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

You missed the point

[acid06]

Google isn't asking for profitable ideas or anything like that.

Sure, some of them could end up being profitable, but that's not the point. They want to invest in nice ideas which could improve the life quality of people. From the video, you can clearly see they're interested in ideas that could, for instance, ease the burden put on poor people in countries like Africa. You can hardly profit from that.

This is called philanthropy. And it's amazing how people from the US find this so absurd.
Sometimes, there really isn't a catch.

Education

[mikethicke]

Use Google's infrastructure and clout to combat censorship and surveillance of dissidents by oppressive regimes.

Re:5 simple things

[techno-vampire]

Nuclear really can't because contractors are too inept or corrupt to do a job right.

So, let's see, that means that you're simply going to dismiss the technology because you assert that the people doing the work aren't capable of doing it correctly. Do you have any proof, or are you just expressing your own anti-nuclear bias. Oh, and before I forget, fusion is a form of nuclear energy as well.

Re:my idea

[2nd Post!]

Didn't you know? Only the smart people read the warnings.

So removing the warnings would only kill smart people; stupid people already kill themselves.

If you really want that effect, you should remove legislation such as helmet and seatbeat laws.