Discovery Network
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A Discovery Network is a community
that can include commercial, academic, governmental and independent entities collaborating together and coordinating their efforts to enrich society
with new material goods and services, and extracting some value from doing so. The DN can also be viewed as a fully integrated structure, taking in, producing, and processing data, information, and knowledge, to produce goods and services for the global market. This community is organized around the DN core, which provides structure, support, leadership
, and acts as the keeper of its culture. The ultimate goal of the DN core is to create and maintain a generative environment where synergistic relations
between its members are nourished, leading to new ideas and their applications.
The term "Discovery Network" was coined by Tiberius Brastaviceanu in 2008, in his work on collaborative network
s published for the Multitude Project. The first Discovery Network project was created in June 2010 around the Matchmaking Device System., a consumer electronics
product invented by Tiberius Brastaviceanu in October 2006.
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
that can include commercial, academic, governmental and independent entities collaborating together and coordinating their efforts to enrich society
Society
A society, or a human society, is a group of people related to each other through persistent relations, or a large social grouping sharing the same geographical or virtual territory, subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations...
with new material goods and services, and extracting some value from doing so. The DN can also be viewed as a fully integrated structure, taking in, producing, and processing data, information, and knowledge, to produce goods and services for the global market. This community is organized around the DN core, which provides structure, support, leadership
Leadership
Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task". Other in-depth definitions of leadership have also emerged.-Theories:...
, and acts as the keeper of its culture. The ultimate goal of the DN core is to create and maintain a generative environment where synergistic relations
Synergy
Synergy may be defined as two or more things functioning together to produce a result not independently obtainable.The term synergy comes from the Greek word from , , meaning "working together".-Definitions and usages:...
between its members are nourished, leading to new ideas and their applications.
The term "Discovery Network" was coined by Tiberius Brastaviceanu in 2008, in his work on collaborative network
Collaborative network
A collaborative network, unlike an enterprise social software, is a work-centric network that focuses on managing projects and solving issues within the corporate environment...
s published for the Multitude Project. The first Discovery Network project was created in June 2010 around the Matchmaking Device System., a consumer electronics
Consumer electronics
Consumer electronics are electronic equipment intended for everyday use, most often in entertainment, communications and office productivity. Radio broadcasting in the early 20th century brought the first major consumer product, the broadcast receiver...
product invented by Tiberius Brastaviceanu in October 2006.