Tag Archives: crowdsourcing

Star Wars Uncut: Director’s Cut

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

“Star Wars Uncut is the brainchild of Casey Pugh, a developer dedicated to creating new and fun experiences on the web. In 2009, Casey became interested in using the internet as a tool for crowdsourcing user content. Star Wars was a natural choice … Continue reading →

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Solve Puzzles for Science – Foldit Part 3

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

Players of Foldit have once again optimally redesigned a protein, giving it an 18-fold higher activity than the original design by the scientists. The paper, published in Nature Biotechnology, explains how: “Players of the online game Foldit were challenged to remodel the … Continue reading →

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iPhone Fireflies

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Mesmerising time lapse video showing the movement of 880 iPhones in Europe in April 2011. From the crowdflow.net blog: “The geo data of the iPhones are quite accurate, but I only know the locations at specific points in time. So … Continue reading →

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