Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
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Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#2Why is there no link to information about the team under About?
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#3Why is there no link to information about the team under About?
It's on our todo list to add info about the team, but here are our profiles on the site:
Matt Salzberg: http://www.petridish.org/users/2 Ilia Papas (me): http://www.petridish.org/users/1
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#4Awesome idea, I'll be watching it for interesting projects.
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#5U.S. only?
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#6Are the various proposed projects vetted at all? This seems like the sort of thing that would result in lots of pseudo science getting funded or is it buyer beware in that respect?
Also do you envisage any way of helping fund less glamorous projects?
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#7I hope someone is working on a Kickstarter for Kickstarter clones, huge market opportunity there.
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#8Are the various proposed projects vetted at all? This seems like the sort of thing that would result in lots of pseudo science getting funded or is it buyer beware in that respect? Also do you envisage any way of helping fund less glamorous projects?
I'm not sure about Petridish but SciFund is implementing a "peer review" for their next round of science crowdfunding: http://scifund.wordpress.com/2012/03/04/adding-a-mild-review...
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#9My favorite thing about this is how it exposes non-scientists to the first (and IMHO most exciting and least appreciated) phase of research - thinking up experiments.
Re: Show HN: Petridish.org, a kickstarter for scientific research
#10I was working in this space part-time but got beat to the starting line. I still think I have something to offer since I am a scientist. I don't want to port the conversation I'm having in another news item here, so would anyone be kind enough to offer me some advice in the following thread?
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3680207
I could also use some 1-on-1 advice via chat if it can be spared.
edit: Thanks to everyone who has commented and emailed me thus far! All of your advice is wonderful and really encouraging. I still appreciate new comments, and I'd really love to hear from Atlanta-area Python/JS hackers.