A few months ago Wired had an article on this topic titled "crowdsourcing." They covered innocentive, the Amazon initiative and a bunch of others. Great read...could not find the URL though. Kamla
Aditya Kapil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I used to write in solutions for biochem queries. I think there is potential for IPR conflict. This is a cheap way for large companies to get their hairy problems solved without paying royalties. Wait till scientists understand this... Adit. On 12/14/06, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > This is an interesting idea: a site which plays matchmaker between > companies and scientists. Companies detail out the problems they want > solved, and the bounty they're prepared to pay for it (awards range > from USD 10k to USD 100k). If you're a scientist, you take a shot at > the question and the prize. > > Kind of like a specialised Yahoo Answers. > > http://www.innocentive.com/ > > Udhay > > >
