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* [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page CHDK homepage] (including supported camera list) | * [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page CHDK homepage] (including supported camera list) | ||
* [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q. May I suggest a new feature?] | * [http://chdk.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#Q._May_I_suggest_a new_feature? May I suggest a new feature?] | ||
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* [http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/tag/chdk/ Time-lapse sample] | * [http://www.tikirobot.net/wp/tag/chdk/ Time-lapse sample] | ||
Revision as of 02:22, 5 February 2010
This talk was has been giving a number of times at Eric von Hippel's classes and is usually 90 minutes in length.
The following links act a tour of a series of examples of user innovation to show the breadth of user innovation and community innovation and production.
CHDK
CHDK is a free software/open source firmware add-on for digital cameras.
- CHDK homepage (including supported camera list)
- new_feature? May I suggest a new feature?
- Screenshots
- Time-lapse sample
- Lightning photography
- HDR photography
- Focus bracketing
- Ultra high-speed shutter and flash
- Download pages with several different builds
RockBox
RockBox is alternate firmware for Digital Audio Players (DAP) including Apple iPods.
- Archos Jukebox
- RockBox Screenshot (video iPod)
- RockBox plugin matrix
- RockBox support devices
- SanDisk Sansa news article
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.
- dotSUB homepage
- Translation demonstration
- RSS in Plain English video with a couple dozen translations
Wikitravel
Wikitravel is a non-Wikimedia collaborative projects that allows communities to create travel guides.
- Ho Chi Minh City on Wikitravel (sample article)
- Wikitravel Press
- Sample Wikitravel Book
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.
