Tag: science
The Impact and Roles of Crowdsourcing in the Information Age
by Epi Ludvik | Oct 29, 2020 | Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation
The coming together of miniaturization that began with microfilm, the advent of digital technology, and the proliferation of personal computers and then other portable devices, has enabled governments, commercial businesses,...
Read MoreCrowdsourcing Leverages the Power of Collective Consciousness
by Clive Reffell | Sep 28, 2020 | cocreation, Crowdsourcing, Future of Work, Open Innovation
The Virtual Crowd Summit attendees on September 17 heard insights covering Collective Consciousness from a true collection of global experts. This article recaps the key issues the speakers covered regarding the benefits,...
Read MoreCrowdsourcing Environmental Solutions Through An Online Game That Builds Ecosystems
by Clive Reffell | Aug 10, 2020 | cocreation, Crowdsourcing
Conservationists hope a game invented by a PhD student, that uses the same equations used by scientists to study real world ecosystems, will provide some real-life solutions to save endangered species and conserve biodiversity....
Read MoreCrowdsourced Open Innovation Accelerated a Covid-19 Ventilator Solution
by Enrique Ramirez | Jul 23, 2020 | Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation
It is widely acknowledged that collective intelligence delivers better solutions compared to a limited number of team members working on an innovation project. However, what is not talked about enough is the effect of this open...
Read MoreCitizen Scientists Continue to Boost Valuable Ecological Research
by Clive Reffell | Jul 20, 2020 | Crowd Tasks, Crowdsourcing
A wide range of ecological projects based on crowdsourced Citizen Science models are now being undertaken around the world, at local, national and international scales. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme, established in 1976,...
Read MoreCrowdfunding the Future of Air Travel
by Yakir Machluf | Jul 6, 2020 | Crowdfunding
Governments the world over are grappling with the task of deciding where it’s safe for its citizens to travel to, whether to impose isolation sanctions on overseas visitors and people returning home, or just implement an...
Read MoreCrowdsourcing Citizen Scientists to Feed Scientific Developments
by Clive Reffell | Feb 25, 2020 | Crowd Tasks, Crowdsourcing, Mass Collaboration
AI technology is increasingly used to open up new horizons for scientists and researchers. It enables analysis of masses of data much faster than humans can manage, identifies deep trends and patterns that could be indiscernible...
Read MoreHarnessing AI to Crowdsource the Diagnosis of Incurable Diseases
by Clive Reffell | Jul 31, 2019 | Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing
We are now quite used to seeing the disruption that’s taking place in many marketplaces due to the combination of new technology and mass connectivity in the hands of visionary startups, unencumbered by the ‘rules’ of...
Read MoreFielding Open Innovation Challenges in Agri-tech
by Clive Reffell | Jul 15, 2019 | Crowdsourcing, Open Innovation
As the population grows at an ever faster and faster rate, transforming how the world feeds itself is going to be a necessity. Even though up to a third of the food currently produced goes to waste, incremental improvements to...
Read MoreHeroX: the Social Network of Prize Challenges
by Clive Reffell | Jul 2, 2019 | Collective Intelligence, Crowdsourcing, Online Communities
Finding the right talent to solve your problem can be difficult. Crowdsourcing helps you access a global pool of on-demand talent, helping to make innovation efforts less expensive, easier to manage and of better quality through...
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