Dean Kamen, to me one of the most brilliant contemporany inventors of our time (know segway? AutoSyringe’s?, Insulin Pumps? and so much more…) seems to have come up with something extraordinary that might as well solve a lot of today’s health problems, have a look at his demo on the Colbert Report for the Water Purifying machine:
Yesterday, just as I finished the workshop on Online Communities), Hamish Campbell caught me and managed to record a short interview where I’ve answered some of his pretty hard questions about the role of online communities as tools for social change…
After seeing and hearing the resulting video I decided that (even if I was really tired and my english was far from perfect) I might as well share it since I honestly believe in the power of social change through technology. I’m posting it here with the hope that anyone interested in such possibilities might enjoy building up or commenting something about my rather simplistic answers.
DataPortability gathers existing open standards into a blueprint for a social, open, remixable web where your online identity, media, contacts and content can follow you wherever you go.
DataPortability reune standards já existentes definindo a base para uma web aberta, social e remixable onde a tua identidade, os teus contactos e todos os contéudos por ti produzidos podem seguir-te para onde quer que vás.