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Open Sourcing Innovation

Posted by michael on from the dream-big dept.

Super_Z writes "Reading an old issue of The Economist, I came over this - whynot.net - a forum for ideas - effectively open sourcing innovation. Doing so, these ideas can hopefully be adapted faster and on a broad basis. Now if I can only get someone to take up and produce my radarguided laser mosquito trap."

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  1. Cf: GlobalIdeasBank.org by ivi · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Global Ideas Bank has been around for quite a while (in Internet time ;-)

    There are several other, similar sites as well.

    Is there a portal to such sites... yet? :-)

  2. ShouldExist by Nomihn0 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Should Exist has a very strong little commmunity centered on actually carrying out the ideas that they come up with. I seriously suggest checking them out.

  3. whynot.com is prior art by tepples · · Score: 5, Informative

    But once product or process ideas are published on whynot.com, this means nobody can turn around and patent the broadest form of the idea. Of course, engineers who implement the ideas can patent the specifics of their inventions, but they can't get a monopoly on what's been published.

  4. related sites by tinkerton · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here is the list of related sites from whynot.net: