En el blog nos encantan las competencias abiertas mundialmente. Hay una en curso, para la que queda poco más de una semana: el concurso para el nuevo diseño de la botella de Heineken. El tema del concurso es «cómo la gente se va a comunicar en los próximos 140 años», y lo interesante es que diseñás sólo media botella. A través de Facebook tenés que encontrar un diseñador participante que diseñe la otra mitad (tu «media cebada?»).
Algún rioplatense que quiera demostrar que en esta zona la rompemos con las botellas de cerveza, y no sólo dejando vidrios tirados en la vereda?
Pablo Brenner & Sergio Fogel Blog 
Ya que hablan de competencias yo me entere de una muy interesante que si se hace realidad seria un gran avance.
Es el Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize
http://www.qualcommtricorderxprize.org/
Y la idea es disenar un dispositivo similar al tricorder de star treck con el que se podian diagnosticar enfermedades de diferentes tipos. Y yo creo que no estamos lejos de verlo hecho realidad.
Me parecio muy interesante esto que dice en la pagina
The Need for the Prize
In virtually every industry, end consumer needs drive advances and improvements. Except in healthcare. Very few methods exist for consumers to receive direct medical care without seeing a healthcare professional at a clinic or hospital, creating an access bottleneck. Despite substantial investment to improve the status quo, even average levels of service, efficiency, affordability, accessibility, and satisfaction remain out of reach for many whom the system was intended to help. A prize is thus sorely needed.
In response to this widespread need, the Qualcomm Tricorder X PRIZE will:
* Address the dual challenge of a) transforming healthcare by turning the «art» of medicine into a science, and b) making health a willing part of individuals’ daily lives.
* Tackle needed breakthroughs in sensing technologies, technological integration, regulatory acceptance, and the perception that healthcare should be controlled by only a few skilled parties.
* Incentivize teams to focus on a) precision diagnosis and measurement that is independent of healthcare institutions/professionals and on b) consumer needs/adoption.
* Facilitate necessary partnerships and regulatory pathways required for this major transformation.
* Inspire a future where consumers demand the tools to assess and manage their health independent of a hospital or doctor’s office.
* Spark the creation of markets and products that offer medical detection, prevention, and management, as well as more complete diagnostics.
Bom o concurso.
Bem elaborado e sofisticado os enlaces criando uma comunidade.
O desenho é feito a dois.
Belíssimo trabalho.