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A vote for open-source governance is a vote for international collaboration in specific science projects: like cures for cancer and making solar energy cheap and efficient. The discoveries that...
The main benefit of Viratech’s patent pending method of open source bio-tech research and development platform is that it allows the general public to become involved in the race to find a cure...
After artist, engineer and TED Fellow Salvatore Iaconesi was diagnosed with brain cancer, he turned to crowdsourcing to find a cure, launching an open source initiative earlier this week. By ‘cure,’ Iaconesi is looking for more than just a way to remove the tumor from his brain. He uploaded a video to YouTube asking for his friends, fans, and complete strangers to suggest ways to heal not only his body, but also his spirit.
Viratech Corp. offers new hope to cancer patients because the company has paved the way for cancer researchers to collaborate using social networking to speed the process of developing effective...
Hessel's plan is a noble cause that seeks to make knowledge open and crowd-sourced instead of hoarded for financial gain. When he is able to gather enough funds, he plans to begin the research...
Salvatore Iaconesi has brain cancer. He converted his digital medical records into open, accessible formats, turning them into a very personal form of Open Data. Artists, scientists, doctors,...
As for any crowdsourcing effort and innovation involving the web, '' Open Source Cure '' has make it to the next level and brought out some wild and very useful ideas about...
The core technology used by SETI@Home, called the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC), has already been applied to a number of scientific endeavors beyond searching for...
Over the past decade, Open Innovation has emerged as a leading business trend that has transformed the way enterprises approach all aspects of product development, from R&D through marketing and branding and even to post-sales support. By “opening the doors” to new ideas generated by others outside their own walls (including in many cases their customers!), companies have found new ways to leverage external knowledge to build better products.
The Synaptic Leap provides a network of online research communities that connect and enable open source biomedical research. The Synaptic Leap is all about enabling new collaborative pathways for...
It should start with a transparent discussion about the MOU, (Memorandum of Understanding), between the city and UVM. It should use techniques like, “crowdsourcing,” to open the discussion to...
TED Fellow Salvatore Iaconesi released today this video along with his digital medical records – everything from CT and MRI scans to lab notes. He posted the health files to invite the online world...
Sir Mark Walport, director of the Wellcome Trust, is a keen advocate of transparency, calling particularly on scientists with public funding to make the results of their research freely and widely...
Prize4Life, announced today the winners of its $50,000 DREAM-Phil Bowen ALS Prediction Prize4Life Challenge, which was run in collaboration with InnoCentive, Inc., the global leader in open...
3D Systems, a 3D printing company, announced on Tuesday it is suing Formlabs, a rival, for patent infringement. As Formlabs had raised funds for its Form 1 printer on Kickstarter, 3D System is also bringing the allegations against the crowdfunding site.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla have joined forces with Google co-founder Sergey Brin and prominent tech investor Yuri Milner to launch the Breakthrough Prize in Life...
Making the most of gamification and input from the crowd, a number of platforms and applications are seeing if crowdsourcing can help make groundbreaking discoveries in the healthcare field. We highlight Foldit, Phylo, and a malaria diagnosing game from UCLA.
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