crowdsource Archives - Boing Boing

3d printing How TikTok crowdsourced an open-source 3D-printed pill bottle opener plan for people with Parkinson's Thom Dunn

Science Help ocean scientists build open-source research tools Maggie Koerth
Science Help transcribe ancient Egyptian texts Maggie Koerth
Science Science needs your money (and your gut bacteria) Maggie Koerth
News Crowdfunded journalism + crowdsourced expertise = ? Maggie Koerth
maker Safecast draws on power of the crowd to map Japan's radiation Xeni Jardin
happy mutants Pittsburgh Signs Project: appreciation of the glorious signage of Pittsburgh Cory Doctorow
ebooks Walter Jon Williams uses pirate ebooks to rescue his backlist Cory Doctorow
Art and Design Threadless: Ten Years of T-shirts from the World's Most Inspiring Online Design Community — the book! Cory Doctorow
Technology Translated.by: crowdsourced volunteer translations to Eastern Euro languages Cory Doctorow
music "Failed second album" is a myth. Blame music critics. Rob Beschizza
News Astronaut photographs strange light phenomenon that looks like a fleet of alien spacecraft Allan Rose Hill
movies Netflix silently releases new Takashi Miike film Lumberjack the Monster Natalie Dressed
new york city The Transit app now provides a crowd-sourced "ratistical analysis" of the rattiness of New York City transit stops Jennifer Sandlin
fake news The rumors about an Ebola outbreak at Burning Man are false Jennifer Sandlin
youtube Get rid of ridiculous faces: DeArrow extension crowdsources non-hideous YouTube thumbnails Mark Frauenfelder
song 'Sing A Note': Musician crowdsources songs one note at a time Rusty Blazenhoff
subreddits r/OutOfTheLoop brings the uninitiated up to speed Andrew Yi
Pee-wee's Playhouse Pee-wee's Playhouse actor John Paragon laid to rest in a fitting urn, a "Jambi the Genie" Box Rusty Blazenhoff
snow Minnesota crowdsourced new snow plow names and they're as silly as you'd expect Rusty Blazenhoff