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pill bottles How TikTok crowdsourced an open-source 3D-printed pill bottle opener plan for people with Parkinson's Thom Dunn
stormchaser Watch how crowdsourced citizen data demonstrated how tornadoes form Andrea James
hyperlocal mass production Glowforge laser cutter owners made over one million "ear savers" for hospital mask wearers Mark Frauenfelder
old weather Help climate scientists by transcribing weather data from old ships' logs Cory Doctorow
muckrock Searchable, group-annotatable version of the Mueller Report Cory Doctorow
voice commons Common Voice: Mozilla releases the largest dataset of voice samples for free, for all Cory Doctorow
safesurf A browser extension that checks web-pages for misleading and hoax images Cory Doctorow
encyclopedia Artist corrects her Wikipedia bio by rebuilding it on her own site Andrea James
fine combing the fine print Terms of Service; Didn't Read: a browser add-on that warns you about the terrible fine-print you're about to "agree" to Cory Doctorow
cherry mx Fidget spinner keycaps to make your clackies whirly Cory Doctorow
mat ricardo Mat Ricardo's next juggling show will feature a trick you think he can't do Cory Doctorow
sleuthing Crowdsourced sleuthing exonerates politician viewing "dirty" pic Andrea James
crowdsourced Can Everipedia remake collaborative encyclopedias to be inclusive and enjoyable? Andrea James
recaptcha for neurons Mozak: a game that crowdsources the detailed mapping of brain-cells Cory Doctorow
cc Jimmy "Wikipedia" Wales just launched an anti-fake-news wiki: Wikitribune Cory Doctorow
death by a thousand cuts Watching Wikipedia's extinction event from a distance Andrea James