Strategic Collaboration Candidates


 * Sean Gourley - Technology Map - can help us map out strategic collaboration - http://poptech.org/popcasts/sean_gourley_tracking_innovation
 * Eben Bayer - bioplastics - http://poptech.org/popcasts/eben_bayer_biopackaging
 * Clay Shirky - http://www.ted.com/talks/clay_shirky_on_institutions_versus_collaboration.html
 * Howard Rheingold - Smart Mobs -http://rheingold.com/
 * Design That Matters - Draper Richards Kaplan Entrepreneur - Timothy Prestero
 * Electric motors, power electronics - Jim Danielson
 * Aluminum Extraction from Clay - John Burnham
 * Paul Elkins: paulwelkins@yahoo.com http://highmileagetrikes.blogspot.com/  He's one of the burning-man-maker crowd, which means he may not respond well to direction, but since he has social good interest (see "emergency shelter") and a lot of fabrication skill+creativity for problem solving, he just might be awesome.
 * Limor Fried - http://www.forbes.com/sites/tjmccue/2011/12/05/open-source-electronics-diy-kits-with-adafruit/
 * http://www.nextengine.com/ - 3D Scanner

http://www.nextengine.com/