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innovation used as examples to show the breadth of user innovation and
innovation used as examples to show the breadth of user innovation and
community innovation and production for a class by Eric von Hippel's.
community innovation and production for a class by Eric von Hippel's.
== RockBox ==
[http://www.rockbox.org RockBox] is alternate firmware for Digital Audio Players (DAP) including
Apple iPods.
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Jukeboxrecorder2b.jpg Archos Jukebox]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox#Gallery RockBox Screenshot] (video iPod)
* [http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginIndex RockBox plugin matrix]
* [http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DeviceChart RockBox support devices]
* [http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/05/rockbox-on-the-sandisk-sansa-e200-series.php SanDisk Sansa news article]


== CHDK ==
== CHDK ==
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* [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Samples:_High-Speed_Shutter_%26_Flash-Sync Ultra high-speed shutter and flash]
* [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Samples:_High-Speed_Shutter_%26_Flash-Sync Ultra high-speed shutter and flash]
* [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Downloads Download pages] with several different builds
* [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Downloads Download pages] with several different builds
== RockBox ==
[http://www.rockbox.org RockBox] is alternate firmware for Digital Audio Players (DAP) including
Apple iPods.
* [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/62/Jukeboxrecorder2b.jpg Archos Jukebox]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockbox#Gallery RockBox Screenshot] (video iPod)
* [http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/PluginIndex RockBox plugin matrix]
* [http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/DeviceChart RockBox support devices]
* [http://www.anythingbutipod.com/archives/2006/05/rockbox-on-the-sandisk-sansa-e200-series.php SanDisk Sansa news article]


== dotSUB ==
== dotSUB ==

Revision as of 02:11, 5 February 2010

This talk was given at::Eric von Hippel's class on delivered on::March 7, 2008 and was length::90 minutes in length.

The following links act a tour of a series of examples of user innovation used as examples to show the breadth of user innovation and community innovation and production for a class by Eric von Hippel's.

CHDK

CHDK is a free software/open source firmware add-on for digital cameras.

RockBox

RockBox is alternate firmware for Digital Audio Players (DAP) including Apple iPods.

dotSUB

Is an online community that engages in collaborative translations of videos and film through collaborative amateur subtitling at less than order of magnitude the cost of professional subtitling.

Wikitravel

Wikitravel is a non-Wikimedia collaborative projects that allows communities to create travel guides.

Other (more whimsical but no less useful) community travel sites include:

DDWRT and OpenWRT

OpenWRT is a community produced firmware for home routers including the Linksys WRT. [DD-WRT is a version of OpenWRT that is now distributed commercially on several routers.

Software hacks:

Hardware hacks:

There are now even several books on the topic of modifying a WRT54G machine including this one:

iRobot Create

iRobot is a version of iRobot's popular Roomba vacuum cleaner that is designed for hobbiest. A large number of hobbiest had modified and improved their Roomba robotic vaccum cleaners. Create is essentially a Roomba minus the vacuum cleaner that is targeted at hobbyiests.