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November 9, 2010 11:00 PM
by Phillip Torrone
Solving a problem with Open Source Hardware
A guest post - Solving a problem with Open Source Hardware by David Carrier (Parallax)...
I recently listened to a Freakonomics podcast that talked about using contests to promote innovation, in this case the efforts of the X Prize foundation. If you listen to the podcast, at 18:15 they mention the significant effort that people put into the contests. Some lost their fortunes, their homes, and their personal relationships in an attempt to win. I see it as somewhat of a moral dilemma, because despite the costs, the benefits of the contest on the community far outweigh the accumulative costs to all the participants. One downside of many contests though, is that often only the work of the winner benefits the community. Everyone else's work is just a less successful attempt to do the same thing.Read the Full Story » | More on MAKE » | Comments » | Read more articles in Open source hardware | Digg this!
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Art Trembanis
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Department of Geological Sciences
University of Delaware
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