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The Trailing Edge

Posted on February 25th by Shae Davidson.
The Computer History Simulation Project offers a collaborative forum for people interested in the evolution of computer hardware and software.  The group seeks to create freeware simulations of historic hardware ...
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Hearth and Home

Posted on December 26th by Shae Davidson.
Three innovative programs use cooking technology as a tool for making education and greener technology more widely available.  While all three work to make food preparation more efficiently, each sees development in ...

Science and the “Protected Commons”

Posted on December 13th by Shae Davidson.
Australian non-profit CAMBIA promotes research and technological collaboration in the life sciences as a means of nurturing innovation and making current research more widely available to developing communities.  The group's
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Happy (Belated) Pinhole Day!

Posted on August 10th by Shae Davidson.
The last Sunday in April is Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day, an opportunity to participate in a global collaborative art event. The project goes beyond the similarly themed 24/7 photography ...
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Connor’s Kameraflage gets noticed

Posted on July 27th by Matthew Hockenberry.
A little shout out to fellow collaborative Connor who's work on Kameraflage is getting a lot of attention today. For those of you who don't know: kameraflage is a context-Sensitive ...
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XO-1 V.S. Speak & Spell

Posted on July 9th by Connor Dickie.
The XO-1 (nee OLPC, nee $100 laptop), for those who don't know, is a computing platform developed specifically for young children in developing nations. It has been designed from scratch ...
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Don’t feed your Wii after Midnight

Posted on December 11th by Matthew Hockenberry.
Unintentionally or not, Nintendo has introduced not only a pretty fun and casual gaming system, but also a new area of commoditized development hardware. While the intrepid among us have always been ...
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One less person complaining about olpc

Posted on December 11th by Matthew Hockenberry.
Having had my hands on one of these things for a few minutes, and reading Jon Camfield's concerns about the laptop, one has to wonder about the projects chances of success. ...