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Internet Collaboration Drives Electric Car Conversion Crusade
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| Can a collaborative online community turn into a juggernaut for the
| development of electric cars? Finnish forum eCars - Now! wants to start a
| global open source movement to convert used cars into electric vehicles that
| can go fast and far enough to spur mass adoption.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/63934.html
Whither the Knol? Google Takes a New Experiment Live
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| My ultimate dream would be to see the evolution of a knol equivalent of a
| newspaper, with well respected correspondents from all over the world
| contributing news, opinions and analysis on a daily basis - and getting paid
| a living wage for it. If the Google knol encyclopedia project could show the
| way to new resources like that, I'll be a very happy man.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=2008072406152475
http://tinyurl.com/5wk4dw
More bad news to the intellectual monopolies, including Britannica and its
so-called 'IP'.
Holding valuable information back is unethical. In some cases, preventing its
dissemination is a crime.
Yesterday:
Doctors, PHDs to edit new Wikipedia of medical information
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| A project launched Wednesday aims to create what is in essence a medical
| Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia focused on explaining conditions, drugs,
| procedures, medial facilities and other medical topics written by physicians
| and PhDs.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1238485857;fp;16;fpid;1
Related:
Now You Can Read What Doctors See
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| John Willinsky, Open Medicine's volunteer publisher and an open access
| expert at the University of British Columbia, argues access to
| knowledge shouldn't cost the public a dime.
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http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2007/04/18/OpenMed/
Push for open access to research
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| "Cancer patients seeking information on new treatments or parents
| searching for the latest on childhood development issues were often
| denied access to the research they indirectly fund through their
| taxes"
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6404429.stm
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