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🚀 How do you solve the hardest problems on Earth…and beyond? NASA’s solution: turn to Freelancer and our global network of experts. In a new piece in R&D Today, Freelancer Director of Innovation Trisha Epp details some of the many successes NASA and other leading institutions have had through open innovation challenges. It’s led to new tech like: - augmented reality emergency response dashboards - targeted genome editing medicine for rare diseases - water protection through automated maintenances of hydroelectric dams tools to clean up space debris As Trisha says: “it is not possible to have an R&D team made up of every brilliant mind in the world…” So instead, enterprise organizations are tapping into over 85 million problem-solvers instead. 👉 Read the full piece here: https://bit.ly/4pTlaiC

🎹 A Special (Surprise) Musical Score 🎼 A piano, a pair of siblings, a family legacy…and King Arthur! This was a special project which shows the power of a brother-sister bond and proves you’re never too old to try something new. 93-year-old concert pianist Dorothy Lewis-Griffith thought her days of making music were behind her. But thanks to her brother Edward and a talented Freelancer user – she’s created something truly remarkable. An inspiring piece, a family legacy. 👉 Surprise a loved one with something unique and personalised: www.Freelancer.com #freelancer #MakeItReal

How a London-based Freelancer user – recently featured in The New Yorker and Billboard – built an unlikely career making AI music sound human – and what it reveals about the future of creativity. 👉 Get a REAL musician, like Ahmed, to create custom music for your own album, website, app, video game or special event: www.freelancer.com #MakeItReal

The 'Hidden Halloween Economy' While Americans spend $12 billion at retail Halloween stores, a parallel creative economy is thriving online: 💰 $5,000 - Nationwide drive-in horror event marketing 💰 $1,000 - Multi-warehouse Halloween installations 💰 $750 - Children's book illustrations 💰 $650 - Unity-based Halloween archery games 💰 $540 - Custom animations for non-profit attractions This isn't hobby spending – it's professional-grade creative production spanning publishing, gaming, entertainment, and events. We’re seeing a shift from mass-market consumption to custom creation. From buying what's available to commissioning what you envision. Freelancer is connecting specialized talent with clients at every scale – www.freelancer.com

🎃🫣 The Halloween experience of your dreams (or nightmares!) made real   For her company's annual Halloween party, Kim Durand commissioned custom costume designs through Freelancer rather than buying off-the-rack options. "My designer provided excellent suggestions and drawings, and I was very pleased with the quality of the items we created together," Kim says. Her project exemplifies how individuals and businesses are using Freelancer to create memorable experiences that store-bought decorations and costumes simply can't deliver. From warehouse installations ($1,000+) to nationwide event marketing ($5,000), companies are investing in professional-quality Halloween experiences – and finding the talent to execute them through platforms like Freelancer. Planning your next company event?  There's a world of creative talent ready to help: www.freelancer.com

"Even the ones from the big box stores were corny and silly. I was like, I think I can do better than this." Meet Thomas Black – a mythology teacher from Kansas City who wasn't satisfied with store-bought Halloween sound effects for his neighborhood haunted garage. So he hired a developer through Freelancer to build a custom soundboard app with 150+ theatrical-quality sounds designed for professional audio systems. "I wanted something that people felt rather than just were shocked by," Thomas explains. "Those notes that you can't hear that make your stomach kind of feel in a weird way." His haunted garage became legendary: "You could hear it from a mile away. People were calling their friends." The app launched with 50 downloads. This season it’s approaching 1,500. Thomas represents a broader shift: Americans rejecting mass-market Halloween in favour of ‘designer frights’ – custom, professional-quality experiences – enabled by platforms connecting them with specialised global talent. What could you create if you had access to world-class developers, designers, and creative professionals? 👉 Make It Real: www.freelancer.com

A.I. Caramba! Freelancer Chief Executive Matt Barrie meticulously lays out the case for why the 'AI bubble' is destined to soon burst – in his latest appearance on the Macro Voices podcast. Check out EP501 here: www.macrovoices.com

🧑🎨 NBC features Freelancer users fixing ‘AI slop’ The AI boom has created a new type of work, and Freelancer users are reaping the benefits. Lisa Carstens and Todd Van Linda are among the human creatives being hired to correct crappy artificial intelligence creations. The NBC article highlights what Freelancer data has proven: - Creatives are thriving despite widespread AI adoption - People want ‘authentic’, human-made content - AI hasn't replaced humans - it's just made their creativity more valuable Freelancer Chief Executive Matt Barrie says all companies should be alert to these trends. Full article: https://lnkd.in/dM4j_Ggh Find a talented HUMAN creative to create something truly unique: www.freelancer.com #Freelancer #NBC #AI

🎓🚀 STUDENT MOON MASCOT FINALISTS! 🚀🎓 Incredible news! 12 brilliant student and classroom entries have been selected as finalists in the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Moon Mascot Challenge! These young innovators created zero gravity indicators — plushies that float when the spacecraft reaches weightlessness — showcasing the next generation's vision for space exploration and our journey to the Moon and beyond. ✨ The ultimate prize? One design (from among all 25 finalists, both students and adult) will actually fly aboard the Artemis II mission alongside the astronauts! These 12 entries will share $7,350 in prizes and official Artemis II prize packs for their out-of-this-world creativity. Will one of these student mascots climb aboard the Orion spacecraft? Stay tuned! #NASA #STEMEducation #MoonMascotChallenge #StudentInnovation #SpaceExploration #FutureAstronauts #Artemis

🌙✨ MOON MASCOT FINALISTS HAVE LANDED! ✨🌙 From hundreds of entries worldwide, meet the 13 adult finalists in the NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration Moon Mascot Challenge! These zero gravity indicators — plushies that float when the spacecraft reaches weightlessness — capture the universal spirit of human exploration and our journey to the Moon and beyond. 🚀 The stakes? One design (from among all 25 finalists, both adults and students) will actually fly aboard the Artemis II mission, becoming humanity's floating ambassador in space! $15,925 in prizes will go to these talented finalists who've reimagined wonder in zero gravity. And one of these ingenious mascot designs might make history. Stay tuned! #NASA #ArtemisMission #MoonMascotChallenge #ZeroGravity #SpaceExploration #Artemis