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* [http://dotsub.com/films/inplainenglish/index.php RSS in Plain English] video with a couple dozen translations | * [http://dotsub.com/films/inplainenglish/index.php RSS in Plain English] video with a couple dozen translations | ||
== Wikitravel == | |||
[http://wikitravel.org Wikitravel] is a non-Wikimedia collaborative projects that allows communities to create travel guides. | |||
* [http://wikitravel.org/en/Ho_Chi_Minh_City Ho Chi Minh City] on Wikitravel (sample article) | |||
* [http://wikitravelpress.com/ Wikitravel Press] | |||
* [http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=1849551 Sample Wikitravel Book] | |||
Other (more whimsical but no less useful) community travel sites include: | |||
* [http://www.sleepinginairports.net/ The Budget Travel's Guide to Sleeping in Airports] | |||
* [http://www.airlinemeals.net/ arlinemeals.net] and their [http://www.airlinemeals.net/indexMeals.html extensive meal list] | |||
== DDWRT and OpenWRT == | == DDWRT and OpenWRT == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:08, 10 June 2012
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[edit]
CHDK is a free software/open source firmware add-on for digital cameras.
- Dumping Canon Firmware
- CHDK homepage (including supported camera list)
- Screenshots
- Time-lapse sample
- Lightning photography plus [1] [2]
- HDR photography [3]
- Focus bracketing
- Ultra high-speed shutter and flash
- FAQ: May I suggest a new feature?
RockBox[edit]
RockBox is alternate firmware for Digital Audio Players (DAP) including Apple iPods.
- Archos Jukebox
- RockBox Feature Tour (iPod nano) iPod Screenshot
- RockBox plugin matrix
- RockBox support devices
- SanDisk Sansa news article
dotSUB[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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:
Roomba/iCreate[edit]
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 hobbiests.
![[3]](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Columbia_Parliament_Buildings_-_Pano_-_HDR.jpg){kind=link}
