Expert Labs

Expert Labs is a non-profit technology incubator intended to aid government access expertise from interested members of the public. Part of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,[1] it was formed in November 2009, following discussions with the White House Office of Science & Technology Policy.[2] Expert Labs is directed by longtime blogger and technology evangelist Anil Dash.[1] Initial funding of US$500,000 is from the MacArthur Foundation.[3]

Gina Trapani joined as a Product Director in February 2010.[4]. Her private project ThinkTank has since been renamed ThinkUp and is now funded by Expert Labs.

Andy Baio joined as a Project Director in November 2010.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Bilton, Nick (January 13, 2010). "One on One: Anil Dash of Expert Labs". bits.blogs.nytimes.com (The New York Times). http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/one-to-one-anil-dash-of-expert-labs-and-six-apart/. 
  2. ^ "Crowdsourcing Social Networks to Inform Public Policy". Wired News. 18 November 2009. http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/11/anil-dash-crowdsources-social-networks-to-inform-public-policy/. 
  3. ^ "Tech Guru Will Head Gov't Incubator, Digitize Democracy". The New York Observer. 18 November 2009. http://www.observer.com/2009/media/dash-dc-tech-guru-will-head-govt-incubator-digitize-democracy. 
  4. ^ "In Support of Grand Challenges". Expert Labs website. http://expertlabs.org/2010/02/in-support-of-grand-challenges.html. Retrieved 30 September 2011. 
  5. ^ "Joining Expert Labs". http://waxy.org/2010/11/joining_expert_labs/. Retrieved 17 November 2010. 

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