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A project aiming to give citizens a way to participate in the conversation about air quality. It is composed of a sensing device that measures the air quality in the immediate environment and an on-line community that is sharing this information in real-time.

It is a community-developed, open source project that is driven by people who care about the air they breathe.

The real-time discussion will be happening in this open Google Group:
http://groups.google.com/group/airqualityegg

Pachube blog post for context:
http://blog.pachube.com/2011/12/you-can-help-build-open-air-quality.html

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Abstract: Extensive research has been done to analyze the phenomenon of open source software development from various perspectives. By contrast little is known about open source development of tangible objects, so–called open design, so far. Until recently, limitations to the availability of successful empirical examples of this ‘new innovation model’ outside software may have been a key reason for this gap.

This paper contributes to the literature on the open source mode of product development by providing a quantitative study (N = 85) of open design projects. Our goal is to explore the landscape of open source development in the world of atoms, to analyze project characteristics, structures, and success, and to investigate similarities and dissimilarities to open source software development.

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1- The strongest market demand for Design today from private companies and public organizations is for strategy. CEOs and other leaders are turning to innovation/design consultancies for help in shaping brand strategies and even broader organizational strategies. The demand for Design Thinking to help navigate the present and future is perhaps the most powerful force on Design today, at least among the big consultancies based in the US…

2- Demand for products, services and experiences from the same design/innovation consultancies is growing as well. The “doing” part of design is very strong. In fact, as the economy pulls out of the Great Recession, there are signs that the corporate demand for things to sell is about to take off…

… there is no dichotomy between the thinking and the doing in these design consultancies. The market isn’t asking for choices. It is asking for options. Some companies want the strategy only, some the stuff only, many want both…

3- Design practice is increasingly about relationships, not projects …