Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Massive scale on-line collaboration

After re-purposing CAPTCHA so each human-typed response helps digitize books, Luis von Ahn wondered how else to use small contributions by many on the Internet for greater good. In this talk, he shares how his ambitious new project, Duolingo, will help millions learn a new language while translating the Web quickly and accurately — all for free.

http://www.ted.com/talks/luis_von_ahn_massive_scale_online_collaboration

Recaptcha saw a small problem (wasting only 10 seconds) and turned it into something that benefits the world. What did they decide to do?

What is a time waster that you could turn into something productive?

Let's sign up for www.duolingo.com!

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