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Economics

Face Mask Volunteers DIY Their Own Kind of Division of Labor

Making masks, face shields, and other protective equipment is the bottom-up, COVID-19 version of rolling bandages or knitting socks for the troops.

Virginia Postrel | 6.4.2020 6:00 AM

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Coronavirus

Snorkel Respirators, 3D-Printed Masks, and Other Grassroots Efforts To Fight COVID-19

People around the world are working together in unprecedented ways to help their neighbors and produce critical medical supplies.

Justin Monticello | 4.20.2020 10:10 AM

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George Hotz

This Hacker Is Making a Driverless Car in His Garage

George Hotz wants to remake everything from your car to your phone, cheaper and faster than Google or Tesla.

Justin Monticello | 3.1.2018 12:00 PM

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Science

How Open-Access Journals Are Transforming Science

Academic publishers are "still acting as if the internet doesn't exist," says Michael Eisen, co-founder of the Public Library of Science.

Justin Monticello | 11.30.2017 5:46 PM

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Self-driving vehicles

Super Hacker George Hotz: I Can Make Your Car Drive Itself for Under $1,000

Comma.ai aims to bring plug-and-play autonomy to the masses.

Justin Monticello | 10.27.2017 4:15 PM

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Cory Doctorow

Cory Doctorow's 'Fully Automated Luxury Communist Civilization'

The author of Little Brother and Walkaway on dystopia, the end of scarcity, and what's going to get him arrested

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 7.12.2017 6:00 AM

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Science Fiction

Cory Doctorow on Cyber Warfare, Lawbreaking, and His New Novel 'Walkaway'

The novelist, activist, and BoingBoing founder on cyber warfare, Uber-style reputation economics, and what he's likely to get arrested for someday.

Katherine Mangu-Ward and Todd Krainin | 5.25.2017 9:37 AM

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Privacy

Encrypted Social Network 'Minds' Will Protect User Data From Government and Corporate Snoops

Minds excels where other popular social networks, particularly Facebook, fail: transparency and protecting user privacy.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 6.17.2015 2:20 PM

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Technology

VID: Meet the Man Building Elon Musk's 760MPH Hyperloop

Can he really build a supersonic tube transport system, which could go from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes?

Justin Monticello | 5.10.2015 1:00 PM

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Openness

Free the Seeds!

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 4.30.2015 10:00 AM

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Technology

VID: Meet the Man Building Elon Musk's 760mph Hyperloop: Interview with Dirk Ahlborn

Can he really build a supersonic tube transport system, which could go from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes?

Justin Monticello | 4.7.2015 12:20 PM

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Technology

Meet the Man Building Elon Musk's 760MPH Hyperloop: Interview with Dirk Ahlborn

Can he really build a supersonic tube transport system, which could go from LA to San Francisco in 35 minutes?

Justin Monticello | 4.7.2015 12:15 PM

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Open Source

Crowdsourcing Social Problems

Using distributed technology to tackle society's most intractable challenges.

William Eggers | 12.25.2013 1:30 PM

Drones

Small Drone Autopilot System Goes Open Source

Build your own tiny, flying spy

Reason Staff | 8.28.2013 2:00 PM

Internet

Clay Shirky on What a School Lunch Blog Teaches Us About Open Government

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.2.2012 4:45 PM

Technology

Kickstarting Ouya: Crowd-Funded Venture Capitalism or Maybe Just a Big Scam

Can technological innovation be funded the same way as an indie film?

Scott Shackford | 8.24.2012 6:00 PM

Patents

Citizen Science, Microfinanced Research, Patent Trolls, and Pharma Prizes

A final dispatch from the Open Science Summit.

Ronald Bailey | 8.3.2010 4:30 PM

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