| thinkcycle-about | 17/04/2005 - 19:32:44 |
| http://www.thinkcycle.com/about About ThinkCycle ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture of open-source design innovation, with ongoing collaboration among individuals, communities and organizations around the world. Why Open Source? Key Article: Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric Raymond Software Movements: Free Software Movement and the Open Source Initiative Research: Open Source Research Community (MIT) How does one apply an Open Source approach to Hardware Products and Engineering Design? How can a global community of distributed domain experts and stakeholders collaborate towards evolving solutions to critical problem domains? That is the driving motivation behind the ThinkCycle Initiative. Approach At the heart of the community is an evolving database of reasonably well-posed problems and ongoing design solutions contributed by universities, Non-Govermental Organizations (NGOs), companies and the general public. The system is primarily aimed at, but in no way limited to, using the design and engineering skills of the students and researchers in universities worldwide. One scenario is for professors to assign challenges to their students, assist them in working collaboratively with communities and organizations in developing countries while encouraging peer review from domain experts of evolving design solutions archived on ThinkCycle. Motivated teams of students may also work on critical design challenges as independent study projects with their departments. The objective is to document all evolving design solutions, rationale, processes, peer reviews and contributions within a searchable and cross-referenced system. Distributed and shared intellecual property issues are approached by maintaining all contributions for individual projects on the system (more on this issue will be formalized soon, as we work closely with our current ThinkCycle design teams). Teachers and academics now have a resource for selecting interesting, applied problems while students gain experience in working on challenging real-world projects. Design teams can approach partner organizations for support in extending their work on the field and the development of subsequent products and services. NGOs, practitioners and researchers now have a resource for sharing problems and design challenges, while the general public benefit from open-source access to innovative design, and a new generation of individuals working on problems that matter for the environment and our communities. |
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| 19465 | Getting open thinking through Gated Communities | tctheory COIN peerproduction cooperation corwdsourcing collaboration | 14/12/2006 - 11:45:59 |
| 19221 | Beyond Capitalism Leland Stanfords Forgotten Vision | openfunding openmoney opencurrency socialnetworking intercommunitycooperation openbusiness microenterprise cooperation cooperatives history | 05/09/2006 - 18:46:27 |
| 18011 | Wired 14.06: The Rise of Crowdsourcing | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign p2p wisdomofcrowds cooperation collaboration | 31/05/2006 - 17:06:25 |
| 18010 | CUSTOMER-MADE | Co-creation, user-generated content, DIY advertising and more! | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign p2p wisdomofcrowds cooperation collaboration | 31/05/2006 - 17:04:57 |
| 17901 | Social Synergy: Grassroots Use of Technology Conference 2006 | grassroots collaboration tools cooperation | 13/05/2006 - 21:34:58 |
| 17894 | OpenBusiness | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign cooperation collaboration opensource socialdynamics microenterprise p2p peerproduction | 13/05/2006 - 18:56:56 |
| 17893 | meyer.pdf (application/pdf Object) | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign cooperation collaboration opensource socialdynamics microenterprise p2p peerproduction | 13/05/2006 - 18:54:57 |
| 17890 | Marketing Plan | Open Source Car SUV Pickup Truck Minivan | OSGV | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign cooperation collaboration opensource socialdynamics microenterprise p2p peerproduction | 13/05/2006 - 18:24:43 |
| 17889 | An open source business model | Semiologic | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign cooperation collaboration opensource socialdynamics microenterprise p2p peerproduction | 13/05/2006 - 18:24:11 |
| 17888 | Open Source as a Business Model | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign cooperation collaboration opensource socialdynamics microenterprise p2p peerproduction | 13/05/2006 - 18:23:49 |
| 17887 | Business Models for Open Source Hardware Design | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign cooperation collaboration opensource socialdynamics microenterprise p2p peerproduction | 13/05/2006 - 18:22:46 |
| 17764 | The Cornucopia of the Commons: How to get volunteer labor | openbusiness openknowledge opendesign cooperation collaboration opensource socialdynamics microenterprise p2p peerproduction | 30/04/2006 - 16:04:15 |
| 17644 | Smart Mobs: The Strength of Internet Ties -- new tools for creating social capital? | internet telecommunity microenterprise sna socialnetworks socialsoftware catalysis | 21/04/2006 - 14:25:38 |
| 17568 | The Wealth of Networks wikinotes | commons microenterprise socialnetwork socialnetworks technology telecommunities sna | 17/04/2006 - 22:09:02 |
| 17560 | Guardian Unlimited Technology | Technology | A thirst for knowledge | wiki telecommunitysoftware collaboration cooperation microenterprise openknowledge openbusiness | 14/04/2006 - 16:30:06 |
| 17491 | Mute magazine - Culture and politics after the net | openknowledge commons knowledgecommons openbusiness microenterprise | 03/04/2006 - 00:58:26 |
| 17315 | Danah Boyd on Glocalization | glocalization microenterprise collaboration cooperation | 14/03/2006 - 01:49:15 |
| 16158 | Smart Mobs: Prosper.com: | business collaboration commons communities community cooperation development economics economy glocalization guilds microcorporations microenterprise microfinance microinvesting microlending micropayments p2p technologiesofcooperation telecommunities tele | 15/02/2006 - 18:17:15 |
| 15830 | Optimize Magazine Collaborative Strategies Working Toward Working Together | peerproduction collaboration cooperation microenterprise sharingeconomy innovation socialdynamics trends | 03/02/2006 - 19:41:19 |
| 15691 | Opportunities in Nigerian Outcomes | nigeria telecommunity microenterprise globalguerillas socialdynamics | 31/01/2006 - 19:14:21 |
| 15272 | Smart Mobs: The future of viral radio | smartmobs wirelessquilts meshnetwworks peerproduction | 23/01/2006 - 01:25:33 |
| 15230 | The Open Knowledge Foundation | sharingeconomy cooperation microenterprise knowledgecommons peerproduction | 22/01/2006 - 19:49:01 |
| 15229 | The Open Knowledge Foundation - The Three Meanings of Open | sharingeconomy cooperation microenterprise knowledgecommons peerproduction | 22/01/2006 - 19:47:02 |
| 15081 | The Individual Is The New Group -- Part 1. Get Real: Stowe Boyd's Soapbox | cooperation collaboration microenterprise technologiesofcooperation socialdynamics | 20/01/2006 - 21:55:08 |
| 14595 | Smart Mobs: Jeff Jarvis: | collaborative creativecommons peerproduction socialnetworks microenterprise smartmobs IP | 09/01/2006 - 22:53:44 |
| 14278 | technology and the social Connective Efficacy | knowledgecommons tools database collaboration cooperation | 07/01/2006 - 10:15:53 |
| 14109 | Risk Markets And Politics | finance politics predictionmarkets wisdomofcrowds smartmobs datamining tools concepts microenterprise | 04/01/2006 - 19:46:38 |
| 14059 | lost in the FOOD CHAIN: Social Purpose Enterprises | politics digitaldivide knowledgecommons economy economics microenerprise cooperation | 03/01/2006 - 19:03:59 |
| 14033 | The Digital Divide Network | blog blogging blogs communities community microenterprise democracy development education information internet management media knowledge networks network politics poverty research social tools technology digitaldivide communities development glocalizati | 03/01/2006 - 16:51:26 |
| 13823 | Guide to Critical Thinking | thinkingtools knowledge design education thinking meme academia criticalthinking | 30/12/2005 - 20:16:56 |
| 13798 | Imaginify Community Network :: imagine if i . . . read the good news | telecommunity sustainability technology cooperation collaboration blog art science history psychology systems complexity knowledgecommons | 30/12/2005 - 19:11:58 |
| 10765 | Starting your micro-enterprise Cirriculum | business collaboration commons community cooperation education glocalization lansingmi microenterprise socialnetwork socialnetworks startup synchrony telecommunity telecommunityexchange theory transparency | 22/12/2005 - 17:38:11 |
| 10695 | CommunityWiki: OrganizedCulture | commons community cooperation design glocalization guilds lenses paradigms socialnetwork socialnetworks socialscience socialsoftware technologiesofcooperation telecommunities unemploymenteconomy | 20/12/2005 - 17:21:16 |
| 10643 | N55 | collaboration community cooperation glocalization guilds microenterprise microfinance microinvesting microinvestment microlending p2p paradigms socialnetwork technologiesofcooperation telecommunities unemploymenteconomy design housing technology commons | 19/12/2005 - 19:41:01 |
| 10530 | Outside Circle Collective - OCC ( an art collective ) - Welcome | art creativity community cooperation collaboration technologiesofcooperation virtualearning | 18/12/2005 - 18:38:40 |
| 10524 | Outside Circle Collective (An Artist Collective) | socialnetwork socialnetworks synchrony technologiesofcooperation telecommunities creativity art | 15/12/2005 - 18:27:57 |
| 10346 | How to Save the World-How to Disrupt and Replace the (Distorted) 'Market' Economy | business collaboration community cooperation elearning guilds microenterprise microfinance microinvestment smartmobs socialsynergy telecommunities telecommunitybiz telecommunityexchange unemploymenteconomy virtualearning | 09/12/2005 - 20:18:34 |
| 10334 | Smart Mobs-Examining The Seigenthaler-Wikipedia Issues | collaboration community cooperation elearning guilds panarchy paradigms reputation socialcapital telecommunities transparency wiki | 09/12/2005 - 18:49:49 |
| 10068 | E-Mail Is So Five Minutes Ago | projetmanagement knowledgemanagement business collaboration cooperation microenterprise socialcapital socialnetwork socialnetworks solopreneur technologiesofcooperation telecommunities telecommunitybiz | 01/12/2005 - 18:51:21 |
| 9838 | Social Network Security Issues Overview | socialnetworksecurity cooperation collaboration | 09/11/2005 - 17:26:43 |
| 9835 | Technologies of Cooperation | technologiesofcooperation business collaboration cooperation | 08/11/2005 - 22:37:52 |