Ideas to change the world

Google has finally whittled down the more than 150,000 ideas submitted as part of its Project 10^100 to 16 themes that will compete for $10 million in funding.

Project 10100 is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Over 150,000 ideas have already been submitted and anyone can now vote for the finalists at http://www.project10tothe100.com. 16 themes have been identified to categorise the ideas:

  1. Promote health monitoring and data analysis
  2. Enhance science and engineering education
  3. Create real-world issue reporting system
  4. Create genocide monitoring and alert system
  5. Help social entrepreneurs drive change
  6. Make government more transparent
  7. Provide quality education to African students
  8. Create real-time natural crisis tracking system
  9. Work toward socially conscious tax policies
  10. Build better banking tools for everyone
  11. Collect and organize the world's urban data
  12. Encourage positive media depictions of engineers and scientists
  13. Build real-time, user-reported news service
  14. Drive innovation in public transport
  15. Make educational content available online for free
  16. Create more efficient landmine removal programs

These themes will compete for $10 million in funding. Voting ends on October 8 so head over to the site and vote for your favourite theme.

Me, I voted to Make government more transparent.

Posted on Saturday, Sep 26, 2009