Posted by Frank Oxener
on Thursday, February 28, 2008
Crowdsourcing firm Kluster officially launched yesterday at the TED conference with a big challenge: “over the next 72 hours we will harness the collective power of TED attendees, and our online community to develop a totally new, tangible product.“
The idea behind Kluster is that a group of passionate people working together can come up with better solutions for any decision-making problem than a single person. Whether that is planning an event, designing a new logo, or creating a new product, Kluster believes their system can work.
I find it an interesting concept. Especially because Kluster also introduces it’s own currency: the watt. I think a sort of Local Exchange Trade system (LETS) as a catalyst for cooperation and innovation is promising. Is this principle a way forward for the International Fablab community?
Posted by Frank Oxener
on Thursday, February 28, 2008
It was about time to do an update of our website.
First, we migrated from Typo to the more ligther-weight and stable Mephisto. The migration was also the moment to use a more timeless theme (Scribbish) and, from now on, to post in English.
It also reflects a slight change in our business focus. We’re still very much dedicated to our Ruby and Rails work, but our active involvement in the Fablab community has lead to a repositioning of our services.
With the expertise of Ruby, Rails and agile software development and our knowledge of digital and personal fabrication, we think that we’re better suited for multidisciplinary projects on the edge of open source connected soft- and hardware.
We closely follow the trends and developments in that sector and we of course share this on our blog.
So stay tuned …... !!
