slowrotor;
A 5-part newspaper article entitled [Mass collaboration unleashes 'Us' power] said that the book was due out today. I have ordered it.
CRAN's post is a good one. However, I have tried to initiate the same concept in the past, with no luck. It appears that inventors are a proud people with their own ideas and a fear of divulging them. This is unfortunate since a large percentage of ideas are flawed and a polite critique by others allow the individual to adjust his idea or move on to a new one.
A few random thoughts on a proposed methodology;
- Projects: The system would not be limited to one project. It would be inclusive of all; from overall concepts to new unique components. It might be a structured forum and repository of technically VTOL related disciplines. Perhaps with a high level of privacy, some engineers at existing helicopter companies might enjoy contributing to the development of novel ideas, which they are unable to pursue at their companies.
- Patents: (I think; re US patents) The public disclosure of a new idea stops others from patenting it. However, a patent application must be applied for within a year of the public disclosure. Then a low-cost Patent Application can be obtained. Then there is a year before the start of the conversion to a full patent must be started. The person is therefore protected for a number of years while the 'group' collectively improves the idea or give cause as to its fatal shortcomings.
- Renumeration: All viable products might be patented in the name of the 'group' with the members of the group voting on the division ratio of any renumeration received from that product or invention.
IFMU;
By 8:45 AM today (Jan 2, 2007) the top 100 CEO's had earned more money than the average worker will earn during the total year.
Perhaps the the Internet is changing the world from yesterday's technological capitalism, and today's fiscal capitalism, to tomorrow's collective capitalism.
Dave