Open source and crowdsourcing principles are well understood: When you get enough talented people working on a problem, especially in an open way, progress comes quickly. wrote an article for the IEEE Spectrum called The Future of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence is Open. Take a look – and take your time. MORE >>

It was an overwhelming success due to the hard work and curation of the steering committee led by the team at Houston’s premier designshop  Culture Pilot. Last year, Houston was privileged to get its first TEDx event. This year is going to be bigger and better. Events General TEDxHouston MORE >>

As Flickr did for the social web and consumption models, Github uses an open, social design for all sorts collaborative models, like Docracy 's open source contact negotiation tools, GrabCAD for mechanical engineers, or K nowable for physical DIY projects. It's a web where 1+1 really does equal more than 2. Find me on." MORE >>

We call the automation "Priam", after Cassandras father in Greek mythology, it runs in a separate Apache Tomcat JVM and we are in the process of removing Netflix specific code from Priam so that we can release it as an open source project later this year. Open positions at Netflix. Upcoming Changes to the Open API Program. MORE >>

TED is the latest to directly jump into the education market — offering something for those looking for online learning, open source edu, uncollege, hack edu, or any other angle on disrupting education. They are calling on top educators to step up and join in with a short lesson to share with the world. MORE >>