A virology lab researcher works to develop a test that will detect the P.1 variant of the coronavirus, in São Paulo, Brazil, in March 2021.
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In open-source endowed research positions, professors release all of their intellectual property. Surveys of academics in the U.S. and Canada find most like the idea.
‘Théâtre D’opéra Spatial’
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Many doctors currently diagnose skin conditions by eye. Advances in molecular testing could lead to more precise and accurate diagnoses for ambiguous rashes and skin lesions.
A DIY satellite ground station in London, UK.
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Consumers can turn plastic waste into valuable products at minimal cost using the open source technologies associated with DRAM – distributed recycling and additive manufacturing.
How many vaccines will be needed to vaccinate the world against COVID-19?
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Intelligence work is no longer the sole preserve of intelligence agencies. Powerful platforms now allow everyday people to gather intelligence collaboratively – even from opposite sides of the world.
3D printed adaptive aids can cut costs by more than 94 percent.
J.M. Pearce
Seniors and other people suffering from arthritis could do more daily tasks for themselves, and save money, by 3D printing their own small plastic aids, like key holders and pill-splitters.
What if you could make a microchip at home?
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Start-ups are innovative and agile, while big companies have abundant resources. Corporate accelerators bring them together, and a new case study outlines best practices.
Müge Ozman, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
Even as digital social innovations (DSI) are booming in Europe, obstacles remain for their being able to provide effective solutions to the big challenges of our times.
MiMA: an open source way to model the climate.
Martin Jucker
The creation of climate models with open source code, available for anyone to use, has improved scientific collaboration and helped research get more efficient.
Blockchain technology has turned conventional thinking about intellectual property and copyright on its head.
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Alexandra Sims, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
Blockchain technology is flourishing in an open-source environment, which raises the question of whether current intellectual property laws are the best tools to foster innovation.
Soil has many secrets: technology can help reveal its mysteries.
Martin Bridgen
Born seemingly spontaneously out of a desire to create and manage shared spaces, Madrid’s “citizen laboratories” are using new tools to build a new vision of how cities should be planned and run.
Professor Samir Brahmachar: ‘Why should drug discovery be kept in the Wright brothers’ era of trial and error?’
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Professor Samir Brahmachari’s innovative Open Source Drug Development allows thousands of researchers to work together to discover novel therapies for under-studied diseases.
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