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crowdsourcing

The sound collage, “Social Distance, Haiku, and You,” pulls together haikus about life in quarantine from all over the world.  
Coronavirus Art
Quarantine projects curate pandemic-inspired art
A Google Maps image of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Franciso.
Technology
Want to know if the mall is crowded? That’s just one of the promises of future maps
Stephen (left) and Shadrack (center) Osero from Kenya discuss their project for using human waste as a source of green power at this year's Climate CoLab conference at MIT. The brothers were among the winners of this year's CoLab contest, which crowdsourc
Environment
An MIT project crowdsources local solutions in the fight against climate change
Lifestyle & Belief
In ‘Twitch Plays Pokemon,’ a million people played one character in a 16-day videogame
Triathlete Sebastian Kienle of Germany reacts to the crowd after coming in third place at the Ironman World Championship in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, October 12, 2013
Sports
A crowdsourced crowd is cool, but nothing beats real sports spectators
Arts, Culture & Media
When Kickstarter campaigns succeeds, but promises aren’t kept, there’s little recourse
Arts, Culture & Media
Eyebrows raised as Kickstarter touts its increased funding of the arts
Global Politics
A passionate call for more African media
Health & Medicine
Doctors embrace online health forums
Business, Economics and Jobs
Crowdsourcing crisis information in Kenya
Environment
re-CAPTCHA-ing the word
Arts, Culture & Media
Social Media Sites Look to Help in Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation
100,000 Volunteer Proofreaders and a Whole Lot of Books
Arts, Culture & Media
Winner: Photo Remix Challenge
Crowdsourcing Sexual Violence Data in Syria
Environment
Safecast Crowdsourced Radation Data and the Unknown
Environment
Inventions for saving the world (and helping Haiti now!)
Arts, Culture & Media
Making a user-generated grilled cheese
Environment
In Kenya, Ushahidi hopes to save lives by ‘crowdsourcing’ crisis info
Environment
Samasource: ‘Microwork’ for the developing world
Kenya bloggers monitor unrest