The Battle for Twitter Privacy: Round 5

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06.04.12, 9:30am Comments (2)
It may not actually be round five, but it's been a while since I updated Shareable readers on my prosecution for disorderly conduct in connection with Occupy Wall Street that has turned into a surprisingly important test case for online privacy. Read more »

Hans Rosling Visualizes Population Growth In One Minute [VIDEO]

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06.01.12, 12:42pm Comments (0)
In a “one minute TED talk”, Hans Rosling demonstrates global population growth and socioeconomic trends using only a handful of rocks. Read more »

OSHWA Connects the Open Source Hardware Community

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05.21.12, 12:56pm Comments (0)
Open Source Hardware is a peer-to-peer DIY movement to re-imagine manufacturing. A new association aims to serve as a hub for this burgeoning community. Read more »

DataKind's Vision of a Data-Driven Social Change Movement

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05.16.12, 1:32pm Comments (1)
The Chicago DataDive connected social organizations and geeks to build a civic data community to create lasting social change. Read more »

What A Hover Car Says About The Future Of Crowdsourcing

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05.16.12, 12:55pm Comments (1)
The process used to imagine tomorrow's cars, rather than their actual design, may hold important clues about the future of the manufacturing industry. Read more »

Building A National Digital Library

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05.09.12, 8:18am Comments (0)
One group's ambitious plan to make our shared cultural materials available to all. Read more »

Factor E Holiday: Worklife on an Open Source Farm

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05.07.12, 3:36pm Comments (3)
Reflections from a visit to Factor E Farm, the rural Missouri farm that launched the Open Source Ecology movement and the Global Village Construction Set. Read more »

Defying Disposable Design [VIDEOS]

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04.27.12, 3:45pm Comments (1)
While product life cycles seem to be endlessly contracting, there are viable and powerful alternatives to planned obsolescence. Read more »

What is The Future of Mobility?

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04.20.12, 12:53am Comments (4)
A panel of industry representatives, planners, and policy experts discussed the future of mobility at a recent Collaborative Chats event. They discussed parking policies, the future of technology, how to serve low-income communities and the developing world, and how to shift consumer behavior. Read more »

Can Sharing Wi-fi Help Bridge the Digital Divide?

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04.17.12, 1:32pm Comments (6)
One-third of Americans don't subscribe to broadband Internet. How sharing wifi could address this inequity and bolster the economy. Read more »
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