Crowdfunding Project Aims To Turn Manenberg’s Gangsters Into Bakers [VIDEO]
Two people are hoping to show that crowdfunding should not only be used to launch the next app or indie film, but to make the world that tiny bit better. Pete and Sarah Portal are trying to save Manenberg by inspiring change in one of Cape Town’s most gang-infested communities. Here’s how you can help.
How The Internet Built A $100 000 Race Car
The Rally Fighter is the first production race car to be designed and built through internet crowdsourcing. The muscly car turned heads as it drove through downtown Austin, flaunting a new, bright orange paint job and steer horns mounted to the grill. John B Rogers, the President of Local Motors – the car company that […]
Amanda Palmer Is Crowdsourcing Her New Album [VIDEO]
You guys have heard of Kickstarter – that site that lets people pitch their projects for funding to the internet at large, and which has led to new apps, art projects, and a Robocop statue in Detroit. All of which stopped mattering when Amanda Palmer raised $500 000 in four days on the platform – with 24 days of funding remaining.
Online Gamers Solve Retroviral Enzyme Code In Three Weeks
The University of Washington has finally found a way to make us of the mental energy expended by online gamers – recruiting them to decipher the structure of monomeric enzymes, found in retroviruses like HIV, by playing an online game called Foldit. Researchers had been working on it for the past decade; the collective gamers did it in three weeks.
Somebody Wants To Build A Functional AT-AT Walker. From Star Wars.
A life-sized, functional, AT-AT Walker. From The Empire Strikes Back. You know – those big walking four-legged suckers. If you’re still reading this I assume you know what I’m talking about, so click through to read about a giant nerd’s awesome plan to crowdsource building this thing.
New “Google-Killer” Search Engine Adds Human Element, Bias
Every time I hear about a new search engine that has come to market, I think the same thing: what’s the point? A new search engine aims to change that, claiming that it brings back far more relevant results by adding a human bias to the search algorithm.
Monday Win – Man Crowdsources Marriage Proposal
A few days ago I saw a post on Gizmodo that asked readers to send in video clips of them saying “Katie, will you marry me?” The result was the single best use of crowdsourcing that we’ve seen to date.