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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.
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 and Boing Boing, invite youth worldwide, age 17 and under, to join us as we explore the frontiers of free and open innovation. Running from April 15 until August 15, 2009, the Digital Open: An Innovation Expo for Global Youth will accept text, photos, and videos documenting projects at DigitalOpen.org from young people around the world, all licensed under one from a list of free and open software licenses.
Youth can submit projects in a variety of areas, ranging from the environment, media, and community, to the more traditional open source domains of software and hardware. Additionally, the Digital Open will provide resources and links to help them learn more about free and open technology movements, from figures like Richard Stallman to organizations like Creative Commons.
(…) Marina Gorbis, Executive Director of the Institute for the Future emphasized the participatory nature of the project. “The Digital Open is more than just a competition,” she says. “It’s about recognizing and encouraging kids to follow their passions while giving them community experiences that further encourage or challenge their best thinking.”
The top project in each of the eight Digital Open categories will be selected by a panel of approximately 20 judges, including David-Michel Davies (Webby Awards) Lawrence Lessig (Harvard/Creative Commons), David Pescovitz (Boing Boing!) and Dale Dougherty (Make).
Winners receive a tech prize package including a PeeCee mini laptop running the OpenSolaris operating system, a video camera, a solar-powered flashlight, and other goodies.