With Incident in New Baghdad, its second Oscar nominee in two years, Kickstarter is on its way to becoming a democratizing force in film In the old clich
Read More »Tag Archives: crowdsourcing
Feed SubscriptionFail Your Way to Success
When fear gets in your way, do you choose to take the risk, or do you choose certain failure? Me: So, what stops you from launching your blog? You have an amazing story to tell
Read More »Crowdsourcing Science Promises Hope For Curing Deadly Disease
When cataloging images of tuberculosis cells became too daunting for a research team at Harvard, they turned to crowdsourcing, and discovered that the masses have the ability to dramatically change the course of scientific research. Sarah Fortune, a tuberculosis (TB) researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health, had thousands of images of multiplying TB cells piling up in her lab. Her team of graduate students were inundated: all the pictures had to be labeled; some probably held the key to combating a deadly bacteria that infects one-third of the global population, mostly in poor parts of Asia, Africa and South America
Read More »What A Detroit Supper Club Teaches Us About Co-Creativity
A social movement is underway in downtown Detroit.
Read More »Nokia Wants To Go Into Business With You
Nokia is now crowdsourcing creativity. "Invent With Nokia" is a new program wherein anyone can submit an idea, and if it results in a patented Nokia invention, you get a cut
Read More »