A Vancouver-area high-tech company developing fusion energy is stepping out of the often cloistered world of fusion science to crowdsource difficult engineering problems.
General Fusion, a 65-person operation in the suburb of Burnaby, has allied with renowned US-based innovation crowdsourcing company Innocentive to find a seal for its fusion creation system. The seal must withstand immense pressure, extreme, sun-like temperatures, and many colossal impacts. Innocentive crowdsources innovative solutions from “the world’s smartest people” who compete to provide solutions to business, social, policy, scientific and technical challenges.
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Crowdsourcing is the new outsourcing for scientists (Financial Post)
