DARPA's Biology Is Technology conference discusses problems with open-source big data. - 0 views
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Dinah Galligo on 30 Jun 15by Lily Hay Newman - Slate, 24/06/15 In 2002, an article in the Washington Monthly explored a new trend called "open-source biology." It asked, "Can a band of biologists who share data freely out-innovate corporate researchers?" The basic idea: Instead of squirreling away their research so no one else could use it, scientists would pool their findings.