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The Risks of Sticking with Legacy Technology

Daniel Burrus

In July 2016, Southwest Airlines canceled 2,300 flights when a router failed, delaying hundreds of thousands of passengers. In November 2015, Orly Airport in Paris was forced to ground planes for several hours when the airport’s weather data management system crashed. “No” No” Can Be More Costly Than “Yes”.

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Game Changers: How Citizen Science and Gamification Are Transforming the Business World

Qmarkets

The ‘Globe at Night’ project – run by the National Optical Astronomy Observatory – recruited citizen scientists to help assess light pollution levels. Crowdsourcing company HeroX provides a platform for citizen driven innovation and science projects in conjunction with the Nasa Tournaments Lab.