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Open Sourcing Innovation
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."
I prefer the Half Bakery. All the innovation, half the feasibility!
I'm guessing the the "inspiration" for this project involved a random selection from a hat full of buzzwords. I'm getting fed up with people getting credit for adapting a paradigm such as open source and applying it to something you wouldn't normally associate it with. Just once I'd like to see a project such as this backed by examples of successful output.
Just today, Australia's ABC had a program -
"In the National Interest" (avail via Audio
on Demand) on Open Source methods being
transplanted from S/W dev't to scientific
research in genetic engr'g, etc.
So... call it all the names you like...
it still seems to be doing some good, eg
giving folks in remote/isolated places of
developed countries or developing countries
opportunities to contribute to progress of
State of the Art.
It apparently works.
We need a way to patent the ideas or protect our ideas from being patented.
Otherwise a site like that is useless. Currently it costs too much money to patent anything, so only the rich CEO can afford it.
People don't exist to serve systems, systems exist to serve people.
Have you seen SlipHead.com? It is similar to Half-Bakery but the format is a bit better.