The idea is simple enough, tap the intelligence in the wisdom of crowds, and use it.
Attempts to tap collective intelligence on the Web come in lots of different forms.
Solina Chau continues to invest in tech ventures, including companies that address innovations in the global environment and food, tackle infectious diseases and tap artificial intelligence and virtual reality.
Two startups, ChaCha and Mechanical Zoo, are taking different approaches to tap human intelligence, and human labor, and get you quick answers to your questions.
He also noted how tools like the focused inbox in Outlook, Skype's real-time translation, smarter spelling correction in Word and new tools like Tap in Word, tap into this intelligence.
In December, Sam Dastyari, a member of the Australian Senate, resigned after revelations that he warned one of his donors, a businessman tied to China's foreign-influence efforts, that his phone was likely tapped by intelligence agencies.
Children were individually pre-tested in the classroom using written tasks designed to tap concepts of intelligence (definitions, characteristics, causes of intelligence, and the stability of intelligence: entity versus incremental concepts) and a variety of thinking skills.
The teachers then set out to discover multiple ways of teaching a subject (tapping into "intelligences" like the musical, kinesthetic, spacial and logical, as put forth by Howard Gardner of Harvard University).
Ms. Merkel herself angrily demanded assurances from President Obama that her cellphone was not the target of an American intelligence tap as soon as suspicions surfaced on Wednesday.
Rather than relying on the gut instincts of a single decision-maker, prediction markets tap the collective intelligence of everyone playing the market.
