Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
A little late off the block, this Harvard Newsletter article takes a look at how 'crowdsourcing' or 'broadcasting' is helping in solving science problems. The real value of this piece is the research done in this area -- 166 distinct scientific problems from the research laboratories of twenty-six firms from ten countries over a four-and-a-half year period. The researchers found that 'nearly one-third of the previously unsolved problems found successful solutions.'
For more on this topic see Wikipedia's crowdsourcing page.
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