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Open Source's Fortunes In Poland Could Be About To Change, Thanks To Education
Open source has had a mixed reception in Poland's public sector, with some government agencies actively blocking efforts to increase uptake of the software. But the situation could be set for a reversal, after changes in the education sector. Read More »
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Open Source, Soccer-Playing Robots For All!
What’s cooler than a humanoid robot? Why, a humanoid robot that plays soccer, of course. And you can get one for just 25 grand. Read More »
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Open Source: Internet Association Website Connects Users, Policymakers
Advocacy is in the hands of the user on the Internet Association’s new website, where the global web community can connect with policymakers and mark up legislation that could affect the internet. Read More »
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Open Source: The Stealth Stimulus Package
If I asked you to account for your energy consumption, you might list your laundry equipment on the spreadsheet. We'd see how much you spend using your dryer each month -- quite a large amount. Worried by the cost, you might then opt for a clothesline in your yard. Naturally, your costs have gone down. But has your energy usage? Read More »
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Open Source Sesame
One concept for accelerating the development of drugs for neglected diseases is application of the “open source” innovation model which originated the software industry. This model is based on easy access to source code, distributed work among unaffiliated programmers, and rights to use and sell derivative products to produce usable and useful programs quickly and at low-cost (c.f., Open Source Initiative).
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Open Sourcing Our Food System: Planting Seeds For The Future
Food. It’s a basic human need. But as the world population has moved farther and farther from our agrarian roots, the food industry has shifted away from independent farmers and toward an industrial agricultural system. Increasingly, large agricultural companies are turning to monocultures and genetic engineering for efficiency of production and competitive advantage... Read More »
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Open Standards Due In Autumn
The public consultation on open standards for government IT is with ministers for consideration and the outcome is likely to be published this Autumn. Read More »
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Open Textbooks Gain in Push for College Affordability
The standard textbook for Fundamentals of General Chemistry I at the University of Connecticut has a list price of $303. For students who use the version professor Edward Neth is preparing for the fall semester, the cost will be zero. An early adopter of open source textbooks, Neth said he turned to the new technology out of frustration with spiraling prices of commercial textbooks. “It’s seeing the costs go up every semester and almost feeling powerless,” Neth said...
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Open Up To Open Standards
As we foray in to 2013 and beyond, we see the emergence of everything open (open source, open standards, open courses, open data, open innovation and open spectrum)...While the verdict is yet to be out, there is already a widespread acceptance from the industry on the following openness. Read More »
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Open vs Closed EHR Systems With Jonathan Bush
Yesterday I had a video interview scheduled with Jonathan Bush from athenahealth. [...] [There] was a system wide problem and so we were unable to broadcast the interview. However, Jonathan and I were able to see each other and so we just did a more traditional interview about the subject of open vs closed EHR systems. Read More »
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Open World Forum Extend Call For Papers
Open World Forum has been bringing together European decision makers to explore the impact and potential future impact of free and open source software since 2008. This year it’s grown again, is moving to a larger venue and will be taking place on October the 3rd, 4th and 5th in Paris, France. Read More »
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Open Your Eyes
Bill Aylward’s experience as a “frustrated medical director” at Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust led to him taking on an open source electronic patient record project. Rebecca Todd reports. Read More »
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Open, Free Access to Academic Research? This Will Be a Seismic Shift
Opening up access to academic research will put more data and power in the hands of the people who pay for it. Read More »
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Open, Sesame
If in 2004, Nucleic Acids Research made an overnight switch from being a subscription-based journal to an open access (OA) one, 10 years later high-energy physics as a field will make such a shift when nearly 90 per cent of papers published in a dozen journals will become freely accessible. Read More »
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Open-Access Harassment: Science, Technology And Women
The working cultures and structures of science and technology may be different, but they both feed sexist myths of meritocracy Read More »
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