Encyclopedia of Life

EOL

Another brainchild of TED is E.O. Wilson’s Encyclopedia of Life, an “ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world.” Think Wikipedia for all lifeforms, but much more intuitive and expansive.

The project won a TED prize this year, and looks to be quite ambitious. If this sees the light of day, it should be a great resource for the scientific and education communities alike. The demonstration pages give a good idea of the level of quality and granularity they’re hoping to achieve with each topic, and they look fantastic.

There’s also a video explaining the concept after the jump.