Google To Fund Ideas That Will Change the World

Peace Corps Online writes "This week, as part of their tenth birthday celebration, Google announced the launch of project ten to the 100th, a project designed to inspire and fund the development of ideas that will help to change the world. They have called on members of the public to share their ideas for solutions that will help as many people as possible in the global community, offering a $10 million prize pool to back the development of those chosen as winners. 'We know there are countless brilliant ideas that need funding and support to come to fruition,' says Bethany Poole, Project Marketing Manager for Google. 'These ideas can be big or small, technology-driven or brilliantly simple — but they need to have impact.' The project's website asks entrants to classify their ideas into one of eight categories listed as Community, Opportunity, Energy, Environment, Health, Education, Shelter and Everything Else. Members of the public have until October 20th to submit their ideas by completing a simple form and answering a few short questions about their idea."

Comments

First Idea

[xpuppykickerx]

a gun that shoots cookies. either at 600f/s or just gently enough to hit my mouth.

Re:First Idea

[Anonymous Coward]

a gun that shoots cookies. either at 600f/s or just gently enough to hit my mouth.

Noo! that would be the ultimate weapon. Armies would drop their weapons to be shot! Children would run into war and battlefields thereby preventing the armies who refuse to give up their arms to stop shooting to not hit the children.

No sir! Your idea is extremely dangerous and anti-American! Why peace would break out along with our waistlines!

What next? C-130 tankers with milk?!? And then what?!? It'll escalate. You'd have others inventing pizza guns and then tankers with beer! There would be no end and our planet would degrade into obese partying!

Someone call the cops on the parent degenerate.

Re:First Idea

[Bogtha]

Someone call the cops on the parent degenerate.

I tried that once, but apparently being grounded does not legally count as false imprisonment.

I'll get you one day, Parent Degenerate! Shakes fist at basement ceiling.

Wrong name?

[complexmath]

The prize pool is only ten to the 6th.

Re:Wrong name?

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm going to freak if somebody says "whoosh" on Slashdot one more time

Re:5 simple things

[Red Flayer]

1: Some renewable energy source that actually can handle dense loads 24/7. Solar can't. Nuclear really can't because contractors are too inept or corrupt to do a job right. Pretty much, fusion is the only thing we got going.

Dude, if you have fusion going, then wtf are you doing applying to google for some share of a 10MM grant?! You could have billions in VC funding.

5: Tape backup that has a modern arial density, and that is inexpensive. Hard disks are fickle and fragile, and tape isn't perfect, but can stand the test of time.

10 pt or 12 pt arial? Fuck that. I want Times New Roman density.

Re:My idea...

[Anonymous Coward]

How ironic, here was my entry

10. What one sentence best describes your idea? (maximum 150 characters)

Beer Sandwiches.

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11. Describe your idea in more depth. (maximum 300 words)

Ever since that first man drunk a fly infested bucket of rancid water and fermenting honey, alcohol has been a mainstay of society. If we were able to fuse the brilliance of beer with the genius of the sandwich, the possibilities would be endless!

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12. What problem or issue does your idea address? (maximum 150 words)

Beer is an aqueous solution which is prone to spilling. A "sippy cup" would address the problem, but will leave the user humiliated. A beer sandwich is the most logical solution

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13. If your idea were to become a reality, who would benefit the most and how? (maximum 150 words)

Most importantly, people who drink and drive. You see, a beer sandwich is a food, and there are no laws against "eating and driving". It would take stress off of the courts and put less innocent people behind bars.

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14. What are the initial steps required to get this idea off the ground? (maximum 150 words)

Someone needs to cross beer and sandwiches. Is it really that hard? You're freaking google!

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15. Describe the optimal outcome should your idea be selected and successfully implemented. How would you measure it? (maximum 150 words)

Everyone around the world gets to enjoy beer sandwiches!

just throwing this out there...

[owlnation]

Here's a great idea that would change the world...

Search.

You know, that works really, really well.

I know, it's a crazy idea and I bet no-one at Google has thought of it.

Re:You missed the point

[Garse Janacek]

ideas that could, for instance, ease the burden put on poor people in countries like Africa.

Or improve the quality of education in countries like the US...