{"id":3589,"date":"2025-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tecnologia.euroinnova.com\/crowdsourcing\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T13:02:08","slug":"crowdsourcing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tecnologia.euroinnova.com\/en\/crowdsourcing","title":{"rendered":"Crowdsourcing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The crowdsourcing<\/strong> is a collaborative working model in which an organisation, company or individual outsources tasks, projects or problems to a large group of people, usually via the Internet.  <\/p>\n

This term, coined by Jeff Howe in 2006, comes from the combination of the words \u00ab...\" and \"...\".\u00abcrowd<\/strong>\u00bb(crowd) and \u00aboutsourcing<\/strong>\u00bb(outsourcing). The essence of crowdsourcing lies in harnessing collective intelligence and diversity of skills for innovative, fast and cost-effective solutions. <\/p>\n

Crowdsourcing is used in various fields such as technology, science, design, market research and software development. It can take various forms, including competitions, open collaborations, micro-tasks and crowdfunding.  <\/p>\n

Participation may be voluntary or incentivised through financial rewards, prestige or access to opportunities. <\/p>\n

Examples of Crowdsourcing <\/strong><\/p>\n

Crowdsourcing has enabled significant advances in different sectors. Some examples are: <\/p>\n

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    Wikipedia<\/strong>The world's largest online encyclopaedia, created and edited by volunteers from all over the world. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    reCAPTCHA<\/strong>Captcha Resolution: a system that uses captcha resolution to digitise old books and improve text recognition databases. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Waze<\/strong>Navigation application that collects real-time traffic data based on information provided by users. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Lego Ideas<\/strong>platform where LEGO fans can submit designs for new products and, if they receive sufficient support, the company manufactures and markets them. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Duolingo<\/strong>In the beginning, he used text translation in his exercises to improve machine translation algorithms. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    Zooniverse<\/strong>citizen science platform where volunteers help classify galaxies, identify species and transcribe historical documents. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. \n

    Foldit<\/strong>Online game where users contribute to discovering new ways of protein folding, helping in medical research. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  8. \n

    Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk)<\/strong>platform where companies outsource small tasks such as image tagging, transcription and content review. <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    15 Innovative crowdsourcing platforms <\/strong><\/p>\n

    Some of the crowdsourcing platforms<\/strong> The most relevant at present are the following: <\/p>\n

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      Kickstarter<\/strong> (crowdfunding for creative projects) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    2. \n

      Indiegogo<\/strong> (crowdfunding for startups and entrepreneurs) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    3. \n

      Upwork<\/strong> (freelancing platform) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    4. \n

      99designs<\/strong> (collaborative graphic design for competitions) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    5. \n

      Topcoder<\/strong> (programming and software development challenges) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    6. \n

      InnoCentive<\/strong> (scientific and technological problem solving) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    7. \n

      HeroX<\/strong> (innovation challenges with economic incentives) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    8. \n

      TaskRabbit<\/strong> (housework and local services) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    9. \n

      Gigwalk<\/strong> (inspection of shops and collection of field data) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    10. \n

      Crowdspring<\/strong> (collaborative design platform) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    11. \n

      Testbirds<\/strong> (software and usability testing by real users) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    12. \n

      Streetbees<\/strong> (market research with real-time user data) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    13. \n

      Clickworker<\/strong> (digital tasks for companies) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    14. \n

      Crowdtap<\/strong> (product testing and brand surveys) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    15. \n

      DataSift<\/strong> (data analysis from social media and public sources) <\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Crowdsourcing has become a powerful tool for innovation, allowing companies to access global talent, reduce costs and improve their products or services through mass collaboration. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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