Berkeley Innovation

I have no idea what this website says, but there are pics of some nifty umbrella designs. Reminded me of the rainy brainstorm we had earlier this semester.

Hands Free Umbrella

Here's a link to the site that shows how to make an LCD projector out of a LCD monitor and overhead projector. The projector really works :) I'll post some of my pictures later.

- Khang

Tom's Hardware Guide: Build Your Own XGA Projector

From slashdot:

eaglemoon writes "Many people still have difficulty understanding why open source software projects are successfull. The Boston Globe has an interview with Eric von Hippel, a Professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, on users as innovators. In his new book, von Hippel, discusses how open source projects draw on the creativity of ''lead users," who are often ahead of the curve on technology and marketplace trends. Von Hippel shows the trend already is more advanced than is generally known, and users often freely reveal their innovations for the common good. The social efficiency of a system in which individual innovations are developed by individual users is increased if users somehow diffuse what they have developed to others.....he also notes that the transition to user-centered innovation is hard for some companies to swallow. The online version of the book is available under a Creative Commons license."

Here it is: Democratizing Innovation
+Jono

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