How to turn plastic waste in your recycle bin into profit
Consumers can turn plastic waste into valuable products at minimal cost using the open source technologies associated with DRAM – distributed recycling and additive manufacturing.
Joshua M. Pearce, Wite Professor of Materials Science & Engineering, and Electrical & Computer Engineering, Michigan Technological University •
conversation
Jan. 11, 2021 • ~9 min
Jan. 11, 2021 • ~9 min
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COVID-19 vaccines: Open source licensing could keep Big Pharma from making huge profits off taxpayer-funded research
Governments must embrace policies that promote sharing and collective invention to create and distribute a vaccine quickly.
Timothy Ford, Professor and Chair of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• conversation
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~9 min
Sept. 18, 2020 • ~9 min
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The MIT Press releases a comprehensive report on open-source publishing software
Report catalogs, analyzes available open-source publishing software; warns open publishing must grapple with siloed development and community-owned ecosystems.
Jessica Pellien | MIT Press •
mit
Aug. 8, 2019 • ~4 min
Aug. 8, 2019 • ~4 min
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MIT to conduct an environmental scan of open source publishing | MIT News
Grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation will enable a landscape analysis and code audit of all known open source authoring and publishing platforms.
MIT Press
• mit
June 22, 2018 • ~2 min
June 22, 2018 • ~2 min
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MIT Media Lab offers research position to Bassel Khartabil | MIT News
MIT Media Lab
• mit
Oct. 22, 2015 • ~1 min
Oct. 22, 2015 • ~1 min
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