Crowd Sourcing

The newest old development technique is now called crowdsourcing. Here is the military initiative. 


UAVForge is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic (SSC Atlantic) collaborative initiative to design, build and manufacture advanced small unmanned air vehicle (UAV) systems. Their goal is to facilitate the exchange of ideas among a loosely connected international community united through common interests and inspired by innovation and creative thought.

This challenge is guided by crowdsourcing. UAVForge provides the virtual environment and tools necessary to collaborate independent of geographic location, education, profession, or experience. Individuals, ad hoc teams or any other formative organizations are encouraged to submit innovative ideas, designs, algorithms, materials, etc. where other members of the crowd can respond, vote, comment and contribute.


A picture of the possible winner for unmanned aerial vehicles is shown above. DARPA is often credited with the development of the Internet and a host of other technologies. you should take a look. Why? Because often what they develop comes into the consumer world in other forms.

DARPA's crowdsourced UAV competition heats up, takes off (video) -- Engadget