Translations. Imagine a worldwide community of volunteers willing and able to translate your media content into any major language. Pictured here is Anwar Dafa-Alla of Sudan, who has translated 740 TED presentations into Arabic. To date 7,824 volunteers like Anwar have translated 29,340 TED talks into 88 languages. What is it about TED that inspires such deep level of community commitment? What can other organizations learn about building communities? What can they accomplish in a world where language is no longer a major barrier? Via TED

Translations. Imagine a worldwide community of volunteers willing and able to translate your media content into any major language. Pictured here is Anwar Dafa-Alla of Sudan, who has translated 740 TED presentations into Arabic. To date 7,824 volunteers like Anwar have translated 29,340 TED talks into 88 languages. What is it about TED that inspires such deep level of community commitment? What can other organizations learn about building communities? What can they accomplish in a world where language is no longer a major barrier? Via TED

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Ford Partners With Bug Labs To Develop Open Source Platform For In-Car Innovatin’ | TechCrunch Today at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Ford looks to continue pushing forward with in-car connectivity and gadgetry, announcing a partnership with Bug Labs — an open-source hardware and software provider that tinkerers and engineers can use to create their own digital devices. The two companies will be collaborating on a new in-car research platform, named OpenXC, which looks to transform the car into a plug-and-play platform that will support open-source hardware and software to allow developers to make the car a playground for all kinds of cool new technologies. OpenXC, which is based on Bug Labs’ Bug System, will allow users to create a personalized driving experience through add-ons like visual and audio feedback interfaces and environmental sensors and safety devices — simply by snapping Bug Labs’ hardware modules into the consoles of vehicles. At Disrupt, Ford and Bug Labs demonstrated the OpenXC platform using a Ford Fiesta to showcase a prototype “Fuel Economy Challenge” app that uses Bug Labs’ hardware and software modules to provide a LED fuel efficiency display module in the vehicle’s cockpit. When up and running, the app illuminates the windshield with a display presenting the driver’s current fuel efficiency. Drivers then have access to realtime data on how others in the challenge are performing, and who is driving most efficiently.

Ford Partners With Bug Labs To Develop Open Source Platform For In-Car Innovatin’ | TechCrunch

Today at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, Ford looks to continue pushing forward with in-car connectivity and gadgetry, announcing a partnership with Bug Labs — an open-source hardware and software provider that tinkerers and engineers can use to create their own digital devices. The two companies will be collaborating on a new in-car research platform, named OpenXC, which looks to transform the car into a plug-and-play platform that will support open-source hardware and software to allow developers to make the car a playground for all kinds of cool new technologies.

OpenXC, which is based on Bug Labs’ Bug System, will allow users to create a personalized driving experience through add-ons like visual and audio feedback interfaces and environmental sensors and safety devices — simply by snapping Bug Labs’ hardware modules into the consoles of vehicles.

At Disrupt, Ford and Bug Labs demonstrated the OpenXC platform using a Ford Fiesta to showcase a prototype “Fuel Economy Challenge” app that uses Bug Labs’ hardware and software modules to provide a LED fuel efficiency display module in the vehicle’s cockpit. When up and running, the app illuminates the windshield with a display presenting the driver’s current fuel efficiency. Drivers then have access to realtime data on how others in the challenge are performing, and who is driving most efficiently.

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