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BB Video: IFTF, Sun, and Boing Boing Launch Digital Open Youth Innovation Expo
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... Boing Boing Video is teaming up with Institute for the Future to launch The Digital Open, a global expo for youth innovation sponsored by Sun Microsystems. Above, a video we produced with IFTF and teen 'web talent Charis Tobias, to invite young people around the world to join in. Here's a snip from the launch announcement: "What can you make with technology that will change the world, invent the future--or even just make life a little easier or more fun?" Institute for the Future, in ...

BB Video: IFTF, Sun, and Boing Boing Launch Digital Open Youth Innovation Expo
Boing Boing — ... Boing Boing Video is teaming up with Institute for the Future to launch The Digital Open, a global expo for youth innovation sponsored by Sun Microsystems. Above, a video we produced with IFTF and teen 'web talent Charis Tobias, to invite young people around the world to join in. Here's a snip from the launch announcement: "What can you make with technology that will change the world, invent the future--or even just make life a little easier or more fun?" Institute for the Future, in partnership with Sun Microsystems ...

The Digital Open, global expo for youth
MAKE Magazine — ... the world through technology. Top projects in each of the eight categories will be selected by a panel of judges, including Eric J. Wilhelm (Instructables), Lawrence Lessig (Harvard/Creative Commons), Jane McGonigal (Institute for the Future), David Pescovitz (Boing Boing), and Dale Dougherty (MAKE). Winners will receive prizes including a PeeCee mini laptop running the OpenSolaris OS, a video camera, a solar-powered flashlight, and other cool stuff. The Digital Open Read more | Permalink | Comments | ...

Boing Boing Video: recent episodes, in case you missed.
Boing Boing — Here's a recap of the past week in Boing Boing Video episodes. Above -- Digital Open: A Call for Entries. Boing Boing Video is teaming up with Institute for the Future and Sun Microsystems to launch The Digital Open, a global expo for youth innovation. (Download MP4) Above: War Dialer, an experimental animation by Bob Jaroc and Plaid. Best experienced with headphones -- the ...

Digital Open: online tech expo for young people
Boing Boing — ... colleague Jess Hemerly sends the following note about the Digital Open, an IFTF project now underway in partnership with Sun and Boing Boing! Jess writes: ...

Digital Open youth innovation expo: submit early and maybe win a Flip
Boing Boing — ... is August 15 but if you enter your project (even if it's not finalized) by July 24, you may win one of five Flip Ultra Camcorders. Grand prizes in the Digital Open include laptops running OpenSolaris and other fun gear. Entries will be judged by Eric Wilhelm of Instructables, Dale Dougherty of MAKE, Kati London of Area/Code, Graham Hill of Treehugger, Linda Rogers of Sun, Nick Bilton of the New York Times, Lawrence Lessig, our own Xeni Jardin, and many other interesting folks. The Digital Open ...

Digital Open tech innovation expo for global youth: 10 more days to submit projects!
Boing Boing — ... to support the Digital Open, in which youth around the world are invited to submit technology projects "that will change the world--or even just make life a little easier or more fun." ...

Digital Open Winners: Raymond Zhong and Aatash Parikh, "Centralized Student Website"
Boing Boing — ... to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. Today, we're publishing the first of 8 videos profiling each of the winning teen teams -- and we begin with "Centralized Student Website," by Raymond Zhong and Aatash Parikh, two cool kids from Fremont who dig Drupal. ...

Digital Open Winners: "Hybrid Airship," by teen robotic blimp builders.
Boing Boing Gadgets — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In today's episode, you'll meet the "Funky Shiitake Mushrooms," a group of young people from a Fremont, CA high school who build robotic blimps. The one you see in this video also ...

Digital Open Winners: "Hybrid Airship," by teen robotic blimp builders.
Boing Boing — ... to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In today's episode, you'll meet the "Funky Shiitake Mushrooms," a group of young people from a Fremont, CA high school who build robotic blimps. The one you see in this video also doubles as a fashionable hat, as you can see from the photo inset at left (that's me with the headgear). As you'll hear in the video, the blimp in this episode is named "Skittles the Second," after the popular, cartoon-colored candy. They'd made an earlier version of "Skittles," but that one floated away. In ...

Digital Open Winner: teen creates a robot shop
Boing Boing Gadgets — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In today's episode, you'll meet Brennon Williams, a teen from Hillsborough, CA, who created an online robotics store for beginners: The BW Science Labs Store is an idea ...

Digital Open Winner: teen creates a robot shop
Boing Boing — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In today's episode, you'll meet Brennon Williams, a teen from Hillsborough, CA, who created an online robotics store for beginners: The BW Science Labs Store is an idea I've had for a ...

Digital Open Winner: A Living Diorama, to Change the World.
Boing Boing — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In today's episode, you'll meet young Ms. Alexis McAdams, whose winning project was a concept for a kind of "living diorama," called "Dioractive." The idea: re-enact current events (say, the floods in the Phillippines, or the ...

Digital Open Winners: From pocket-sized Altoids tin hack, big dreams emerge
Boing Boing — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In this video, you'll meet awesome 16 year old Nick Brenn. His crafty Altoids tin hacks led to a winning "Electronikits" project for the Digital Open, which sells electronics kits for pocket-sized ...

Digital Open Winners: From pocket-sized Altoids tin hack, big dreams emerge
Boing Boing Gadgets — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In this video, you'll meet awesome 16 year old Nick Brenn. His crafty Altoids tin hacks led to a winning "Electronikits" project for the Digital Open, which sells electronics kits ...

Digital Open Winners: From pocket-sized Altoids tin hack, big dreams emerge.
Boing Boing — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. In this video, you'll meet awesome young person Nick Brenn. This teen's crafty Altoids tin hacks led to his winning "Electronikits" project, which sells electronics kits for pocket-sized tin-mod ...

Digital Open Winners: Teen Designs Eco-Home of the Future
Boing Boing — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. We're publishing an 8-part series of videos profiling the winners. Today, meet 15-year-old Ferran Rovira Bosca, of Spain. He created a concept for an "Eco Self-Sustaining House" -- architecture of the ...

Digital Open Winners: Australian Teen Crafts "Sneaky" Games
Boing Boing — (Download MP4 video or Watch on YouTube, or view with subtitles on Dotsub). Institute for the Future teamed up with Sun Microsystems and Boing Boing Video to co-host the Digital Open, an online tech expo for teens 17 and under around the world. We're publishing an 8-part series of videos profiling the winners. Today, meet 16 year old Harry Lee of Melbourne Australia. He talks with us about his "Sneaky Card" game concept, which explores social ...