors, and make a real impact! Details: https://ideali.st/F8zRjs

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Welcome to the community for Public Invention!

We believe that the most important inventions for humanity should be open-source hardware projects, patent-free, and accessible to everyone. This subreddit is a space for engineers, inventors, mentors, makers, graduate and undergraduate students, hackers, who are interested in becoming Humanitarian Engineers and Public Inventors.

What we do here:

Building Public Infrastructure: We host every 3rd Thursday, Inventors Gathering an online series around open-source hardware projects around the world. Everyone is welcome to participate.

Volunteer & Internship Opportunities: Since 2019, Public Inventors have collaborated on a mission-driven Humanitarian Engineering Solutions. This is a great way to boost your career, build your network, author a peer-reviewed paper, learn by doing, and be part of great teams working toward social impact.

Amplify PIHE Movement: Public Invention is a US 501c3 public charity dedicated to open-source engineering and the motto “Invent in the public, for the Public.”

Hi everyone! I’m looking for some local advice on recruiting volunteers for an upcoming non-profit event (Public InvCon 2026) at the Austin Central Library.

We have some heavy-hitting presentations, including content from NASA Artemis, and we’re looking for volunteers to help with:

• Emcee & Presenter Support
• Photography & Video
• Registration & Welcome
• Setup & Logistics

Beyond the main r/Austin sub, are there specific groups or discords you’d recommend reaching out to? We’re a 501(c)3, so this is strictly for community benefit and portfolio building.

Thanks for any leads!

Public Invention Con 2026: Becoming Humanitarian Engineers and Public Inventors

Central Library Special Events CenterAustin, TX

Saturday, June 13 • 9 AM - 4 PM