#OSE Open Source Everything – Page 97 – Public Intelligence Blog

IMAGINE a Coalition Team led by an Independent but in fact a team of equals whose sole mission in life was to restore the integrity of the electoral process in 2015 and thence of the government, economy, and society in the USA in 2016 and beyond. Below is such a team as a starting point for national Living Room Conversations about the possibilities. The point of this conversation is to talk about how an honest government might function on the basis of ethical evidence-based decision-support, where the public interest, not special interests, are central.

President: Angus King

Vice President: Jill Stein or Elizabeth Warren

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2015/03/20

Nik Peachey: School in the Cloud — One Question at a Time

Cloud, Education

This is a great resource to generate student research and discussion.

School in the Cloud

School in the Cloud allows learning to happen anywhere by supporting children all over the world to tap into their innate sense of wonder and ability to work together in Self Organised Learning Envrionments.

2015/03/202015/03/19

Michael Kearns: Internet Space Race

Access

Outernet Joins The Space Race For Internet Accessibility

The space race to launch satellites providing internet coverage to the roughly 4 billion people living in unconnected or nominally connected communities around the world is no longer just the purview of billionaire moguls and the world’s biggest Internet companies. Outernet, a small, independently-funded media company with a unique vision for distributing Internet content like a radio broadcast, is partnering with the UK Space Agency, and Scottish satellite equipment manufacturer, Clyde Space, on a cost-sharing project for manufacturing “cubesats.” Read more.

2015/03/19

Jean Lievens: Forget Sharing — Go Circular Economy

Architecture, Design, Economics/True Cost, Innovation, Manufacturing, Materials, Resilience, Science, Transparency

Forget the ‘sharing economy': technology is about to usher in the ‘circular' economy

A ‘circular supply chain’ using technology can achieve sustainable production and business growth

An open, networked business-to-business platform that connects entire supply chains can serve as the enabler for progressive enterprises with the foresight to seize the opportunity.

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2015/03/18

Sepp Hasslberger: 3D Printing is Sci-Fi Cool

Design, Hardware

Here is a real advance in 3D printing No longer is the object made of layer deposited above layer, it's grown continuously speeding up the process and making the final object more “real”

Incredible New 3D Printing Technique Looks Like Sci-Fi

You've never seen a 3D printer like this

Video, text, and graphics.

2015/03/18

Jean Lievens: Open Networking In, What Next?

Design, Hardware

Now that networking's open, what's next?

Open-source hardware and software from Facebook's Open Compute Project offer new options, but most enterprises won't use them for years

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Skorupa expects a third of all IT shops — including the Web-scale players — to adopt open networking. Another third will stick with the tried and true, and the other third may go either way, he said. Read more.

2015/03/172015/03/20

Open Power: Revolution Now! Non-Violently — for Electoral Reform Act of 2015 in Time for 2016

Access, Design, Governance, P2P / Panarchy, Politics

Revolution Now – Non-Violently – for Electoral Reform in 2015

Want an Honest Government Of, By, and For We the 99%? Here’s How.

Robert David STEELE Vivas (Native-Born Bi-Lingual Pissed-Off Latino Activist)

I cannot stress this enough: whatever your issue, however righteous and important it might be, it will never get a fair hearing as things now stand.

The ONLY way any issue might receive a fair hearing is if we FIRST achieve Electoral Reform and restore integrity to our government.

SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Rev-USA-2015

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