A site for storing user-generated information – such as carbon footprint, manufacturing conditions and reviews – against a product, identified by its barcode number.
The original idea
Wibi.it started life as Barcode Wikipedia, an idea submitted to the Social Innovation Camp call for ideas by Richard Pope.
Developing the idea
Uncut footage of the People Speak interviewing the team as the idea develops over the weekend.
Show and Tell
David Wilcox’s recording of the Wibi.it team show off their working website and mobile app, built in under two days.
You can see the site the team built to demonstrate their idea here.
Are you a member of the Wibi.it team? Are we missing information about your progress? Let us know or add details below.
April 16th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
[...] Wibi.it Formerly bar-code Wikipedia. A site for storing user-generated information – such as carbon footprint, manufacturing conditions and reviews – against a product, identified by its barcode number. It enables buyers to check product information through their mobile phone right in the supermarket, for example, whether it really is fair trade. [...]
May 17th, 2008 at 12:31 am
The barcode wikipedia idea is an important part of web 3.0. I’ve been writing about it on my blog for years, and there’s an entire chapter on it in my new book, Business 3.0. Keep me informed of developments, so I can send my readers your way!