Date: October 31st, 2005
File Size: 3.28mb (11kbps)
Format: Windows Media 10

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Overview: Everybody knows what Lifters are. Millions of people around the globe have seen them on TV and the Internet, and hundreds of thousands of school-children have built them for science fairs around the globe. Quite simply, the Lifter is a phenomenon -- but it took the hard work and dedication of an Open-Source Online Community to make it all happen.

Who were the key participants, and what were the decisions that they made that would change the course of fate for this remarkably controversial device? We're joined by Charles Michael Couch to discuss the birth of Lifters, and where this Open-Source scientific revolution all began...

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Link: Charles Michael Couch Interview
Site: JLN Labs, JLN Newsgroup, Lifters, & Couch Systems
Email: Click here