Tag: open source
Crowdsourcing News RoundUP – August 12
Check out our curated Weekly Roundup of the breaking news and must-read – Democracy is getting a reboot on the blockchain; Startup using machine learning and satellite imagery to predict crop yields; Moovit speeding up their...
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Hyperloop: Will the Future of Hi-Tech be Open Source
So you have heard about Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, a futuristic idea to transport passengers, faster and more efficiently than even air travel. Elon has released a 57-page report that outlines his concept that engineers from Tesla...
Read MoreThe Rise of Disintermediated Crowdfunding
One Friday morning a few months back, the creators of Lockitron, an innovative deadbolt system controlled by your smartphone, were rejected by the folks over at Kickstarter. The following week, the Lockitron team formed a plan: they would launch Lockitron on their own and try to follow the vision that led to Dalton Caldwell’s success with App.net. When I last checked Lockitron’s progress, they received 14,704 pre-orders totaling $2,278,891—success that propels the company to the ranks of the Pebble Watch, Skallops, and Double Fine.
Is this success typical? Will the next revolution in crowdfunding be disintermediated, open source fundraising?
Read MorePyBossa Brings Crowdsourcing To The Open Source Community
When we talk about crowdsourcing as a work process we normally think of paid work — contests, macrotasks or microtasks. But what if I told you that we are only tapping into a portion of the crowdsourcing work potential?...
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