Around the web in week 31, 2012

Fundstücke published this week:

New CKAN data portals31 Jul 2012, Mark Wainwright

The last few months have seen a lot of activity in Open Data round the world, and a corresponding …

BBC Internet Blog: Building the Olympic Data Services

BBC Internet Blog: Building the Olympic Data Services: The Olympic achievement behind the scenes: building a linked data architecture to deal with XML message streams, a complex domain ontology, near-real-time video on demand linked with additional inf…

DFID Open and Enhanced Access Policy Published at Long Last

DFID Open and Enhanced Access Policy Published at Long Last:
From November 1st, all recipients of DFID funded research must make their findings freely available.

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Under the new policy, researchers will be required to make peer-reviewed journal …

Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future

Marc Goodman: A vision of crimes in the future (by TEDtalksDirector)
What can (also) be expected with drones, 3D printing, the internet of things and DNA sequencing…

TEDxCambridge – Scott Summit’s beautiful artificial limbs…

TEDxCambridge – Scott Summit’s beautiful artificial limbs (by TEDxTalks)
3D printing lets us move away from mass-produced identical items, to personalised experiences

Free access to British scientific research within two years (The Guardian)

Free access to British scientific research within two years (The Guardian): An important move for open access, but probably not the right one:

[…] research papers that describe work paid for by the British taxpayer will be free online for universiti…

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