The record-hunting Steve Fossett went missing almost a week ago, as you will have noticed in the news. He went missing with a small airplan in Nevada, and of course, once he did not return on schedule, a search operation commenced. Now, you can help find him, too.
With the aid of some people of Google, fired by the support of Richard Branson, a fresh sattelite map of the area where Fossett could have crashed was made available. The data was set up as a task on Amazaon’s “Mechanical Turk” website. There, you can review the sattelite pictures, and send back the result. Start HERE.
Taking technology and social networking to a good use - I am amazed that all this geekness has some real-world application.