MIT team finda DARPA balloons in less than nine hours, wins prize

A contest hatched by DARPA (the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), offered $40,000 to the first group to find ten red weather balloons at secret locations across the US. More than 4000 groups participated in the project, designed ... continue

Kiva to start micro-lending in the US

For those of you not familiar with Kiva it is a “microlender” that has developed an excellent reputation.. Along with partners in the field, that uses the power of ‘the community’ to provide microloans ... continue

Grassroots crowdsourcing of pop culture

There is a lot written about the concept of crowdsourcing or as some like to call it – the wisdom of the crowd. For a lot of people in social media it is one ... continue

FixYa Offers Free Crowdsourced Tech Support

As the stock market continues to tank and the word "recession" re-enters our vocabulary, a Silicon Valley startup is working to create a community of free service. FixYa aims to bring a crowdsourcing-style forum to the ... continue