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Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Online gamers crack AIDS enzyme puzzle
A great accomplishment of crowd-sourcing. The gamers were challenged in a focused way, and well curated. This is what is possible, and it is only a beginning.
http://games.yahoo.com/blogs/plugged-in/online-gamers-crack-aids-enzyme-puzzle-161920724.html
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Social networking rallies volunteers in Mayo Clinic study
This story focuses on patient recruitment; Transparency LS goes a few steps further by asking patients to co-design the study protocol. Stay tuned for updates!
http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/story/social-networking-rallies-volunteers-mayo-clinic-study/2011-08-31?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
http://www.fiercebiotechit.com/story/social-networking-rallies-volunteers-mayo-clinic-study/2011-08-31?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal
Thursday, September 1, 2011
WSJ on Crowdsourcing Deficit Reduction
An article in The Wall Street Journal:
http://online.wsj.com/article/
One notable quote which is relevant to Transparency:
>>For his part, Mr. Goel said "people always underestimate the power of crowdsourcing," or using a large group of people to complete a task. He cites the prolific online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which relies on individuals to create the content.<<
http://online.wsj.com/article/
One notable quote which is relevant to Transparency:
>>For his part, Mr. Goel said "people always underestimate the power of crowdsourcing," or using a large group of people to complete a task. He cites the prolific online encyclopedia Wikipedia, which relies on individuals to create the content.<<
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